Outreach
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SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAMS
These grade specific programs are linked with North Carolina’s Essential Standards guidelines. If the words LIVE ANIMALS are included, we bring one or more live animals to your classroom or program.
DISTANCE LEARNING
Want to bring the Aquarium to you using technology? An activity kit will be shipped to you--do the experiments with your class then have a face-to-face talk with an Aquarium educator via the Internet.
COMMUNITY GROUP OUTREACH PROGRAMS
These titles are adaptable for mixed age groups, libraries, summer camps, scouts, festivals, adult groups, preschools, and more. A custom-made program, demonstration table, or assembly lecture can be created to suit your time and interests!
ADULTS ONLY
Why should kids have all the fun? Bring the aquarium to your meeting or workshop! Select from school programs, community group programs, or these that are designed just for adults. Program duration is flexible.
SCOUT PROGRAMS
Let us design a program that fits the needs of your group's badges, belt loops or try-its. Contact us to discuss your needs and ideas.
Program Fees:
Small group program (maximum of 30 students):
$100 for initial program
$50 for each repeat of same program on same day
Large group program (31+ students):
$200 for initial program
$100 for each repeat of same program on same day
For festival/demonstration booths:
$250 for first four hours
$75 for each additional hour.
For distance learning:
$150 for program and activity trunk shipping
Travel fees: $.75/mile round trip between your site and the Aquarium--groups within Dare County, no mileage fee
Extra staff: $100/extra educators for booths and some large programs
Per Diem: $100/night for some situations
Final pricing will be determined after we receive your request form.
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 | I've Got That. Do You? | 1 hour | Grade: Kindergarten
Compare Aquarium animals to students and learn how each of us gets around, stays warm, eats, and more. LIVE ANIMALS. NCES: K.L.1.1, K.L.1.2 | Request |
 | Getting Down to Basics | 1 hour | Grade: First
Discuss the needs we all share through a story and live specimens. LIVE ANIMALS. NCES 1.L.2.1, 1.L.2.2 | Request |
 | Circle of Life | 1 hour | Grade: 2nd
Many animals go through different life cycles on the way from baby to adult. Select insects or LIVE AMPHIBIANS. NCES 2.L.1, 2.L.2 | Request |
 | The Dirt on Soils | 1 1/2 hours | Grade: 3rd
Use scientific techniques and sampling methods to learn about soils, decomposers, and more. LIVE ANIMALS. NCES 3.L.2.4 | Request |
 | Stars and More from a Watery World | 1 1/2 hours | Grade: 3rd
Learn about the players in your night sky through stories and interactive comparisons. NCES 4.E.1
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 | Feathered Friends | 1 1/2 hours | Grade: 4th
Using bones, feathers and other artifacts, students will learn about birds. NCES 4.L.1 | Request |
 | Name your Niche | 1 1/2 hours | Grade: 5th
Explore relationships in an aquatic ecosystem through touch tank animals. LIVE ANIMALS. NCES 5.L.2 | Request |
 | Sea2Sound Walking Field Trip | 5 hours | Grade: 5th
Walk across the Outer Banks to explore the beach, an active dune, a forest, a swamp, and a sound-side marsh. Allow 5 hours. NCES 5.L.2 | Request |
 | Depending on Decomposers | 1 1/2 hours | Grade: 6th
Discover the importance of decomposers outside the classroom as well as in the kitchen. LIVE ANIMALS. NCES 6.L.1, 6.L 2
| Request |
| Navigating by the Stars | 1 1/2 hours | Grade: 6th
If you can find your way around the night sky, you can sail yourself home--learn how. NCES 6.E.1
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 | Whatever the Weather | 1 1/2 hours | Grade: 7th
Understand local weather conditions by using simple instruments. NCES 7.E.1 | Request |
| Comparing Ecosystems in the Field | 5 hours | Grade: 8th
Explore a maritime forest, an active dune, the beach or a marsh on the Outer Banks. NCES 8.L.3 | Request |
 | Biology: Field Ecology | 2 hours | Grade: High School
Learn techniques for the schoolyard, the backyard and other natural areas. NCES Bio.2.1
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 | Environmental Science: Weather and Shifting Sand | 1 1/2 hours | Grade: High School
Look at how our coasts are made and moved through sand samples and simple weather experiments. NCES EEn.2.5, EEn.2.6 | Request |
| STEM Lessons | 1 1/2 hours | Grade: High School
Design a science based program to encourage your students! | Request |
| Distance Learning | 1 1/2 hours | Grade: All
Weathering the Storm: How are hurricanes formed? How do they impact our coast? Conduct the hands-on experiments sent to your classroom, then talk with an Aquarium educator via the Internet. | Request |
 | Exploring the Outer Banks | 1 hour | Meet at the beach, a marsh or a maritime forest for a guided exploration or identify common beach finds and other collections at your location. | Request |
 | Fishprinting | 1 hour | Learn the art of Gyotaku and paint your own works of wearable art with fish and paint that we provide. | Request |
| Fur, Feathers and Scales | 1 hour | Learn the differences between mammals, birds, and reptiles. LIVE ANIMALS. | Request |
 | Sharks! | 1 hour | Find out about sharks and their marvelous adaptations for being the top predator. | Request |
| The Sky’s Not the Limit: Indoor Astronomy | 1 hour | Enjoy a daytime exploration of the stars, Moon and planets. | Request |
| Touch Tank Animals | 1 hour | Check out some local crabs, echinoderms, and mollusks. LIVE ANIMALS. | Request |
 | Animals! Animals! | 1 hour | Learn about one group or a whole menagerie of our resident animals. LIVE ANIMALS. | Request |
 | Summer Library Program | 1 hour | Let us design a topic to fit your summer reading program. LIVE ANIMALS. | Request |
 | Nature Crafts | 1 hour + | Learn how to make a ribbed or plaited basket, try your hand at fishprinting, make a seasonal grape vine wreath with beachcombing finds, and more! We supply the materials and supplies—your group brings a sense of artistic adventure! | Request |
| Compost Happens | 1 hour + | Reduce water use and create “black gold” for your garden. LIVE ANIMALS. | Request |
 | Teacher In-Service Workshop | 1 hour + | Get the back story on all of the topics listed. Workshops be designed for short meetings or day long explorations, at your school, in-the-field, or at the Aquarium. | Request |
| Welcoming Wildlife | 1 hour + | Learn how to create a wildlife friendly yard using native plants. LIVE ANIMALS. | Request |
 | Certified Interpretive Guide Workshop | 32 hours | Join other interpreters for this spirited, 32 hour workshop on the nuts and bolts of interpretation. Successful participants will complete requirements for CIG designation. Offered in conjunction with the National Association for Interpretation. CALL TO RESERVE! | |
| Boy Scouts | 1 hour + | Let us help your troop complete various badges and belt loops. | Request |
| Girl Scouts | 1 hour + | Let us help your troop complete various badges and try-its. | Request |
