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Lake Norman State Park
Troutman, NC (http://www.ils.unc.edu/parkproject/visit/lano/home.html)
Resource summary
- Appropriate grades: 3–8
- Subjects: science (biology and life science, environmental science)
- Provider: N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation
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Rangers hold regularly scheduled educational and interpretive programs about Lake Norman State Park. Educational materials about the park have been developed for grades 4-6 and are correlated to North Carolina's competency-based curriculum in science, social studies, mathematics and English/language arts. The Lake Norman program introduces students to aquatic organisms. It also focuses on water quality and resource management, demonstrating how watersheds should be managed to maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems and drinking water. Accompanying the program is a teacher's booklet and workshop, free of charge to educators.
Each state park and recreation area has an EELE (environmental education learning experience) curriculum guide that includes on-site activities, pre- and post-visit activities, student information pages, worksheets, fact sheets, vocabulary, and references. You can receive a free copy of an EELE by attending its corresponding workshop at a park, or you can borrow these guides through interlibrary loan at any public library in North Carolina. The EELE for Lake Norman State Park is "Testing the Waters" for grades 4, 5, 6, and 7.
The North Carolina State Parks website offers a search feature for finding the plants and animals that can be found at each state park. Using the drop-down menus, you can choose a park and either an amphibian, bird, reptile, mammal, fungus, insect, or vascular plant. You can search within each group by family, scientific name, or common name. There are photographs from the state parks and fun facts for some of the species.
To arrange a special exploration of Lake Norman State Park for your group or class, contact the park office at (704) 528-6350 or send email to lake.norman@ncmail.net