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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Jordan Lake State Recreation Area

When visiting this park, students will learn about wildlife, habitats, and the food chain.

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  • EPA Ground Water and Drinking Water Information about drinking water and how it is kept safe for the public. This site also includes a kids' section for K-12 that includes games, activities, and classroom experiments.
  • 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.
  • Lesson plan: Birds of prey Student independently research several birds of prey and compare the predator/prey relationship.
  • Lesson plan: Nature's Checks and Balances This Unit introduces students to several essential understandings. They will learn that plants and animals depend on one another for survival and organisms interact within nature to create a balance. They will also learn that humans can influence and manipulate nature.

Related pages

  • Jordan Lake Educational State Forest: Students will learn about the ecosystems which make up a forest and the animals that inhabit it.
  • Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge: Located on the north end of Hatteras Island, Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge provides programs which focus on "interpretation, environmental education, wildlife observation, wildlife photography, and fishing."
  • Eno River State Park: Students will learn about the plants and animals found in Eno River State Park as well as the importance of water quality and stewardship to their local watershed.

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Park rangers hold regularly scheduled educational and interpretive programs at the Jordan Lake State Recreation Area. They also hold special programs for groups and classes. To arrange an exploration of Jordan Lake State Recreation Area for your group or class, group leaders must complete a program application and submit it to the park at least two weeks in advance. Educational materials about Jordan Lake State Recreation Area have been developed for grades K-3 and are correlated to North Carolina’s competency-based curriculum in science, social studies, mathematics and English/language arts. The Jordan Lake program introduces students to local predators and prey and how they fit into a food chain. 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 experiences) curriculum guide that includes on-site activities, pre- and post-visit activities, student information pages, worksheets, fact sheets, vocabulary, and references. You can receive a free copy of an EELE by attending its corresponding workshop at a park, or you can borrow these guides through interlibrary loan at any public library in North Carolina. The EELE for Jordon Lake State Recreation Area is “Predators and Prey” for grades K, 1, 2, and 3.

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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