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SCHOOL OUTREACH
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? Have a face-to-face talk with an Aquarium educator via the Internet.
GET TO KNOW:  OWLS--Learn about owls and the adaptations they have to be stealthy hunters. LIVE OWL.
GOT FUR? Learn about our resident mammals, river otters, and other critters with fur.
GET TO KNOW:  STAR CENTER--check out our Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation Center and learn more about endangered sea turtles. LIVE SEA TURTLE.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH
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 some that are designed just for adults. Program duration is flexible.

SCOUTS
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.


Ready to sign up?

Step 1:  Select a program from these descriptions.
School Outreach:
K to 2nd
3rd to 5th
6th to High School

Other Programs:
Distance Learning
Community Outreach
Adults Only
Scouts
Step 2:  Complete a request form by clicking the following link:

OUTREACH REQUEST FORM
Contact our Outreach Coordinator at 252-475-2344 for questions or help.


Program Fees:
Small group program (maximum 30 participants):
$100 for initial program
$50 for each repeated program or additional hour, same day

Large group program (31+ participants):
$200 for initial programs
$100 for each repeated program or additional hour, same day

Festival/demonstration booths:
$250 for first four hours
$75  for each additional hour
Distance learning:
$150 for 45min program
Travel fees: $.75/mile round trip between your site and the Aquarium--groups within Dare County have no mileage fee
Extra staff: $100/extra educators for booths and some large programs
Per Diem: $109.20/night for some situations
Final pricing will be determined after we have discussed your program with you!

School Programs: K to 2nd

I've Got That. Do You?

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
Duration 1 hour
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Getting Down to Basics

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
Duration 1 hour
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Circle of Life

Grade: 2nd

Many animals go through different life cycles on the way from baby to adult. Select insects, LIVE OWL or LIVE AMPHIBIANS. NCES 2.L.1, 2.L.2
Duration 1 hour
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School Programs: 3rd to 5th

Growing Green

Grade: 3rd

Use scientific techniques and sampling methods to learn about plants, soils, decomposers, and more. LIVE ANIMALS. NCES 3.L.2, 3.L.2.1, 3.L.2.2, 3.L.2.3., 3.L.2.4
Duration 1 1/2 hours
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Stars and More from a Watery World

Grade: 3rd

Learn about the players in your night sky through stories and interactive comparisons. NCES 3.E.1
Duration 1 1/2 hours
Request

Community Group Programs

Feathered Friends

This program provides an active introduction to the world of birds. LIVE OWL. NCES 4.L.1
Duration 1 hour
Request

School Programs: 3rd to 5th

Sea2Sound Walking Field Trip

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
Duration 5 hours
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School Programs: 6th to High School

Navigating by the Stars

Grade: 6th

If you can find your way around the night sky, you can sail yourself home--learn how. NCES 6.E.1
Duration 1 hour
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Comparing Ecosystems in the Field

Grade: 8th

Explore a maritime forest, an active dune, the beach or a marsh on the Outer Banks. NCES 8.L.3
Duration 1 hour +
Request

STEM Lessons

Grade: High School

Want to show how math is used in actual science? Sign up for Dolphin Math--we will work through actual observation data from the Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research to determine relationships. Best for upper math students.


Or we can design a science based program to encourage your students and align with standards!
Duration 1 hour+
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Career Day

Grade: All

Want to learn about different jobs at an aquarium? Let us bring our career ideas and interactive display to your next career day!
Duration 1 hour+
Request

Distance Learning

Distance Learning

  1. Grade: All

    Talk with an Aquarium educator about our animals via the Internet on Mondays and Wednesdays. Three topics are currently available:
    =Get to know:  Owls--learn about owls and meet our resident eastern screech owl between 9a and 3p EST
    =Get to know:  STAR Center--see how we care for injured sea turtles in our award-winning rehab center at 10:30a or 1:30p EST.
    =Got fur?--learn about mammals and meet our resident North American river otters at 9a or 3p EST.
    Two week notice is needed! We will send a packet of fun activities and additional lessons with your reservation.
    LIVE ANIMALS
Duration 45 minutes
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Community Group Programs

Exploring the Outer Banks

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.
Duration 1 hour +
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The Sky’s Not the Limit: Indoor Astronomy

Enjoy a daytime exploration of the stars, Moon and planets.
Duration 1 hour
Request

Summer Library Program

Let us design a topic to fit your summer reading program. LIVE ANIMALS.
Duration 1 hour
Request

Animals! Animals!

Learn about one group or a whole menagerie of our resident animals, including our popular touch tank critters. LIVE ANIMALS.
Duration 1 hour+
Request

Out and About Community Programs

Grade: All

Don't see what you want? Have us design a program to suit your needs!
Duration 1 hour+
Request

Night Hikes and other Nocturnal Explorations

Explore the Outer Banks at night! Take a hike in Nags Head Woods or a local dune. Learn about stars or nocturnal animals. Let us design a program for your group!
Duration 1 hour+
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Adult Programs

Nature Crafts

Learn how to make a basket, try your hand at fishprinting, create a seasonal grape vine wreath with beachcombing finds, and more! We supply the materials and supplies—your group brings a sense of artistic adventure!
Duration 1 hour+
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Teacher In-Service Workshop

Get the back story on all of the topics listed. Workshops can be designed for short meetings or day long explorations, at your school, in-the-field, or at the Aquarium.
Duration 1 hour
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Certified Interpretive Guide Workshop

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!
Duration 32 hours

Scout Outreach Programs

Boy Scouts

Let us help your troop complete various badges and belt loops.
Duration 1 hour +
Request

Girl Scouts

Let us help your troop complete various badges and try-its.
Duration 1 hour +
Request

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