Saturday, September 28th, 2019
9 AM - 3:30 PM
The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher presents Sea Turtle Exploration: a curriculum to help educators engage students in the fundamentals of STEAM through ready-to-use, standards based lesson plans and sea turtles. Join us on Saturday, September 28th, 2019 for a hands-on teacher workshop guiding you through our new curriculum and website. 

 Aligned with the new Common Core standards, your class will be able to “adopt” a turtle and learn about its care and growth. By adopting our sea turtle you will receive weekly updates with information including the turtle’s current weight and length. Each class will also receive a certificate of participation.

By the end of the workshop, you will be familiar with the website and curriculum and how to implement the lessons in your own classroom. The workshop will include a behind the scenes tour to meet one of our sea turtles. Please bring a reusable water bottle and you may choose to also pack a waste-free lunch.  Our snack shop, Shark Bites will be opened and there are lunch options off-site. This workshop will count towards NC Environmental Education Certification (Criteria I) and consists of 6 contact hours that may count toward CEUs for teachers.

Help keep our seas plastic-free! Please bring a reusable water container, a refillable coffee cup, and a waste-free lunch!

The cost of this teacher workshop is $25. This fee includes a Behind the Scenes Tour and access to curriculum.  The Oak Island Beach Preservation Society will pay the registration fee for any formal or informal Brunswick County Educators.

For additional workshop information, call 910-772-0546. For assistance with registration, call 910-772-0542.

Saturday, October 5th, 2019
9 AM - 4 PM

Learn more about plastic pollution and how your school can help protect ocean wildlife! Using the STRAWS documentary and its companion curriculum, NC Aquarium staff will help you gain a better understanding of how plastics are impacting our ocean, and how we can work together to solve this issue.

The Workshop will include a viewing of the film, a beach sweep, and hands on demonstrations of the STRAWS curriculum. Participants should bring a reusable water bottle, a waste free lunch, and come prepared for time outdoors on the beach.

CEUs and NCEE credits will be offered for those who complete the workshop. This workshop requires a $25.00 refundable reservation fee. This will be refunded in full to all teachers who complete the workshop.

If you have questions or need more information, please contact Andy Gould, School Programs Coordinator at 910-772-0560. For assistance with registration, call 910-772-0542.

Saturday, October 12th, 2019

9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Are you a: Classroom teacher looking to incorporate more Environmental Education into your lessons? Non-formal educator hoping to incorporate more grade level standards into your programs?K-5 pre-service teacher looking for more resources to implement Science Methods?

If you said “Yes!” to any of these questions, then a Project OWL Workshop is the place for you. Project OWL (Outdoor Wonders and Learning) is an Environmental Education-based curriculum guide written and designed to match North Carolina Essential Standards for elementary grades. It focuses on Science, but also meets Math, Social Studies, and English-Language Arts when applicable. During the workshop, participants will experience Project OWL activities and learn more about how they work on their own, or as part of a larger lesson. This workshop also spends time on creating programs and lessons using a Learning Cycle method and provides opportunity for participants to update an old favorite, or create a whole new one!

This workshop is led by Michelle Pearce, School and Public Programs Coordinator at The North Carolina Arboretum, and Project OWL Coordinator. The workshop can count for CEUs for classroom teachers and/or Criteria 1 or 3 credit for the NC EE Certification.

Help keep our seas plastic-free! Please bring a waste free lunch, a reusable water container, and a coffee cup.

The cost of the Project OWL Workshop is $10 for adults, $5 for UNC-Wilmington students

For additional workshop information, call 910-772-0546. For assistance with registration, call 910-772-0542.

Saturday, November 2nd, 2019

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Project WET is an interdisciplinary water science and education program for formal and non-formal educators of K-12 students. They keystone of the Project WET program is the Project WET Curriculum & Activity Guide. The hands-on, supplemental activities are meaningful and relevant to children and are correlated to the 2013 North Carolina Essential Standards for Science, Social Studies and Health Education for Grades K-8 and for High School Earth/Environmental Science and Biology.

The Project WET Guide is only available through a 6-hour Project WET workshop. WET is a Criteria I workshop for the NC Environmental Education Certification and consists of 6 contact hours that may count towards CEUs for teachers.

Participants should dress in comfortable clothes and shoes suitable for physical activity that can get wet and dirty.

Help keep our seas plastic-free! Please bring a waste free lunch, a reusable water container, and a coffee cup.

The cost of the Project WET Workshop is $30. This fee includes a supplemental workshop book and Aquarium admission.

For additional workshop information, call 910-772-0546. For assistance with registration, call 910-772-0542.

Saturday, November 9th, 2019
9 AM - 3:30 PM

Bring some binoculars and a sense of wonder as we learn how to educate ourselves and others about our feathered friends.

This workshop is for teachers, educators or parents. Targeted for the middle-school audience, though widely adaptable, Flying WILD offers practical hands-on classroom and outdoor field investigation experiences connecting real-world experiences in bird biology, conservation and natural history.

Through activities involving language arts, social science and math experiences, coupled with community outreach and service learning applications, Flying WILD offers a whole-school approach to environmental education using birds as the focus.

The 6-hour workshop counts towards CEU credits and EE Criteria I credits. Homework option available to earn up to 10 credit hours. This workshop and all materials are free.

This workshop will be partially outdoors so please wear comfortable closed toed shoes and dress for the weather. Feel free to bring bug spray, a water bottle, binoculars (although some will be made available for people to use).

Please bring a bag lunch and a reusable water bottle.

Registration fee of $10 will be refunded when you attend the workshop.

Please contact Becky Skiba (Rebecca.skiba@ncwildlife.org) for specific workshop questions or Gail Lemiec for logistics questions (Gail.Lemiec@ncaquariums.com 910-772-0546). For assistance with registration, call 910-772-0542.