Current program offerings at Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife and Learning:
Reptile & Amphibian Roundup
Mar. 13, 3 pm - Mar. 13, 4 pm
Family Program - Join a naturalist and search Prairie Ridge for reptiles and amphibians.
Tuesday Walks at Prairie Ridge
Mar. 16, 8:30 am - Mar. 16, 10:30 am
Family Program - Take a leisurely one mile walk with a Museum naturalist through our 38-acre Prairie Ridge Ecostation.
Educator Trek: Creating Interpretive Trails
Apr. 10, 10 am - Apr. 10, 5 pm
Workshop or Trip - Join us at the Museum’s field station, Prairie Ridge, for a day of exploration as we share ideas for creating learning stations and nature trails in outdoor areas on school grounds and nature parks.
Tuesday Walks at Prairie Ridge
Apr. 13, 8:30 am - Apr. 13, 10:30 am
Family Program - Take a leisurely one mile walk with a Museum naturalist through our 38-acre Prairie Ridge Ecostation.
Take a Child Outside at Prairie Ridge
Apr. 14, 3 pm - Apr. 14, 6 pm
Family Program - Join a naturalist for a guided walk through a Piedmont prairie to our bird blind and pond.
Educator Trek: Project Learning Tree - Forests of the World, Secondary Module
Apr. 17, 9:30 am - Apr. 17, 4:30 pm
Workshop or Trip - This PLT secondary module provides educators with a series of activities which help students explore their connections to the forests of the world. In addition, participants will explore a lowland arboretum which contains representative trees from across North Carolina, and travel to the NC Museum of Natural Sciences for an in-depth tour of the Living Conservatory's dry tropical forest habitat.
Citizen Science Days: Frogwatch USA
Apr. 23, 7 pm - Apr. 23, 9 pm
Family Program - You can help researchers by learning how to identify local species and reporting your observations via Frogwatch USA.
Educator Trek: Nature Walking with Young Children — Piedmont
Apr. 23, 9 am - Apr. 24, 3 pm
Workshop or Trip - Learn easy hands-on approaches to teaching about nature at the Museum’s Prairie Ridge Ecostation.
Tuesday Walks at Prairie Ridge
Apr. 27, 8:30 am - Apr. 27, 10:30 am
Family Program - Take a leisurely one mile walk with a Museum naturalist through our 38-acre Prairie Ridge Ecostation.
