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N.C. Maritime Museum
SPECIAL GROUP PROGRAMS Grade Ages (approx) Maritime history/culture lesson topic addressed pre-K 3,4 Pirate Parade pirate life K 5, 6 Maritime Mural maritime topics 1 6,7 A Pirate's Flag for Me pirate life 2 7,8 Maritime Themes maritime topics 3 8,9 Map the Museum compass and map skills 4 9,10 Pirates of NC pirate life 5 10,11 Pirate's Table pirate foods and health 6 11,12 Beaufort: A History of Fish Towne local history 7 12,13 Traditional Watercraft of NC local maritime trades 8 13,14 Life at Sea: Artifacts life at sea 9 14,15 Blackbeard and the QAR pirate life; shipwrecks 10 15, 16 Lighthouses of NC maritime topics 11 16,17 Commercial Fisheries in NC local history; trades 12 17,18 21st Century Pirates current international events
Grade Ages (approx) Science lesson topic addressed pre-K 3,4 Skulls and Bones seashore life K 5, 6 The Weather Outside weather and climate 1 6,7 Boats Float buoyancy and boat design 2 7,8 Marine Animals mural aquatic life 3 8,9 Marsh Metaphors marsh plants/adaptations 4 9,10 NC fossils local geology 5 10,11 Estuaries: Waters of Life ecology 6 11,12 NC hurricanes 7 12,13 Water's Incredible Journey physical/life science 8 13,14 By Rack of Eye math and engineering 9 14,15 Ecological Address earth/environmental 10 15, 16 Water Quality testing chemistry 11 16,17 ROV and the engineering/oceanography 12 17,18 Ocean Literacy oceanography Design your own Research Cruise 8-adult 13+ marine mammals Sea Turtles sea turtles Coastal Whales marine mammals local ecology The Bonehenge Project marine mammals
BRANCH FACILITIES
Visitors to the southern coasts of North Carolina should put the branch museum of the North Carolina Maritime Museum on their itinerary. For information, contact:
North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport (910) 457-0003
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum (252) 986-2995