Weyerhaeuser's Cool Springs Environmental Education Center

Visit the Weyerhaeuser's Cool Springs Environmental Education Center "where the forest is the classroom" and learn about forestry, wildlife, and environmental issues.

http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/citizenship/publicoutreach/coolsprings/

Learn more

• Educational in Nature A series of environmental education curriculum supplements designed to foster understanding and environmental awareness in the classroom. These activities, games, lesson plans, and information cover such topics as forests, animals, recycling, and energy.
• 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.
• eNature.com Includes a field guide with over 5,000 species, a habitat gallery of places for wildlife near you, migration information, an ask-the-expert area, and more. You can also listen to an audio clip of the bird of the day!
• Lesson plan: Classroom food web This lesson is to demonstrate which organisms feed on one another and how food webs are created.
• Lesson plan: If a tree falls in the forest... Students will explore the role that forests play in their own lives by listing everyday products made from trees. Then students will research and categorize less common products that may be less familiar to them.

Related pages

• Discovery Place and the Charlotte Nature Museum: Discovery Place offers hands-on activities in all areas of science for students at both the Discovery Halls and Charlotte Nature Museum.
• Reedy Creek Nature Center and Preserve: Discover local biodiversity and natural heritage through hands-on experiences in the natural world.
• Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education: Students will learn the importance of North Carolina's wildlife resources at this environmental education facility.

Related topics

• Learn more about Craven County, North Carolina, amphibians, animals, biology and life science, environmental science, mammals, natural history, nature center, reptiles, and science.

Legal

The Environmental Education Center is approximately 1700 acres of forest land owned by Weyerhaeuser Company along the Neuse River about 6 miles upriver from New Bern. Their mission is to provide a real world setting for hands-on learning about forestry, ecology, and environmental issues. The area is a working forest actively being managed to demonstrate forest industry practices while maintaining/enhancing wildlife habitat, air and water quality, and aesthetic, recreational and historical values.

Cool Springs does not charge any fees for its use. Contact Jeff Hall at jeffhall@coolsprings.org to request a visit for your group.