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Environmental Education
Environmental
Education (EE)
The
North Carolina Maritime Museum is a state museum operating under
the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. The
educational mission of the museum is to interpret all aspects of
the state's diverse coastal natural history and rich maritime
heritage and to address environmental issues and solutions
through exhibits, in-house and outreach programs, field trips,
and publications.
Programs
and Site Features
The North Carolina Maritime Museum environmental education
programs serve the general public through tours, programs, field
trips, Summer
Science School, and
special events and are listed in a calendar published quarterly.
Environmental education services provided to school, civic, and
special needs groups include museum tours, hands-on programs,
videos and slide presentations, staff led field trips to local
coastal habitats, and programs at the overnight facilities at
the museum's Cape Lookout field station.
Educational
Services
Educational services are offered to school, civic, and special
needs groups. They include tours (self-guided and guided),
hands-on live animal programs, audio-visual programs, and field
trips. Curators give lectures, consult with, and participate in
programs offered by the community and schools. Teachers and
group leaders should request the Educational
Services Guide.
Unique
Site Features
The North Carolina Maritime Museum is located just off the
Intracoastal Waterway and Interstate 70 on the historic Beaufort
waterfront. Nearby natural areas include the Rachel Carson
Reserve, Newport River marshes, Fort Macon State Park, Croatan
National Forest, Cape Lookout National Seashore, and the nature
trail at the Museums’ Gallants Channel Annex.
Examples
of EE Programming, Field Trips, and Site Visits:
Public
education programs scheduled on the calendar:
- Beaufort
walking tours
- Bird
watching--Coastal North Carolina and beyond
- Canoeing/Kayaking
- Cape
Lookout National Seashore: Shackleford and Core Banks
- Croatan
National Forest--carnivorous plants, nature trails
- Fossil
Hunting
- International
eco tours
- Lecture
Series on environmental topics
- Marine
Life Collecting Cruise
- Nature
tours of various sites--national forest trails, national
wildlife refuges
- Rachel
Carson Reserve
- Salt
Marsh
View the Field Trip Photos
Staff-led
Programs and Field Trips for Schools, Teachers, and Special
Interest Groups
In-museum/outreach
programs:
- Live
Animal Program
- Coastal
Birds and Their Habitats
- Marsh
Metaphors
- Insect-Eating
Plants
- Fingerprints
of Trees
- Marine
Mammals
- Sea
Turtles
- Coastal
Fossils and Geological History
- Endangered
Species-Endangered habitats
- Exploring
Ecosystems
- Global
Environmental Issues
- Barrier
Island Ecology
- Mysterious
Mushrooms
- Edible
Wild Plants
- Wildflowers
and Carnivorous Plants
Field
Trips:
- Rachel
Carson Reserve
- Salt
Marsh
- Tidal
Flat
- Croatan
National Forest
- Marine
Life Collecting Cruise - Trawling and Dredging
View the Field Trip Photos
Summer
Science School for Children (grades
1 - 9) - classes are listed in the annual brochure available
each April for summer courses in coastal ecology and maritime
topics.
Cape
Lookout Studies Program
- environmental education at the museum's field station at Cape
Lookout provides overnight accommodations.
Discovery
Carts - informal hands-on
discussions.
Discovery
Time - One afternoon each
week during the summer activities and crafts for children focus
on an environmental and cultural theme.
EE
Programs and Activities that come to you:
- Outreach
Programs -- Schools and special interest groups
- Teacher
Workshops
- Special
event exhibits and activities
EE
Opportunities for Teachers:
- Public
calendar programs help teachers reinforce their coastal
ecology knowledge
- Coastal
ecology workshops
- Saltwater
aquarium workshops
- Seafood
workshops
EE
Publications available through the museum store:
- A
Guide to Ocean Dune Plants
- A
Guide to Salt Marsh Plants
- Seacoast
Life
- Discover
Maritime North Carolina
EE
Environmental education booklets for grades K - 10 written by
the Carteret County Marine Science Project and available as
photocopies (for the cost of the photocopying) from the museum's
education staff:
- Tidal
Flat Town (K-3)
- Treasure
Hunt of the Sound (3-5)
- Salt
Marsh, Sound, and Sea Beach (6-8)
- Man
and the Sea (6)
A
Field Approach to Coastal Ecology (9-10)
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