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Kerr Lake State Recreation Area

Located in the northeast corner of the Piedmont region, the Kerr Lake State Recreation Area covers both Virginia and North Carolina. Park Rangers give educational programs to school groups.

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  • Lesson plan: Take Action! Steward Our Land This resource includes ideas on how families can learn more about their local public lands and develop an appreciation for them in both their young and older children.
  • Lesson plan: Observing connections: Changing landscapes The students will learn about the changing environment through study and observation. They will reflect on these changes in the environment and create their own landscape and habitat. This is the second lesson in “Observing connections,” a series of three in which students are creating art based on their observations.

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Rangers hold regularly scheduled educational and interpretive programs about Kerr Lake State Recreation Area. Satterwhite Point has a visitor’s center complete with an exhibit hall. An accessible nature trail with an overlook, as well as an amphitheater, are nearby. Educational materials about Kerr Lake State Recreation Area have been developed for grades 3-5 and are correlated to North Carolina’s competency-based curriculum in science, social studies, mathematics and English/language arts. The Kerr Lake program focuses on environmental stewardship and recycling processes. Accompanying the program is a teacher’s booklet and workshop, free of charge to educators. To arrange a special exploration of Kerr Lake State Recreation Area for a group or class, contact the park office at (252) 438-7791.

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.

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