{"id":83315,"date":"2023-04-14T11:28:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T15:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=news&#038;p=83315"},"modified":"2023-04-14T11:29:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T15:29:23","slug":"nc-science-trail-offers-hands-on-learning-at-60-sites","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/news\/nc-science-trail-offers-hands-on-learning-at-60-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"NC Science Trail offers hands-on learning at 60 sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NCSciTrail_launch1.png\" alt=\"NC DNCR Secretary Reid Wilson gives remarks at the opening of the NC Science Trail at Prairie Ridge Ecostation.\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>By Rick Armstrong, <a href=\"https:\/\/wral.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WRAL<\/a> photojournalist<\/em><\/p>\n<p>RALEIGH, N.C. \u2014 Tuesday was the launch of the NC Science Trail, a year-round digital guidebook to the state\u2019s science adventures. The purpose is to spark science exploration across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Right in the heart of busy west Raleigh are 42 acres is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/prairie-ridge\">Prairie Ridge Ecostation<\/a><\/strong> part of the statewide NC Science Trail.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just for field research and scientists, says Charles Yelton, director of the regional network of the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences. He said, &#8220;But also opportunities for the public to come out and experience nature hands-on and get involved in this scientific research.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ncsciencetrail.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A new website guides families to a variety of science adventures<\/a><\/strong>. April Smith, executive director of NC Science Trail said, &#8220;We have 63 partners across the state, from the coast all the way to the mountains and divided up into four regions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/nc-science-trail-offers-hands-on-learning-at-60-sites-from-the-coast-to-the-mountains\/20796558\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article on WRAL.com<\/a><\/h4>\n<hr class=\"cleardiv\" \/>\n<p><em>For more information about our upcoming activities, conservation news and ground-breaking research, follow @NaturalSciences on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/naturalsciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naturalsciences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/naturalsciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.\u00a0Join the conversation with #visitNCMNS.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83317,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/83315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/83315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}