ACE - Agapé Center for Environmental Education
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- Educational in Nature Provides lesson plans, activities, and experiments that will engage students and foster awareness about 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!
- NatureServe Explorer An authoritative source for information on more than 60,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada. Includes particularly in-depth coverage for rare and endangered species.
- Trees in your own backyard In this lesson from the Forest History Society in Durham, North Carolina, students survey trees in the schoolyard and itemize their various benefits. They will consider human impacts on trees in the city landscape and the responsibility of citizens for preserving the urban forest.
- Habitat photo album Students will use digital cameras and explore the outdoors searching ecosystems for opportunities to take pictures of different habitats and the components that go into them.
Related pages
- Jordan Lake Educational State Forest: Students will learn about the ecosystems which make up a forest and the animals that inhabit it.
- New River State Park: Visit New River State Park and discover its unspoiled beauty as well as the flora and fauna of the area.
- Turnbull Creek Educational Forest: This is the only North Carolina Educational State Forest located in the coastal plain region of the state. Intended for use by both organized groups and the general public, Educational Forest Rangers are on staff to present programs to any requesting group.
Related topics
- Learn more about Harnett County, Wake County, animals, conservation, ecology, ecosystems, environmental education, forests, geology, habitats, plants, recreation, soil, trees, water, and wildlife.
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The ACE Education program is a carefully developed and integrated program designed to meet goals for science and social studies set forth by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (Standard Course of Study). The Center’s activities make use of experiential learning which has been proven to be the most effective method of education. Teachers and students may customize their field trip according to their classroom needs. The program takes place on 624 diverse acres of wooded hills, streams, pond, swamp, flora, fauna and the Cape Fear River.
They are located at:
1369 Tyler Dewar Lane, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526.
Contact information: Phone (919)552-9421 or email ACEed@agapekurebeach.org
