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Lake Crabtree County Park

This park includes wetland areas, a floodplain forest, and various creeks. Environmental programs for school groups are available.

Preview your trip on the web: Lake Crabtree County Park

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  • EEK! Environmental Education for Kids An electronic magazine for kids in grades 4-8 and their teachers too that features constantly changing information, games, and activities about nature and the environment.
  • Freshwater Ecology: Life in a Pond An interactive image of a pond allows students to click on items such as water lilies, rushes, watermites, and freshwater snails for further information about these plants and creatures and their freshwater habitat.
  • Lesson plan: Can we keep the lake clean? This lesson introduces students to the water cycle by having them help draw a picture of a lake ecosystem, adding human impacts that affect water quality.
  • NatureWorks Learn about animal adaptations, habitats and interdependence or go straight to the facts about North American animals and birds.

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  • Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area: Originally settled by the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, the Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area has a diversity of natural communities including undisturbed forest and a wide variety of wildlife species.
  • South Mountains State Park: One of the state's most rugged parks, South Mountains State Park offers a number of activities. Rangers are available to teach students about the mountain watershed and the importance of water stewardship.
  • Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge: Located in Camden County on scenic U. S. Highway 17, the original Ocean Highway, just three miles south of the VA/NC border, the Great Dismal Swamp Center sits on the banks of the Dismal Swamp Canal, part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.

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250 acres of land surround this 520-acre flood control lake located near Morrisville, North Carolina. Several native plant and animal species of the North Carolina Piedmont can be found there. The park offers a variety of environmental programs for students. Call (919) 460-3390 for information.

Also see Lake Crabtree County Park from the Office of Environmental Education website.

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