Activities to Download
NC Department of Agriculture
The Back Porch Activity Pages
www.ncagr.gov/markets/kidstuff/backporch/book.htm
Down on the Farm Coloring Book
www.ncagr.gov/markets/kidstuff/dotf/colbook.htm
NC Cooperative Extension
NC Project Learning Tree Activity Books
www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/plt/guides.html
Pre K-8 Activity Guide, Focus on Forests, Municipal Solid Waste, Focus on Risk, Forest Ecology, Fire Ecology, The Places We Live
Field Trip Ideas
Bald Head Island Summer Programs
www.bhic.org/education.shtml
Summer Eco-Adventure Series 5th grade to High School:
Fishing 101, Advanced Kayaking, Outdoor Skills & Wildlife Tracking, Nature Crafts.
Family Adventure Programs:
Kayak the Creeks, Crabbing & Cast Netting, Birding Bald Head Island, Fishing Bald Head Island, Bald Head after Dark, Shed your Fears, Sea Turtle Protection Program, Beachcombing Biology, Walking on the Wild Side, Salt Marsh Trek, Wingin' It, Island Nature Tour, Extraordinary Alligators.
Cape Fear River Watch
www.cfrw.us
Family:
Monthly Paddle Series, Guided Birding Tours, Eco-Tours, and First Saturday Seminar Series.
NC Cooperative Extension 4-H Summer Camps
www.eastern4hcenter.org/
School Curriculum
Cape Fear Museum
www.capefearmuseum.com
Interactive School Programs at the Museum:
Prehistoric Cape Fear, Forces & Motion, Native Americans, What's in your Backyard, Star Lab, People of the Past, Cape Fear Wild, History Mysteries, Night Sky, Wild Weather, Underwater Archaeology
Museum Kits:
Cape Fear Before Time, Paws, Claws and Beaks, Colonial Cape Fear, Living off the Land, Water Quality
Cape Fear River Watch
www.cfrw.us
School Programs:
Enviroscape lessons at Greenfield Lake
New Hanover County Soil & Water Conservation District
www.nhswcd.org/education
Envirothon:
Envirothon is a team based competition tailored for middle and high school students. The competition focuses on developing natural resource knowledge and real world application. Competitions take place at the regional and state level.
Teacher Workshops:
Summer workshops and curriculum for elementary through high school.
NC Natural Resource Conservation Service
www.nc.nrcs.usda.gov/teachers.html
Classroom Projects:
Apple Lesson, Food from Soil, A Long Time, S.K. Worm Teaches Soils, Dig-In Hands On Soil Investigations, and Backyard Conservation Lesson Plans.
NC Coastal Federation
www.nccoast.org
Oysters in the Schools:
Classroom lessons, oyster dissections, site monitoring, water quality.
Rain Gardens in the Schools:
Lesson plans, resources and activites that lead students and teachers through the process of planning, designing, building, planting and maintaining a rain garden on school grounds.
NC Coastal Land Trust
www.coastallandtrust.org
Lessons from the Ghost Savanna:
An Educator's Guide to the B.W. Wells Savannah
NC Cooperative Extension
4-H Based Curriculum:
A huge resource of curriculum for K-12 located at www.nc4h.org/educators/index.html
NC Project Learning Tree:
Workshops for Educators PreK-12
www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/plt/calendar.html
Correlation of Activities with Curriculum:
www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/plt/correlations.html
Branching Out:
The NC Forest Stewardship Activity Guide
www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/plt/brantoc.html
NC Department of Agriculture
www.ncagr.gov
AG's COOL-
Series of fourth-grade curriculum based activities and information for teachers and students.
NC Department of Environment & Natural Resources
NC Division of Marine Fisheries
www.ncdmf.net/kids/index.html
Cool Kids' Fishin'- Crustaceans, Fish, Shellfish
NC Division of Parks & Recreation
Junior Ranger Program: www.ncparks.gov/Education/jrranger.php
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
www.ncwildlife.org/Education_Workshops/
Park Activities
www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/cabe/activities.php
Carolina Beach State Park:
Plants that Bite Back Program- carnivorous plants, plant adaptations, prescribed burns, land use, stewardship
Lake Waccamaw State Park:
One of a Kind Program- water chemistry, Carolina bays, endemic species, freshwater mussels, stewardship
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area:
Land of a Thousand Nests Program- colony-nesting waterbirds, protection of endangered species
Singletary Lake State Park:
Carolina Baywatch Program-Carolina bay geomorphology, water quality, aquatic sampling
Project Wild-
Workshops are for adults interested in teaching young people about wildlife. Participants receive the Project WILD K-12 educator guide along with materials specifically about North Carolina wildlife. The educator guide contains more than 150 hands-on activities that focus on wildlife and natural resources.
Project CATCH (Caring for Aquatics Through Conservation Habits)
Use the CATCH curriculum guide to explore ways to teach about aquatic environments through fish biology, outdoor ethics, water safety and fishing skills. Techniques and activities are geared for children ages 8 to 15.
NC Naturally- Conservation Kids
www.onencnaturally.org/pages/kids.html
Natural Networks booklet, Our Coastal Habitats, Nature's Life Support System, Your Eco-Address, Places to Go Outside, Our Native Wildlife
NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher
www.ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher
Field Trips, Daily Programs, In-school Programs, and Summer Camps
New Hanover County Environmental Education
Airlie Gardens
www.airliegardens.org
Air, Animals/Wildlife, Biodiversity, Conservation, Creative Arts, Cultural Awareness, Ecology, EE Best Practices, Gardening/Composting, Habitats/Ecosystems, Litter, Nature Awareness, Outdoor Skills/Recreation, Plants, Pollution, Recycling/Waste Management, Soil, Stormwater, Sustainability, Trees/Forests, Water
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge
www.fws.gov/Waccamaw/