Cape Fear River Watch

Offer several opportunities for environmental education and community development which include hands-on experiences for field trip groups.

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• Drinking Water for Kids Classroom activities, games, and experiments about drinking water and the water cycle.
• Lesson plan: StreamWatch This lesson is intended as a long term project to determine the overall health of a stream or wetland. Students identify seasonal changes that occur within the ecosystem, ideally with a minimum of bimonthly or monthly monitoring.
• EPA High School Environmental Center A resource page that provides a great deal of useful information for high school students studying or wishing to learn more about the environment and what they can do to help protect it. Major topics include air, waste and recycling, conservation, water, ecosystems, and health and safety.
• Lesson plan: Round and Round It Goes; Water, Where It Stops Nobody Knows The hydrologic cycle is the process, powered by the sun, which identifies the constant, endless movement of water from the atmosphere to the earth to the ground water, to the rivers to the oceans and back into the atmosphere. This experimental lab lesson will show the process of the hydrologic cycle as it relates to the earth's atmosphere by showing three different scenarios,the first scenario (the control), container A, shows the hydrologic cycle with no contaminates. The second scenario, container B, shows the hydrologic cycle with the earth's soil contaminated. The third scenario, container C, demonstrates the hydologic cycle with the air polluted. These three situations will give the student an idea of how the atmosphere and the growth of plant life are affected by different contaminants in the earth.This lesson will, in fact, investigate the hydrologic cycle experimentally.

Related pages

• North Carolina Coastal Federation: Visit the North Carolina Coastal Federation and learn about the projects that the NCCF is doing toward restoration of coastal areas in North Carolina.
• Cape Fear Museum of History and Science: The estimated 40,000+ artifacts in the collection of the Cape Fear Museum of History and Science relate to the history, science and cultures of the Lower Cape Fear.
• Cape Fear Serpentarium: Find some of the world's rarest reptiles at this museum located in downtown Wilmington.

Related topics

• Learn more about New Hanover County, North Carolina, environmental science, habitat, pollution, rivers, science, and water cycle.

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The mission of the Cape Fear River Watch is to "protect and improve the water quality of the Lower Cape Fear River through education, advocacy and action." Environmental Education Classes are available for schools, churches, or any organization. Class topics include storm water runoff, macroinvertebrates, water quality and testing, and plant & animal identification. Classes are available 7 days a week. A nominal fee is charged, and package deals are available. Call 910-762 5606 for more information or email cfrw@ecoisp.com.

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