Environmental education learning experiences (EELE's) are specially designed educational programs correlated to the North Carolina competency-based curriculum in science, social studies, mathematics and English/language arts. Each program includes pre-visit, on-site and post-visit student activities that have measurable objectives, background information, vocabulary, references and step-by-step activity instructions.

In addition to the program, educators are offered the opportunity to attend the corresponding environmental education workshop at a state park. Workshops allow educators to meet the park staff, test the student activities on-site with other adult educators, practice teaching techniques for working with children outdoors and learn basic natural history facts about the park and its environment.

By attending a workshop, teachers earn continuing education credit and/or credit towards the state's environmental education certification. Teacher renewal credit is available upon request.

• Click here to find an upcoming workshop at a park near you.
• Click here to search our database for a list of EELE's or to download a sample EELE.

Or, to request a workshop for yourself and a group of adult educators, contact the state park you wish to visit by selecting it from the list below. Contact information for individual state parks is located on each park's webpages.