Morehead Planetarium, Photograph from The Morehead Planetarium and Science Center.
Field trip opportunities
- Ackland Art Museum (Chapel Hill)
- Features online versions of art museum's exhibits and permanent collection,
field trip guidelines and activities, lesson plans, and in-depth institutional
background.
- Chestnut Ridge Camp and Retreat Center (Efland)
- Offers a selection of informative, interactive and experientially-based programs in outdoor and environmental education.
- Genesis Farm School (Chapel Hill)
- Visit this working farm and enter into a learning laboratory where students will have fun and a hands-on experience with nature.
- Haw River Festival Learning Celebration (Bynum)
- Don't miss this fun and informative festival celebrating the Haw River, its history, and the creatures that live there.
- Morehead Planetarium (Chapel Hill)
- Located on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the
Morehead Planetarium is a facinating place to visit to learn more
about astronomy.
- North Carolina County Collection (Chapel Hill)
- Find historical images of each county in North Carolina and discover what
county images can be found on location in the North Carolina Collection at the
University of North Carolina.
- Occaneechi Indian Village (Hillsborough)
- Enjoy authentic Native American food, dance, crafts, demonstrations, and
traditions at the Indian village.
- Orange County Historical Museum (Hillsborough)
- Take a tour of the Orange County Historical Museum to see the
collection of artifacts from pre-history through the early twentieth century.
- The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough (Hillsborough)
- Take students on a guided walking tour through Hillsborough's historic district
and go inside the Norwood Law Office, the Orange County Historical Museum, the
Burwell School Historic Site, and the Hughes Academy. Along the way they will
also see the Old Orange County Courthouse, historic churches, cemeteries,
colonial and antebellum homes, and much more.
- The North Carolina Botanical Garden (Chapel Hill)
- Learn about plant diversity and the importance of conservation and visit
different garden exhibits.
Learn more about Orange County
Intrigue of the PastLesson plans and essays for teachers and students explore North Carolina's past before European contact. Designed for grades four through eight, the web edition of this book covers fundamental concepts, processes, and issues of archaeology, and describes the peoples and cultures of the Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian periods. From the UNC Research Laboratories of ArchaeologyClays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and useA “virtual field trip” through the North Carolina Piedmont and thousands of years of history explains the origin of Piedmont clays and how clay is made into pottery. With high-resolution photographs.By Dirk FrankenbergMedia: imageRace in her lifetimeIn this lesson, students will use oral histories to trace the life of Rebecca Clark, an African American who was born in rural Orange County just before the Depression and witnessed the changes in civil rights over the years.By Kristin PostOrange County Historical Museum
Located at 201 North Churton Street in historic Hillsborough, the Orange County Historical Museum contains historical collections ranging from pre-Colonial through the Revolutionary and Civil Wars to the...
Occaneechi Indian Village
An excavation of Occaneechi Indian Village, an eighteenth-century Indian settlement can be found in Hillsborough. It has become a rich source of information about how native Americans lived before the...
The North Carolina Botanical Garden
The Garden has established itself as a regional center for research, conservation, and interpretation of plants, particularly those native to the southeastern United States, but also including those with...
Morehead Planetarium
"Located in the heart of Chapel Hill, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center transports visitors to distant galaxies and takes them deep into the cells of every living organism." This is a great...
The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough
With a mission to "enhance and increase awareness of the historical and cultural heritage of Hillsborough for residents and visitors", the member organizations of the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough...
Ackland Art Museum
The Ackland Art Museum and its website are housed under the permanent auspices of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Though an informative website for anyone interested in its collections,...
Chestnut Ridge Camp and Retreat Center
This Methodist camp offers environmental science, biology and life science, geology, and physical science programs for school groups. “Each program has been assembled with a thematic unity and careful...
Intrigue of the Past
Republished with permission from the Research Laboratories of Archaeology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Intrigue of the Past: North Carolina's First Peoples results from a marriage...
Haw River Festival Learning Celebration
Since 1990, the Haw River Learning Celebration has been an annual event. The environmental education program is held for three weeks in September and October and brings hands-on learning to fourth graders...
Genesis Farm School
Welcome to the idyllic world of Trudy Matheny and her animal friends. Located just five miles west of the busy streets of Carrboro and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Dr. Matheny’s twenty-acre working farm...
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