Lake Higgins Environmental Education Center

See a fish hatchery, take a guided nature walk, and see models of fish and animals found in the area, all at Lake Higgins and the Lake Higgins Environmental Education Center.

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• EPA Student Center Uses multimedia games, sourcebooks, and many other resources to teach students and teachers about conservation, ecosystems, recycling, air pollution, water pollution, human health, plants, and animals.
• Water Science for Schools U.S. Geological Survey water science website for schools with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where students can give opinions and test their water knowledge. There are water science activites, water questions and answers, United States water use summaries, and more.
• 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.
• Lesson plan: Create a wetland scene Students will learn about the different types of freshwater wetlands, and the factors that threaten their health. Finally, they will study specific examples of wetland areas of the U.S. and what is being done to protect them.

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• Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest: North Carolina's system of Educational State Forests has been developed to "teach children and adults about the complex, interdependent ecosystems which make up a forest and which can be managed for a multitude of uses."
• Clemmons Educational State Forest: Take students to a ranger conducted program and learn about the plants and animals that can be found in this state educational forest.
• 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.

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• Learn more about Guilford County, North Carolina, ecosystems, environment, environmental education, fish, habitats, hatchery, nature centers, science, and wildlife.

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Located near Summerfield, NC, Lake Higgins is a 280-acre municipal reservoir. The Taylor Turner Hatchery Pond, nurturing catfish and trout, is located there. The Environmental Center has a classroom where various models of the fish and wildlife found at the lake and surrounding area are featured. Programs are given by park rangers who take students on nature trails and discuss the plants and the animals that can be found in the area. Call 336-643-4295 for information.

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