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Musical Meditations from the North Carolina Symphony
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The North Carolina Symphony's Musical Meditations series offers moments to be calm, present, and mindful, supporting stress-management during the busy school day. Each short video features the NC Symphony playing musical excerpts from famous composers set to the breathtaking visuals from North Carolina State Parks.

Subject:
Arts Education
Healthful Living
Music
Material Type:
Presentation
Author:
NC State Parks
North Carolina Symphony
Date Added:
08/12/2022
N.C. Career Exploration: Park Ranger
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In this short video, students explore the career of a State Park Ranger. This N.C. Career Exploration video is part of a series that introduces students to unique professions within the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. This series will help students consider what they like to do, where their interests and skills connect, and ultimately what career path they may want to take.

Subject:
Career Development
Career Technical Education
Guidance
Material Type:
Presentation
Author:
NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
Date Added:
11/28/2022
NC Culture Kids - Baby Sea Turtles Hatching
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In this short video, students will learn how female loggerhead sea turtles make their way to beaches all along the Atlantic Ocean to lay their eggs.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Presentation
Author:
NC State Parks
NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
Date Added:
11/03/2022
NC Culture Kids - Carolina Beach State Park: Prescribed Burns
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In this short video, students learn how fire plays an important role in the survival of the plants (such as venus flytraps and longleaf pines) in the habitat of Carolina Beach State Park.

Subject:
Life Science
Science
Material Type:
Presentation
Author:
NC State Parks
NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
Date Added:
11/12/2021
NC Culture Kids - Carolina Beach State Park: Rare Plants with Unusual Adaptations
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In this short video and accompanying activity and readings, students learn about the Venus Fly Trap and how it adapts to its environment to survive.

Subject:
Life Science
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Presentation
Author:
NC State Parks
NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
Date Added:
11/12/2021
NC Culture Kids - Falls Lake State Recreation Area: Forces in Motion
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In this short video and accompanying experiment activity and readings, students learn about all kinds of forces in motion at Falls Lake State Recreation Area. Chopping wood, riding a bike, pitching a tent, canoeing — students can see each of these examples to discover out how objects (and people) move in their surroundings.

Subject:
Physical Science
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Demonstration
Presentation
Vocabulary
Author:
NC State Parks
NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
Date Added:
11/01/2021
NC Culture Kids - Haw River State Park: Eastern Box Turtle
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In this short video, accompanying activities, and readings, students learn about North Carolina's State Reptile - the Eastern Box Turtle! Students also learn how State Park Rangers collect data on these turtles and how that helps us learn more about them and protect them.

Subject:
Arts Education
Dance
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Presentation
Reading
Vocabulary
Author:
NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
NC State Parks
Date Added:
04/01/2022
NC Culture Kids - Haw River State Park: What are Wetlands?
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In this short video, accompanying activity, and readings, students learn about wetlands by exploring the wetlands at Haw River State Park.

Subject:
Earth Science
Life Science
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Presentation
Reading
Vocabulary
Author:
NC State Parks
NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
Date Added:
04/01/2022
NC Culture Kids - Lumber River State Park: Especially Unique Black Water
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In this short video and accompanying activity and readings, students learn about a unique blackwater river in North Carolina - the Lumber River. The river has played an important role for the plants, people, and animals that have called it home.

Subject:
American History
Civics and Economics
Life Science
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Presentation
Author:
NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
NC State Parks
Date Added:
11/12/2021
NC Culture Kids - Lumber River State Park: Navigating the Lumber River
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In this short video and accompanying activity and readings, students learn about navigating the Lumber River and the people who navigated it for hundreds of years.

Subject:
American History
Life Science
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Presentation
Author:
NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
NC State Parks
Date Added:
11/12/2021
NC Culture Kids - Medoc Mountain State Park: Wildflowers
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In this short video, accompanying activity, and readings, students learn about the wildflowers at Medoc Mountain State Park. These resources examine how wildflowers survive and their role in their ecosystem.

Subject:
Earth Science
Life Science
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Presentation
Vocabulary
Author:
NC State Parks
Nc Department Of Natural Cultural Resources
Date Added:
04/01/2022
NC Culture Kids - Stone Mountain State Park: Rock Formations
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In this short video and accompanying activity and readings, students learn how each rock has a unique story about how it formed and how the forces of erosion shape what it looks like today. There are places where, long ago, big pockets of magma cooled deep underground, and after years and years of erosion, we can now see this igneous rock at the surface of the Earth. This video shows how we can see one of these locations in North Carolina - a granodiorite pluton called Stone Mountain.

Subject:
Earth Science
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Presentation
Vocabulary
Author:
NC State Parks
NCCultureKids
NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
Date Added:
11/01/2021
NC Culture Kids - Weymouth Woods and the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem
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In this short video and accompanying activity and readings, students learn about Longleaf Pine Ecosystems by exploring Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve in North Carolina.

Subject:
Life Science
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Presentation
Vocabulary
Author:
NC State Parks
NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
Date Added:
11/01/2021
NC Culture Kids: Weymouth Woods and the Red Cockaded Woodpecker
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In this short video and accompanying activity and readings, students learn about the Weymouth Woods Sandhills Preserve and the many unique plants and animals that call this type of ecosystem home - including the red-cockaded woodpecker.

Subject:
Life Science
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Presentation
Reading
Vocabulary
Author:
NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
NC State Parks
Date Added:
11/10/2021
NC Kids' Exploration Journal
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The NC Kids' Exploration Journals are a fun educational tool to help youth explore their communities and natural surroundings! Each journal contains: 18 multidisciplinary activities with guided prompts, 6 lined journal pages for recording observations and reflections, and 4 blank pages for individual creativity.

The digital versions of the journal are designed to be printed out for students either as individual activities or in its entirety so that they can explore their school yard, local park, or own backyard. Though designed for 1st - 5th-graders, older audiences may enjoy them too! They are also available in both English and Spanish languages.

While supplies last, hard copies of the journals are currently available for free to teachers by contacting karen.ipock@ncdcr.gov.

Subject:
Arts Education
English Language Arts
Healthful Living
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Interactive
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
DNCR
NC Arts Council A+ Schools Program
NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
NC Museum of Natural Sciences
NC State Parks
NCArtsCouncil
NCDNCR
NCMNS
NCStateParks
Date Added:
11/10/2021
Save Our Sand Dunes
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Help students explore an important moment of environmental activism in North Carolina with Save Our Sand Dunes by Hannah Bunn West and with Ann-Cabell Baum. This complementary learning guide to the book is designed to help educators guide young readers in discovering how Carolista Baum rallied a community and advocated for local and state leaders to preserve Jockey's Ridge.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Reading Informational Text
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Reading
Author:
Ann-Cabell Baum
North Carolina Office of Archives and History
Hannah Bunn West
Date Added:
05/16/2024