N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation: Haw River State Park - The Haw River Program (HARP)

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Situated on over 300 acres in the piedmont of North Carolina, HARP’s “classrooms” include the headwaters of the Haw River, hardwood and pine forests, lush vegetation, pristine wetlands, rolling hills, precious wildflowers, and an amazing array of wildlife.

HARP makes use of multiple indoor classrooms for lab exercises and presentations as well as two outdoor amphitheaters, hiking trails, a six-acre lake and an expansive boardwalk that meanders through pristine wetlands. All of this support's HARP's commitment to immersing students in an engaging, informative, entertaining and inspiring curriculum.

Our innovative activities are developed in accordance with both the North Carolina Standard Course of Study and the NAAEE’s National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education, and are sure to enhance your classroom curriculum.

View general instruction correlations with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study:

General Instruction Course of Study Correlations:

	4th Grade - Science
	Competency Goal 4: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of how food provides energy and materials for growth and repair of the body.
	Objectives:
4.01	Explain why organisms require energy to live and grow.
4.02	Show how calories can be used to compare the chemical energy of different foods.
4.03	Discuss how foods provide both energy and nutrients for living organisms.
4.05	Determine that foods are made up of a variety of components:
	6th through 8th Grade - Science (Biology, Chemistry, Earth/Environmental Science, Physical Science)
	Competency Goal 1: The learner will design and conduct investigations to demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry.
	Objectives:
1.01	Identify and create questions and hypotheses that can be answered through scientific investigations.
1.02	Develop appropriate experimental procedures for: Given questions; Student generated questions.
1.03	Apply safety procedures in the laboratory and in field studies: Recognize potential hazards; Manipulate materials and equipment; Conduct appropriate procedures.
1.04	Analyze variables in scientific investigations: Identify dependent and independent, Use of a control; Manipulate; Describe relationships between; Define operationally.
1.05	Analyze evidence to: Explain observations; Make inferences and predictions; Develop the relationship between evidence and explanation.
1.06	Use mathematics to gather, organize, and present quantitative data resulting from scientific investigations: Measurement; Analysis of data; Graphing; Prediction models.
1.07	Prepare models and/or computer simulations to: Test hypotheses; Evaluate how data fit.
1.08	Use oral and written language to: Communicate findings; Defend conclusions of scientific investigations.
1.09	Use technologies and information systems to: Research; Gather and analyze data; Visualize data; Disseminate findings to others.
1.10	Analyze and evaluate information from a scientifically literate viewpoint by reading, hearing, and/or viewing: Scientific text; Articles; Events in the popular press.
	8th Grade - Science
	Competency Goal 5: The learner will conduct investigations and utilize appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of evidence of evolution in organisms and landforms.
	Objectives:
5.01	Interpret ways in which rocks, fossils, and ice cores record Earth's geologic history and the evolution of life including: Geologic Time Scale; Index Fossils; Law of Superposition; Unconformity; Evidence for climate change; Extinction of species; Catastrophic events.
5.02	Correlate evolutionary theories and processes: Biological; Geological; Technological.
5.03	Examine evidence that the geologic evolution has had significant global impact including:Distribution of living things; Major geological events; Mechanical and chemical weathering.
5.04	Analyze satellite imagery as a method to monitor Earth from space: Spectral analysis; Reflectance curves.
5.05	Use maps, ground truthing and remote sensing to make predictions regarding: Changes over time; Land use; Urban sprawl; Resource management.
	8th Grade - Biology:
	Competency Goal 5: The learner will develop an understanding of the ecological relationships among organisms.
	Objectives:
5.03	Assess human population and its impact on local ecosystems and global environments: Historic and potential changes in population; Factors associated with those changes; Climate change; Resource use; Sustainable practices/stewardship.
	8th Grade - Earth/Environmental Science
	Competency Goal 2: The learner will build an understanding of lithospheric materials, tectonic processes, and the human and environmental impacts of natural and human-induced changes in the lithosphere.
	Objectives:
2.06	Investigate and analyze the importance and impact of the economic development of earth's finite rock, mineral, soil, fossil fuel and other natural resources to society and our daily lives: Availability; Geographic distribution; Conservation/Stewardship; Recycling; Environmental impact; Challenge of rehabilitation of disturbed lands.
2.07	Analyze the sources and impacts of society's use of energy: Renewable and non-renewable sources; The impact of human choices on Earth and its systems.
	8th Grade - AP Earth/Environmental Science
	Competency Goal 4: The learner will build an understanding of the distribution, ownership, use and degradation of renewable and nonrenewable resources.
	Objectives:
4.01	Analyze sources and uses of freshwater and oceans: Renewal rates; Agricultural, industrial and domestic water uses; Increasing water supplies: Dams and desalination; Fisheries and aquaculture; Water management and conservation.
4.02	Analyze local, regional and global mineral resources.
4.03	Analyze local, regional and global soil aspects.
4.04	Analyze biological resources: Benefits of biodiversity; Threats to biodiversity; Endangered species management; Nutrition and food supplies; Green revolution.
4.05	Analyze and compare conventional and alternative energy sources: Coal; Natural gas; Oil; Nuclear power; Solar energy; Biomass; Energy from the Earth's forces: Wind, Water, Geothermal, Tidal; Energy conservation.
