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- Masonboro Island
- One of the four sites of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve. Interpreter led field trips must be reserved two seasons ahead. This is a favorite field trip for many teachers.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Zeke's Island North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Part of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve, Zeke's Island has interpreter led field trips which focus on the importance of estuaries to the North Carolina coast.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Sea Grant North Carolina
- With a variety of research and outreach programs, this organization provides several educational opportunities for marine science educators including workshops, marine science and environmental education curriculum development, research opportunities and grants, and field trips.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Small and large sand volume barrier islands
- In Small sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 1
- Barrier islands are the dominant geographic feature of sandy coastlines, but recurring storm damage on some demonstrates that different barrier islands present very different levels of risk to residential development. One of the best indicators of development...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- More Than Skin Deep: A Teacher's Guide to Caves
- Designed to provide teachers with the resources to educate students about caves, their formation, related life science, and about cave safety.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
- Enjoy scenic train rides in the Great Smoky Mountains. Choose from a variety of round trip excursions departing from depots in Dillsboro and Bryson City.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Screech Owl Farm School
- Students will learn about farm ecology when they participate in one of the tailor-made field trips at one of the local partner farms.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Small and large sand volume islands
- In Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 1
- This field trip follows another in this series, Small Sand Volume Islands. Readers should plan to take these trips sequentially, to compare the two types of islands. The thesis of both trips is that the volume of sand that comprises...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Battleship North Carolina
- Uses a variety of formats including oral histories, video footage, and zoomable images to cover the history of the USS North Carolina and other naval vessels afloat during WWII.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- 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.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Centennial Campus Center for Wildlife Education
- This Center has an extensive list of programs for preschool age students through college with a focus on life science and technology.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- North Carolina Aquariums
- Visit one of the three North Carolina Aquariums and learn about the "diverse natural and cultural resources associated with North Carolina's ocean, estuaries, rivers, streams, and other aquatic environments."
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- North Carolina Museum of History
- Get a sneak preview of the Museum before you visit! You can search for artifacts, preview the exhibitions, and read about important events in North Carolina history. The Museum offers teachers a variety of resources--many are online! Find lesson plans, information on history in a box kits, professional development workshops, and more!
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- State Climate Office of North Carolina
- Students of all ages will enjoy learning about North Carolina's climate, whether on a field trip or in their classroom. Topics include extreme weather records, drought, tornadoes, El Nino and La Nina, hurricanes and North Carolina, and much more.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Bats
- The students will learn that bats are nocturnal and use echolocation.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
- By Debbie Lanier.
- North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences
- Resources for learning about natural North Carolina including animals, snakes, insects and ecosystems.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- What do the old shoreline sand supplies look like?
- In Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 2
- North Carolina's ancient shorelines remain as long sandy ridges in the coastal plain.
- Format: article
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- MarineQuest
- Ocean education and marine environmental education programs providing "hands-on, feet-wet, high-tech" experiences for K-12 students.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Dune erosion on Bear Island
- In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 10
- Figure 7 shows that not all of the barrier islands are flattened when hurricanes make landfall over them. This photograph shows the beach and seawardmost dunes of Bear Island after five hurricanes battered them in two years. The remnants of dead maritime thicket...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Aw Shucks Farms
- Learn about animals and agriculture and take in the corn maze and pumpkin patch at this farm near Monroe, North Carolina.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
