Mysterious Carolina Bays
Mar. 26, 1 pm - Mar. 28, 6 pm
Workshop or Trip - Explore the mysterious Carolina bays , strange elliptical shaped depressions in the southern coastal plain of North Carolina.

Educator Trek: Creating Interpretive Trails
Apr. 10, 10 am - Apr. 10, 5 pm
Workshop or Trip - Join us at the Museum’s field station, Prairie Ridge, for a day of exploration as we share ideas for creating learning stations and nature trails in outdoor areas on school grounds and nature parks.

Lumber River Paddle
Apr. 11, 7 am - Apr. 11, 7 pm
Workshop or Trip - Join us on a leisurely 4-5 hour paddle down the Lumber River.

Lifelong Hikers: Bladen Lakes State Forest
Apr. 14, 8:30 am - Apr. 14, 4:30 pm
Workshop or Trip - Explore the peaceful trails of Bladen Lake State Forest with Museum Naturalists.

Educator Trek: Project Learning Tree: Forests of the World, Secondary Module
Apr. 17, 9:30 am - Apr. 17, 4:30 pm
Workshop or Trip - 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.

Educator Trek: Butterfly Pinning and Backyard Bug Collecting — Spring
Apr. 19, 4 pm - Apr. 19, 6 pm
Workshop or Trip - Work with Museum staff in the Naturalist Center to prepare, pin and mount a variety of spectacular tropical butterflies.

Educator Trek: Nature Walking with Young Children — Piedmont
Apr. 23, 9 am - Apr. 24, 3 pm
Workshop or Trip - Learn easy hands-on approaches to teaching about nature at the Museum’s Prairie Ridge Ecostation.

B.W. Wells Weekend at the Coast
Apr. 23, 1 pm - Apr. 25, 7 pm
Workshop or Trip - Carolina bays, longleaf pine savannas, dense pocosins, and other coastal vegetation communities will be explored during our weekend travels.

Educator Trek: Spring in the Mountains
May. 7, 3:45 pm - May. 9, 6 pm
Workshop or Trip - Explore cove forests and stream-side habitats for salamanders as well as the blooms of spring such as trillium, foamflower, mayapple and violets. Learn techniques for studying salamanders and explore the fascinating life histories of the mountain’s spring wildflowers, from pollination to seed dispersal.

Drawing Live Animals
Jul. 10, 9 am - Jul. 10, 4 pm
Workshop or Trip - Come join in the fun of drawing animals from life with Linda M. Feltner, a nationally known instructor in wildlife drawing.