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Museum Treasure Hunt
(Print Version)
A Teacher-Led-Tour of the North Carolina Maritime Museum
- Use the Museum Treasure Hunt
to explore North Carolina's natural and maritime heritage.
Take a few minutes to explore each exhibit, and then ask the
group these questions.
- Groups must be divided into
smaller groups of ten or fewer students and assigned a
chaperone to discuss the questions. Each small group may start
at any exhibit, but must stay together while in the museum.
Lobby:
- These are models of real
fish--life-size and life-like. What are other kinds of
models you know about?
- What fish do you see that
you have caught? read about? learned about?
- Which is the most
interesting fish you see?
- Even though two animals here
are called a dolphin, how are they different?
- Describe similarities and
differences between a sea turtle and a land turtle—their
shells, where they spend their life, how their feet differ,
where they lay eggs?
- What are some items found on
the shipwreck believed to be Blackbeard's flagship (the ship
that carries the fleet commander and bears his flag)?
- What are some problems
created when we throw trash into the water?
Exhibit Hall
Fossils
- What kinds of fossil
animals are found in coastal North Carolina?
- Find the name of one
invertebrate, one marine vertebrate, and one land animal.
N.C. Working Watercraft
- What types of boats were
used in North Carolina waters in the 1700s and 1800s?
- What were some uses for
boats before the 1900s?
- How are boats used
today?
- What is the North
Carolina state boat?
- Note the construction of
the Core Sound Sharpie suspended from the ceiling.
Commercial Fishing
- Whaling was a means of
making money along the barrier islands of North
Carolina from the 1600s through the early 1900s. What
two products were made from or taken from whales.
- What fishing
industries were part of North Carolina's commercial
fishing history of the 1800s?
- Point out some of
different methods and equipment fishermen use to catch
fish?
- What kind of boats and
nets are used to catch shrimp?
- Find the purse boats
on the large menhaden fishing boat model. These boats
put out the net, surround the fish, then pull the
school together like the drawstring of a purse.
What products were made from the menhaden?
Waterfowl Decoys of
North Carolina (exhibit in progress)
- Find three different
types of waterfowl hunted in eastern North Carolina.
- Where do these birds
spend the summer? Winter?
Down to the Depths
(exhibit in progress)
- What was this bell
used for? Where?
- How were deep sea
diving suits used? Where did their air supply come
from?
Venomous snakes
- What types of
poisonous snakes are found in eastern North
Carolina?
- Note the
habitats where each lives and what each snake
eats.
Coastal Marine Life
(due to budget cuts aquariums are temporarily shut down)
- Name several
kinds of fish that you find in the aquariums
and exhibits.
- Find the
animals that live in a shell?
- Find two ways
animals can protect themselves with colors and
patterns.
- Fouling
organisms are those that attach to a hard
surface. Name two places where animals and
plants can find a hard surface in the water.
- Can you find
two animals that burrow for protection?
- Find an animal
that is camouflaged to capture prey (food) or
hide from enemies (predators).
- What are some
ways a bird is adapted to its environment?
- What are some
threats to coastal waters from upstream
activities?
- What is one
way that seaweeds protect themselves from
being eaten by fish?
- NC has a great
variety of beautiful shells. What are some
ways these shells can be grouped?
- Name two
mollusks that lay egg cases?
Throw away the Oars -
Outboard Motors
- How are the
motors arranged?
- What are
some items in the workshop that tell you it
is not from the 1800s?
- Do you think
it is a working shop of today? What are your
reasons?
- The Silver
Clipper was one of the first types of
motorboats used just for enjoyment. What are
some boats used today for recreation?
Solders of Surf and
Storm—Lighthouses & Lifesaving
- Find the
lighthouse lens and count how many pieces
of angled glass make up the light. Why do
you think it is built this way? How far
away could this light be seen?
- What were
some responsibilities of lighthouse
keepers?
- What are
some ways that people were rescued from
ships and brought to shore in the late
1800s?
- Name some
ways people are rescued and brought to
safety from ships in distress at sea
today?
Navigation
- Do you
know an important star that is used for
navigation?
- What is
the name of the instrument used for
navigation by the stars?
- What
imaginary lines on the earth are used
for navigation?
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