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Carolina Beach State Park
Developed in the late 1960s, this state park preserves the unique environment along the Intracoastal Waterway. The Venus Flytrap and other plant life, the dunes, birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals are all protected in this special place.
http://www.ils.unc.edu/parkproject/visit/cabe/home.html
Links
- Lesson plan: The case of the disappearing pitcher plants This lesson addresses the cause and effect relationship between human interaction and a North Carolina endangered plant species. A role-playing scenario allows students to view the situation from a variety of positions and to collectively arrive at a solution to the problem.
- The Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds Students can learn about watersheds and how to protect the nation's water resources.
Related pages
- Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education: Students will learn the importance of North Carolina's wildlife resources at this environmental education facility.
- Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center: This 4-H Educational Center provides year-round programming, including team-building and environmental education to students in 2nd through 6th grades.
- New River State Park: Visit New River State Park and discover its unspoiled beauty as well as the flora and fauna of the area.
Learn more
- Learn more about American Indians, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Venus flytraps, amphibians, biology and life science, birds, dunes, ecology, ecosystems, environment, environmental science, habitats, mammals, plants, reptiles, science, and state parks.
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The visitor’s center at this state park offers environmental exhibits with a special focus on carnivorous plants. Rangers hold regularly scheduled educational and interpretive programs about Carolina Beach State Park. Educational materials about Carolina Beach State Park have been developed for grades 5-8 and are correlated to North Carolina’s competency-based curriculum in science, social studies, mathematics and English/language arts. The Carolina Beach program introduces students to basic plant biology, focusing on carnivorous plants. 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. Teachers can receive a free copy of an EELE by attending its corresponding workshop at a park, or they can borrow these guides through interlibrary loan at any public library in North Carolina. The EELE for Carolina Beach State Park is "Plants that Bite Back" for grades 5, 6, 7, and 8.
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.