ONSITE PROGRAMS FOR ORGANIZED GROUPS

Onsite programs at Centennial Campus Center for Wildlife Education are hands-on and include outdoor activities, weather permitting. Many programs also involve scientific technology. To maintain high-quality, interactive programming, we ask that groups with more than 60 participants schedule their visits over two or more days. 

The center’s onsite programs were designed to meet goals in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study, with a focus on life science and technology. Our programs can also be modified to meet scout badge requirements. More programs will be developed in the future – let us know your educational needs.

Pre-K – Grade 3

• WILD WONDERS: These programs focus on a specific wildlife species or related topics by incorporating an informational presentation with a children’s book, craft project and a hands-on activity.  Choose from the following topics: Animal Communications, Lizards, Opossums, Spiders, Snakes or Stream Life. 
• WHAT’S WILD?: Distinguish between wildlife and domestic animals. 
• FRED THE FISH: Investigate how various types of pollution affect fish in an urban stream.
• HOME SWEET HOME: Explore the meaning of habitat by imitating an organism searching for food, water and shelter.
• REACH, THROW, ROW, GO: Learn the rules of water safety. 

Grades 4-12

• ECO-INVESTIGATIONS:  These programs engage students with the natural world through hands-on investigations. Choose from the following:  Invasive Species, Macroinvertebrates, Nature Journaling, Outdoor Survival, Urban Wildlife, Watersheds, Wetlands. 
• PIEDMONT HABITATS:  Discover piedmont stream forests and old fields through hands-on explorations.  Find out how animals are adapted to these habitats.
• LIVING DOWNSTREAM:  Learn about point source and non-point source water pollution through stream table activities and by planning an environmentally friendly town that minimizes pollution to the local waterways.
• STREAM INVESTIGATION:  Determine water quality in a local urban stream by collecting and identifying aquatic organisms and using current technology. 
• WILDLIFE TECHNOLOGY:  Practice using GPS and radio-telemetry in the field to find wildlife and tracks its movements.  Learn more about careers in wildlife science.

Adults

A variety of presentations and hands-on programs can be developed for adult groups interested in visiting the center for wildlife study.  Examples include animal tracking, use of GPS and GIS, digital photography, sustainable building techniques, backyard habitats, coexisting with wildlife, wildlife folklore and more. 

For additional information about onsite programs, contact the center's program coordinator:

Marti Kane 1751 Varsity Drive NCSU Centennial Campus Raleigh, NC 27606 (919) 707-0209