Programs for PreK-5th Grade
Programs for PreK-5th Grade are specifically designed to broaden your students’ knowledge of waterfowl, wetlands, conservation biology, ecology, and scientific methods.
Program fees do not include park admission.
LIVING LIFECYCLES
Organisms grow and change throughout their lives- some in very dramatic ways! Students will learn about life cycles, metamorphosis, and compare the life cycles of plants and animals. Participants will learn about life cycles through acting and group activities.
Key Words: Life cycle, direct development, germination, metamorphosis, complete metamorphosis, incomplete metamorphosis
North Carolina Essential Standards for Science:
Life Science K.L.1, 1.L.1, 1.L.2, 2.L.1, 2.L.2, 3.L.2, 4.L.1, 5.L.2, 5.L.3
Time: 30-45 minutes
Fee: $60 (up to 30 students. Additional students are $3 each.)
BIRD BUILDERS
Birds build some of the most incredibly complex and diverse structures in the animal kingdom. Learn why and how birds make nests and discover some extreme nest builders of Sylvan Heights! Participants will have the opportunity to try building their own nest!
Key Words: Habitat, behavior, nest, incubation, instinct, species
North Carolina Essential Standards for Science:
Life Science K.L.1, 1.L.1, 2.L.1, 4.L.1, 5.L.2
Time: 30-45 minutes
Fee: $60 (up to 30 students. Additional students are $3 each.)
CREATURE COMPARISON
Our world is filled with animals that have special features that help them to survive in their environment. Take a closer look at animal adaptations and how animals use them for survival. Participants will meet live animals to compare and contrast their adaptations.
This program includes live animals.
Key Words: Adaptation, behavior, organism, camouflage, predator, prey, instinct, migration
North Carolina Essential Standards for Science:
Life Science K.L.1, 1.L.1, 2.L.1, 4.L.1, 5.L.2, 5.L.3
Time: 30-45 minutes
Fee: $60 (up to 30 students. Additional students are $3 each.)
FEATHERED FRIENDS *NEW PROGRAM FOR 2023!*
Discover the world of birds using a hands-on interactive approach. By identifying adaptations that birds have, explore what makes a bird a bird. From feathers and flight, to beaks and feet, students will compare similarities and differences between different types of birds in a fun, engaging way. Students will meet a live feathered friend to identify these adaptations.
This program includes live animals.
Key Words: Species, adaptation, habitat, migration, predator, prey
North Carolina Essential Standards for Science:
Life Science K.L.1, 1.L.1, 1.L.2, 2.L.1, 4.L.1, 5.L.2
Time: 30-45 minutes
Fee: $60 (up to 30 students. Additional students are $3 each.)
WETLAND ADVENTURE
Explore natural wetlands and learn how essential these habitats are to our world. Go into the wetlands to find and identify many of the amazing plants and animals that call wetlands home. Discuss the history of human impacts and current conservation practices.
Key Words: Aquatic, wetland, resources, habitat, ecosystem, invertebrate, conservation, pollution
North Carolina Essential Standards for Science:
Life Science K.L.1, 1.L.1, 1.L.2, 2.E.1, 2.L.1, 3.L.2, 4.L.1, 5.L.2
Time: 30-45 minutes
Fee: $60 (up to 30 students. Additional students are $3 each.)
BEAKS!
Through hands on investigation and stories children will learn about the wide variety of bird beaks. Participants will experiment with a variety of utensils to explore how beaks are unique to what the bird eats. While observing and experimenting students will make and check their predictions about beak types.
Key Words: Adaptation, beak/bill, predator, prey, waterfowl
North Carolina Essential Standards for Science:
Life Science K.L.1, 1.L.1, 1.L.2, 4.L.1, 5.L.2
Time: 30-45 minutes
Fee: $60 (up to 30 students. Additional students are $3 each.)
WEB OF LIFE
Learn about our role as environmental stewards as we examine birds, reptiles, insects and their corresponding habitats. Understand the significance of plants’ and animals’ roles within an ecosystem, and when one of these essential components is removed, consider the rippling effects and resulting consequences.
This program includes live animals.
Key Words: Habitat, ecosystem, food web, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, producers, consumer, decomposer, detritivore, scavenger, energy
North Carolina Essential Standards for Science:
Life Science K.L.1, 1.L.1, 1.L.2, 2.E.1, 3.L.2, 4.L.1, 4.L.2, 5.L.2
Time: 30-45 minutes
Fee: $60 (up to 30 students. Additional students are $3 each.)
ANIMAL AMBASSADOR MEET & GREET
During this program, students will meet 2 animal ambassadors (one reptile and one bird) and learn general information about them. What is a reptile? What makes a bird a bird? This shortened talk is perfect for young children, as well as students with developmental disabilities, to get a chance to meet and learn about different animal friends.
This program includes live animals.
Time: Up to 30 minutes
Fee: $35 (up to 30 students. Additional students are $3 each.)