18USC707

Environmental Education

What an outdoor classroom! The pocosin forests, broad bays, estuaries, creeks, wetlands and shores around the Center provide an optimal outdoor learning area for environmental education. And there's so much fun in getting there! At day's end, the Center's fully equipped wet lab helps explorers get a really good look at the samples and specimen they collect.

These broad categories can be used as a base for more specific programs tailored to your group's needs.

Southeastern Forest Ecology

1. Trees—Deciduous and Coniferous: canopy and understory; species and identification, etc.

2. Other forest plants

3. The forest floor—decomposition and litter, soil, etc.

4. Tree climbing.

Eastern North Carolina Mammals and Birds

1. Bears, Deer, Beaver, Red Wolves, Birds, Bats, etc.

2. Tracks and habitat.

Reptiles and Amphibians

1. Native and non-native species.

2. Identification and importance in the ecosystem.

Wetland Ecology

1. Wetland types on property: Coastal wetlands (tidal saltwater and freshwater marshes); Riparian wetlands; and Southern deepwater swamps can be found with minimal travel.

2. Wetland function and importance to the ecosystem.

3. Wetland animals and plants (microscopic, permanent, migratory, etc.)

Marine Estuary Ecology

1. Bulls Bay; Albemarle Sound

2. Fish and fishing

3. Crustaceans and microscopic life; plants

4. Pontoon boat can be used for water programs such as tours, sampling, and dredging.

Outdoor Skills

1. Incorporate environmental science with traditional activities such as camping.

2. Orienteering and compass basics (could be used in conjunction with an environmental scavenger hunt).

3. Wilderness survival; edible and non-edible plants.

Check-in time is 2 –4 p.m. on Sundays of every camp week unless otherwise noted.

Contact Us Today! Call 252-797-4800 or email programs@eastern4hcenter.org for more information.

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