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Moores Creek Bridge

Moores Creek Bridge at the Moores Creek National Battlefield site. Photograph from NC ECHO

Field trip opportunities

Moores Creek National Battlefield (Currie)
This national park commemorates the decisive February 27, 1776 victory by 1,000 Patriots over 1,600 Loyalists at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge.
The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (Holly Ridge)
This sea turtle sanctuary is committed to the care and release of sick and injured sea turtles.
The Topsail Island Museum, Missiles and More (Holly Ridge)
Displays showing the history of the Navy test missile site of the 1940s, artifacts of Native Americans found on the island, and exhibits of colonial era pirates can be found at the Topsail Island Museum.

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Wetlands of the coastal plains
This Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations “virtual field trip” explores the various wetlands of North Carolina's coastal plain and the plant communities found there.
By Dirk Frankenberg
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Eyewitness to the flood
In this lesson, students will listen to oral history excerpts from Hurricane Floyd survivors and contrast their experiences with the experiences of the characters in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God.
By Kristin Post
A survivor's story: How does it really feel?
Students use oral history excerpts of a Hurricane Floyd survivor to explore the concept of contradiction or irony.
By Kristin Post
The Topsail Island Museum, Missiles and More
Once the assembly area for test missiles, this building now houses the Topsail Island Museum. It exhibits many permanent displays concerning OPERATION BUMBLEBEE, the U.S. Missiles project that operated...
The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center
The center's mission is to rescue and rehabilitate sick and injured sea turtles and release them back to the wild. They strive to protect of all species of marine turtles both in the water and on the beach....
Moores Creek National Battlefield
Located 20 miles northwest of Wilmington, the 88 acre park commemorates the decisive February 27, 1776 victory by 1,000 Patriots over 1,600 Loyalists at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge in the Revolutionary...

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Coastal Plain Bottomland Forest

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Flood shelter

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Elberta's story: A humor moment