4.06	Analyze land types and uses: Residential and commercial, land use planning; Agricultural and forestry; Recreational and wilderness; Ecotourism, Parks and preserves.
	Competency Goal 7: The learner will build an understanding of environmental decision making.
	Objectives:
7.01	Analyze economic forces affecting societies: Supply demand curves; Cost benefit analysis; Marginal, internal and external costs; Communal property resources, Tragedy of the Commons; Economic resource categories.
7.02	Analyze cultural and ethical considerations regarding the environment: Environmental worldviews; Indigenous peoples; Sustainable development.
7.03	Recognize significance of major environmental laws and regulations (regional, national and international): Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species; Endangered Species Act; National Environmental Policy Act; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; Wilderness Act.
7.04	Develop an awareness of environmental options: Conservation; Preservation; Restoration; Remediation; Mitigation.
	3rd Grade - Language Arts
	Competency Goal: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
	Objectives:
4.02	Use oral and written language to: Present information in a sequenced, logical manner; Discuss; Sustain conversation on a topic; share information and ideas; Recount or narrate; Answer open-ended questions; Report information on a topic; Explain own learning.
	4th Grade - Language Arts
	Competency Goal: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
	Objectives:
4.02	Use oral and written language to: Present information and ideas in a clear, concise manner; Discuss; Interview; Solve problems; Make decisions.
	5th Grade - Language Arts
	Competency Goal: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
	Objectives:
4.02	Use oral and written language to: Formulate hypotheses; Evaluate information and ideas; Present and support arguments; Influence the thinking of others.
4.03	Make oral and written presentations to inform or persuade selecting vocabulary for impact.
	7th Grade - Language Arts
	Competency Goal: The learner will use language to express individual perspectives in response to personal, social, cultural, and historical issues.
	Objectives:
1.03	Interact in group settings by: Responding appropriately to comments and questions; Offering personal opinions confidently without dominating; Giving appropriate reasons that support opinions; Soliciting and respecting another person's opinion.
1.04	Reflect on learning experiences by: Analyzing personal learning growth and changes in perspective; Examining changes in self throughout the learning process.
	8th Grade - Language Arts
	Competency Goal: The learner will use language to express individual perspectives through analysis of personal, social, cultural, and historical issues.
	Objectives:
1.01	Narrate a personal account which: Creates a coherent, organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context; Establishes a point of view and sharpens focus; Uses remembered feelings; Selects details that best illuminate the topic; Connects events to self/society.
1.03	Interact in group activities and/or seminars in which the student: Shares personal reactions to questions raised; Gives reasons and cites examples from text in support of expressed opinions; Clarifies, illustrates, or expands on a response when asked to do so, and asks classmates for similar expansion.
1.04	Reflect on learning experiences by: Evaluating how personal perspectives are influenced by society, cultural differences, and historical issues; Appraising changes in self throughout the learning process; Evaluating personal circumstances and background that shape interaction with text.
	English 1
	Competency Goal: The learner will examine argumentation and develop informed opinions.
	Objectives:
3.02	Express an informed opinion that: States clearly a personal view; Is logical and coherent.
3.03	Support that informed opinion by: Providing relevant and convincing reasons; Using various types of evidence, such as experience or facts; Using appropriate and effective language, reasons, and organizational structure for the audience and purpose; Demonstrating awareness of the possible questions, concerns, or counterarguments of the audience.
	English 2
	Competency Goal: The learner will critically interpret and evaluate experiences, literature, language, and ideas.
	Objectives:
4.01	Interpret a real-world event in a way that: Makes generalizations about the event supported by specific references; Reflects on observation and shows how the event affected the current viewpoint: Distinguishes fact from fiction and recognizes personal bias
	English 4
	Competency Goal: The learner will be prepared to enter issues of public concern as an advocate.
	Objectives:
3.01	Research and define issues of public concern by: Using a variety of resources such as the media center, on-line resources, interviews, and personal reflection; Specifying the nature of an issue, including the various claims made and the reasoning that supports these claims.
3.02	Organize and deliver an argument so that an intended audience respects it by: Wording the claim clearly; Specifying reasons in support of the claim that are likely to be convincing; Adopting an appropriate tone and stance toward the issue.
	4th Grade - Math
	Competency Goal: The learner will understand and use graphs, probability, and data analysis.
	Objectives:
4.01	Collect, organize, analyze, and display data (including line graphs and bar graphs to solve problems.
4.02	Describe the distribution of data using median, range and mode.
4.03	Solve problems by comparing two sets of related data.
4.04	Design experiments and list all possible outcomes and probabilities for an event.
	5th Grade - Math
	Competency Goal:
	Objectives:
4.01	Collect, organize, analyze, and display data (including stem-and-leaf plots) to solve problems.
4.02	Compare and contrast different representations of the same data; discuss the effectiveness of each representation.
4.03	Solve problems with data from a single set or multiple sets of data using median, range, and mode.
