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- Tuttle Education State Forest
- This state forest has been developed for use as a living outdoor classroom for students and adults to learn about the interdependent ecosystems of the forest.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- 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."
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Jordan Lake Educational State Forest
- Students will learn about the ecosystems which make up a forest and the animals that inhabit it.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Rowan County Nature and Learning Center
- Birds of prey, mammals, and reptiles can be seen at the Nature Center Complex. For younger children there is a petting zoo.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Carolina Raptor Center
- Find answers to their raptor questions, in-depth information about and photos of over twenty raptor species (the species includes owl, eagles, vultures, and more!), and a huge variety of raptor activities and games such as crossword puzzles, quizzes, and coloring pages. There is also information on visiting the Center.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- 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.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly
- Learn about the wildlife of the mountains and practice using a compass at this conference center located outside of Asheville, NC.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education
- Students will learn the importance of North Carolina's wildlife resources at this environmental education facility.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Chestnut Ridge Camp and Retreat Center
- Offers a selection of informative, interactive and experientially-based programs in outdoor and environmental education.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Jordan Lake State Recreation Area
- When visiting this park, students will learn about wildlife, habitats, and the food chain.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Western North Carolina Nature Center
- Like a field trip into the western North Carolina outdoors, this site will introduce you to the plants, animals and environs of the Southern Appalachians.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Howell Woods Learning Center
- A visit to the learning center teaches students about the importance of protecting the environment for the plants, animals, and us.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Black-and-yellow Argiope at Lake Crabtree in Morrisville, NC
- This is a Black-and-yellow Argiope spider at Lake Crabtree in Morrisville, North Carolina. This spider is part of the orb-weaver family, which means that it has a third claw on each foot in order to assist in building webs. Despite its large build and threatening...
- Format: image/photograph
- OWLS - Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter
- This wildlife shelter rehabilitates injured and orphaned native wild animals. They also educate the public on the importance of wildlife conservation.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Turtles are terrific
- This lesson will engage the students in the study of turtle attributes and their habitats. The lesson will integrate science, math, language arts and computer/technology curriculums.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Science)
- How the world was made
- In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 1.3
- This Cherokee creation story, written down in the 1800s, describes how the earth was created from soft mud "when all was water."
- By James Mooney.
- Mix and match ecology: Symbiosis
- In this high-school biology lesson, students gain an understanding of the three kinds of symbiotic relationships by creating relationships between imaginary animals.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 )
- By MaryBeth Knight Greene.
- Biomagnification and bald eagles
- In this activity, students will study biomagnification by using paper cutouts to represent food containing chemicals eaten by fish. The students will then repeat this activity but as an eagle collecting fish. The amount of chemicals taken in by each eagle will then be compared to amounts taken in by each fish.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
- By Elizabeth Caveny, Janet Carson, Heather Subleski, and Jeannie Galluzzo.
- Spiders and monarchs and bees, oh my!
- Exploring the world of insects and spiders can replace children's fear with fascination.
- By Linda Dow.
- Key deer: Evolution and species survival
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.7
- In this lesson, students learn about the evolutionary history of the Key deer, then discuss the animal's prospects for survival in a changing habitat.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)
- By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.
