September–November 2009
101 Ecology of an Island
Bald Head Island, Southport, NC
Friday, September 25 (depart Raleigh at 3:45 pm)–Sunday, September 27, 2009
Cost: $190 (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 along the southern coast of North Carolina. Fall is a great time to experience 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.
NCCAT & Museum Fall Workshop
The Mountain, Cullowhee and Mt. LeConte, NC
Sunday, September 27–Thursday, October 1, 2009
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 1.800.922.0482 or visit www.nccat.org.
102 Project Learning Tree: Forests of the World, Secondary Module
Prairie Ridge Ecostation, Raleigh, NC
Saturday, October 10, 2009
9:30 am–4:30 pm
Cost: Free (includes Forests of the World Secondary EE Module)
The world's forests provide many important environmental services as well as a multitude of useful products. The rich diversity of forest ecosystems helps to sustain life all over the planet. This PLT secondary module provides educators with a series of activities which help students explore their connections to the forests of the world. In addition, participants will explore a lowland arboretum which contains representative trees from across North Carolina, and travel to the NC Museum of Natural Sciences for an in-depth tour of the Living Conservatory's dry tropical forest habitat.
103 Meet the Trees
Prairie Ridge Ecostation, Raleigh, NC
Saturday, October 17, 2009
9:30 am–3:30 pm
Cost: $25 (includes field guide, classroom activities and materials)
For preschool and elementary teachers
Using the expansive variety of native trees in the arboretum at Prairie Ridge, examine the distinctive nature of trees and learn how to identify them. Try out curriculum-based activities that will capture children's imagination and foster an interest in the trees on their school grounds and play areas. Take home a tree to plant at your school.
104 Butterfly Pinning and Backyard Bug Collecting — Fall
NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC
Monday, October 19, 2009
4–6 pm
Cost: $35 (Includes insect resource manual, pinning board and tropical butterfly mount)
Work with Museum staff in the Naturalist Center to prepare, pin and mount a variety of spectacular tropical butterflies. Learn the various techniques used to catch, preserve and mount these and other fascinating arthropods for decades of enjoyment. Explore the possibilities of insect collecting in your very own backyard! Learn from staff how to construct creative and economical traps and devices, along with interesting preservation methods that will open up the world of entomology to you and your students.
Attention: Yellowstone in Winter applications due by Friday, October 23, 2009
105 Got Elk?
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Haywood County, NC
Friday, October 23 (depart Raleigh at 3:45 pm)–Sunday, October 25, 2009
Cost: $65* (includes lodging, some meals and transportation to and from Raleigh)
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. We will join with the Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center staff of 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 Toyota through Friends of the Smokies. Due to this reduction of costs, Friends of the Museum discounts will be unavailable.
Cold-Water Corals
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 8:30 am-5 pm
Cost: $25 which will be refunded on Nov 7 upon the successful completion of the workshop. Fee includes breakfast, snacks and lunch, materials, classroom activities, transportation to and from the Museum's wet lab.
Recently, 23,000 square miles of deep sea bottom were designated a Habitat Area of Particular Concern.
During this one-day workshop, you will learn about:
- Both shallow and deep-water coral ecosystems
- Technology used to study these important areas
- Deep-water reefs located directly offshore
- Deep water coral conservation and management
- How scientists locate, study and monitor these unique and challenging environments
Other Opportunities:
- Interact with leading cold-water coral scientists
- Conduct activities relating to oceanographic exploration
- Visit the research lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and get a behind the scenes hands-on introduction to the use of collections in research.
- Receive lesson plans and educational materials for classroom use
- Discover ways that you and your students can follow along with the on-going deep water coral research missions, via webcam and daily weblogs
- Gain a further understanding of the importance of these unique deep-water habitats, and learn about what we are doing to conserve and manage them.
For additional information contact Liz Baird, 919.733.7450 x601 or email liz.baird@ncdenr.gov.
Presented by the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
