{"id":79228,"date":"2022-12-13T12:46:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T17:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=79228"},"modified":"2024-04-08T17:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T21:03:00","slug":"educator-trek-spring-in-the-mountains","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/educator-trek-spring-in-the-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Educator Trek: Spring in the Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-79266 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/trillium.jpg\" alt=\"two flowers with three white petals that turn red closer the the center; three leaves and a tall stalk\" width=\"570\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/trillium.jpg 570w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/trillium-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/trillium-500x365.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a hotspot for biodiversity, and spring is a wonderful time to experience it! Examine wildflowers, search for elk, look for signs of the changing seasons, and discover what&#8217;s hiding just below the surface of the forest floor. Participate in ongoing research projects in the park, and bring home ideas and activities to teach about our interdependence with the natural world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit:<\/strong> 20 contact hours toward CEUs or Criteria II\/III for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenorthcarolina.org\/certification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Carolina&#8217;s Environmental Education Certification Program<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lodging:\u00a0<\/strong>The workshop fee covers a two-night stay near Waynesville, NC, double occupancy. There may be a few singles available as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transportation:\u00a0<\/strong>Participants can ride with the group from Raleigh departing at 2pm or meet us at our lodging near Waynesville, NC around 7pm. Transportation will be in Museum vans.<\/p>\n<p><b>This workshop is full. <\/b>Please join our <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/educator-trek-waiting-list-request\/\">waiting list<\/a> and we will contact you if a space opens for you!<\/p>\n<p><em>*The cost of this Trek is reduced due to a generous gift through the Friends of the Smokies. Due to this reduction of costs, Friends of the Museum discounts are unavailable.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a hotspot for biodiversity, and spring is a wonderful time to experience it! Examine wildflowers, search for elk, look for signs of the changing seasons, and discover what&#8217;s hiding just below the surface of the forest floor. Participate in ongoing research projects in the park, and bring home ideas&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/educator-trek-spring-in-the-mountains\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[68,6,246,19,20],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/79228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/79228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79228"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=79228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}