BIRDS OF WINTER
Lake Mattamuskeet and Pocosin Lakes National WildlifeRefuges, near Plymouth, NC
Friday, December 7 (depart Raleigh at 4:15 p.m.)–Saturday, December 8, 2007
Cost: $75 (includes lodging, breakfast, lunch and transportation from Raleigh)
Spend a day in the wilds of eastern North Carolina
observing one of the largest concentrations of winter
birds along the East Coast. Learn how to identify waterfowl,
raptors and other species. Short hikes and easy
viewing from the Museum van make this an ideal trip for
both novice and seasoned birders. Offered as an outing
for educators and their friends or families. (Minimum
age of 14 when accompanied by a registered adult.)
Cancelled NICARAGUA: LAND OF COFFEE AND VOLCANOES
San Ramon and Granada, Nicaragua
Thursday, December 27, 2007–Thursday, January 3, 2008
*Educators may nominate up to 2 High School students to accompany them. Ideal for home schoolers.
Cost: $1,900 plus airfare
Experience life on a shade-grown coffee plantation at Finca Esperanza Verde. Pick coffee and follow the production process from wet to dry beneficio. Enjoy Nicaraguan culture, make nacatamales and dance to folk music in the small mountain village of San Ramon. This community enjoys a longstanding ecotourism-based partnership with Durham, NC (www.durham-sanramon.org). Participants will stay one night with a host family and visit a school. While studying the natural history of tropical America, we will focus on things we share, such as migratory birds, and on things unique to the New World tropics, such as keel-billed toucans and mantled howler monkeys. Our final three days will be spent in the Colonial City of Granada where we will visit the active Volcan Masaya and enjoy a cruise on Lake Nicaragua. Note: Some familiarity with Spanish is useful but not essential for this excursion.
WHERE SWANS FLY AND BEARS WALK
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, near Plymouth, NC
Friday, January 4 (depart from Raleigh at 4:15 p.m.)– Saturday, January 5, 2008
Cost: $75 (includes lodging, breakfast, lunch and transportation from Raleigh)
Join Museum staff and Refuge biologists as we experience one of the greatest wildlife spectacles in North Carolina — thousands of tundra swans, snow geese and other waterfowl over-wintering in an area rich in other wildlife such as black bears, bobcats and red wolves. Learn to identify waterfowl and other winter birds. Pick up practical tips on observing and preserving wildlife tracks and signs. Gain insights into incorporating lessons on wild creatures into your curriculum.
YELLOWSTONE IN WINTER
Yellowstone National Park, Montana and Wyoming
Thursday, January 17–Tuesday, January 22, 2008
With an orientation at the Museum in Raleigh on Saturday, December 1, 2007
Cost: TBA (includes airfare from Raleigh to Bozeman, Montana, ground transportation in Yellowstone, five nights lodging in the Park, a snowcoach excursion and snowshoe rental)
Glimpse the spectacular natural wonders of America’s first National Park and discover its charismatic inhabitants — elk, wolves, bison and more. Explore the connections between Yellowstone and North Carolina and discuss how to link your experiences to the classroom. Via the Museum’s Web site, your students can follow our adventures in this winter paradise by reading daily journals and viewing pictures of the incredible beauty and wilderness that we experience. Read about 2007’s Trek.
* Due to the popularity, expense and potentially extreme conditions of this trek, there is an application process. For an application, contact Melissa Dowland, 919.733.7450, ext. 613. No deposit is necessary until selections have been made. Applications are due at the Museum by Friday, October 5, 2007.
“THE BEST FIELD TRIP EVER”: A TEACHER’S GUIDE FOR MUSEUM FIELD TRIPS
N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC
Saturday, February 23, 2008
9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Cost: $20
Day Care Credit: 6 hours
For preschool and elementary school teachers.
Extend your student’s learning beyond the one-day field trip experience with easy-to-use, quality tools tested in the Museum. Use these tools and other pre- and post-field trip activities to integrate the field trip experience into your reading, writing and science curricula. Learn to curate common natural science objects to augment your science centers. Tour behind-the-scences in the Museum's research and collection areas.
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