NCCAT AND MUSEUM FALL WORKSHOP
The Mountain, Cullowhee and Mt. LeConte, NC
Monday, September 17–Friday, September 21, 2007
Examine the mountain as a symbol and explore it as an ecological reality with staff from the Museum and the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching. Hike several mountain trails, including an overnight experience at Mount LeConte in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. For registration information for this workshop, contact Teacher Services at the N.C. Center for the Advancement of Teaching at 800.922.0482 or visit www.nccat.org.
NATURE JOURNALING
Historic Yates Mill County Park, Raleigh, NC
Saturday, September 22, 2007
9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Cost: $40 (includes lunch and journaling materials)
Come ready to observe, write, draw and investigate as you explore ways to use nature journaling as a year-round teaching technique. We'll enjoy beautiful Yates Mill County Park and learn more about the plants and animals that live on and in the pond. Discover how to engage your students with this simple, inexpensive integrated approach to learning about the natural world.
ECOLOGY OF AN ISLAND
Bald Head Island, NC
Friday, October 12 (depart Raleigh at 4:15 p.m.)—Sunday, October 14, 2007
Cost: $120 (includes transportation from Raleigh, ferry tickets, ground transportation on island, kayak rental, dormitory-style lodging and some meals)
Explore the subtropical world of Bald Head Island which is located along the southern coast of North Carolina. Fall is a great time to experience the coast — migrating birds, maritime forests of majestic live oaks, the last of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle nestlings leaving the beach, and the geology of a dynamic island at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. We will work with Bald Head Conservancy staff to learn about educational and resource management efforts on this unique island.
BUTTERFLY PINNING AND MORE
N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
4–6 p.m.
Cost: $20 (includes insect resource manual and tropical butterfly mount)
Work with Museum staff in the Naturalist Center to prepare, pin and mount butterflies. Learn how to preserve and display butterflies and beetles and wasps (oh my!). Learn about some of the ways North Carolina is connected to the New World tropics during a private tour of the Living Conservatory. Leave with new skills and plenty of ideas of how to use insects in your classroom.
GOT ELK?
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Haywood County, NC
Friday, October 26 (depart Raleigh at 4:00 p.m.)–Sunday, October 28, 2007
Cost: $45* (includes lodging, transportation from Raleigh and most meals)
Be a part of something magical in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP). Join us as we search for the majestic elk, reintroduced to the park after an absence of over 200 years. Generous support materials will help you share the magic of this animal with your students. We will join the staff of Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center at Purchase Knob to sample activities used to document the biodiversity of the GSMNP. Discover how you can bring the excitement of field research into your teaching.
* The cost of this Trek is reduced due to a generous gift from the GlaxoSmithKline Foundation through Friends of the Smokies. Due to this reduction of costs, Friends of the Museum discounts will be unavailable.
STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences and Prairie Ridge Ecostation, Raleigh, NC
Saturday, November 10, 2007
noon–8 p.m.
Cost: $30 (includes materials and light dinner)
Learn about the Cosmos from members of the Raleigh Astronomy Club. We'll cover a variety of topics including astronomical principles, solar system basics and an introduction to the galaxy. Try out classroom demonstrations and activities which can be done with everyday objects. In addition, learn about telescopes and, weather permitting, make night sky observations at Prairie Ridge, the Museum's field station. Take-home materials provided.
TROPICAL MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS
N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
4–6 p.m.
Cost: $20 (includes classroom resources)
Investigate generalizations about the tropics that are too true to be false, but too inaccurate to be acceptable. Did you know, for example, that tropical rainforests are not the principal habitat in the tropics? Take home a tropical exception to a general rule.
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