	2nd Grade - Social Studies
	Competency Goal: The learner will identify and exhibit qualities of responsible citizenship in the classroom, school, and other social environments.
	Objectives:
1.01	Identify and describe attributes of responsible citizenship.
1.02	Demonstrate responsible citizenship in the school, community, and other social environments.
1.03	Analyze and evaluate the effects of responsible citizenship in the school, community, and other social environments.
1.04	Identify responsible courses of action in given situations and assess the consequences of irresponsible behavior.
	Competency Goal: The learner will analyze how people depend on the physical environment and use natural resources to meet basic needs.
	Objectives:
6.01	Identify natural resources and cite ways people conserve and replenish natural resources.
6.02	Cite ways people modify the physical environment to meet their needs and explain the consequences.
6.03	Identify means and methods of human movement as they relate to the physical environment.
	Competency Goal: The learner will apply basic economic concepts and evaluate the use of economic resources within communities.
	Objectives:
7.01	Distinguish between producers and consumers and identify ways people are both producers and consumers.
7.02	Distinguish between goods produced and services provided in communities.
7.03	Describe different types of employment and ways people earn an income.
7.04	Identify the sources and use of revenue in the community.
7.05	Analyze the changing uses of a community's economic resources and predict future changes.
	3rd Grade - Social Studies
	Competency Goal: The learner will identify and exhibit qualities of responsible citizenship in the classroom, school, and other social environments.
	Objectives:
1.01	Identify and describe attributes of responsible citizenship.
1.02	Demonstrate responsible citizenship in the school, community, and other social environments.
1.03	Analyze and evaluate the effects of responsible citizenship in the school, community, and other social environments.
1.04	Identify responsible courses of action in given situations and assess the consequences of irresponsible behavior.
	5th Grade - Social Studies
	Competency Goal: The learner will apply key geographic concepts to the United States and other countries of North America.
	Objectives:
1.01	Describe the absolute and relative location of major landforms, bodies of water, and natural resources in the United States and other countries of North America.
1.02	Analyze how absolute and relative location influence ways of living in the United States and other countries of North America.
1.03	Compare and contrast the physical and cultural characteristics of regions within the United States, and other countries of North America.
1.04	Describe the economic and social differences between developed and developing regions in North America.
1.05	Explain how and why population distribution differs within and between countries of North America.
1.06	Explain how people of the United States and other countries of North America adapt to, modify, and use their physical environment.
	5th Grade - Social Studies
	Competency Goal: The learner will describe the historic, economic, and cultural connections among North Carolina, the United States, South America, and Europe.
	Objectives:
13.01	Identify historical movements such as colonization, revolution, emerging democracies, migration, and immigration that link North Carolina and the United States to selected societies of South America and Europe and evaluate their influence on local, state, regional, national, and international communities.
13.02	Describe the diverse cultural connections that have influenced the development of language, art, music, and belief systems in North Carolina and the United States and assess their role in creating a changing cultural mosaic.
	7th Grade - Social Studies
	Competency Goal: The learner will describe the historic, economic, and cultural connections among North Carolina, the United States, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
	Objectives:
13.01	Identify historical movements such as colonization, revolution, emerging democracies, migration, and immigration that link North Carolina and the United States to selected societies of Africa, Asia, and Australia, and evaluate their influence on local, state, regional, national, and international communities.
13.02	Describe the diverse cultural connections that have influenced the development of language, art, music, and belief systems in North Carolina and the United States and analyze their role in creating a changing cultural mosaic.
	10th Grade - Social Studies
	Competency Goal: The learner will investigate how and why individuals and groups make economic choices.
	Objectives:
7.01	Describe the basic factors of production such as land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial skills and their impact on economic activities.
7.02	Explain how scarcity influences producers and consumers to make choices.
7.03	Compare examples of tradeoffs and opportunity costs of economic choices.
7.04	Analyze the impact on economic activities of specialization, division of labor, consumption and production increases.
	Contemporary Issues in North Carolina
	Competency Goal: The learner will explore environment issues affecting North Carolina.
	Objectives:
1.01	List current environmental issues in North Carolina.
1.02	Trace the origin of environmental problems and concerns.
1.03	Discuss the impact environmental problems have on the citizens of North Carolina.
1.04	Analyze the economic and political impact caused by environmental problems.
	Competency Goal: The learner will analyze diversity in North Carolina and hypothesize future problems and solutions.
	Objectives:
3.01	Explore the diverse populations in North Carolina.
3.02	Assess the needs, problems, and concerns of diverse groups.
3.03	Analyze the impact immigration and migration has on North Carolina's economy.
3.04	Identify organizations designed to assist diverse groups and analyze their effectiveness.
3.05	Strategize various methods and types of assistance for involvement of students.
	Competency Goal: The learner will examine local and community issues and identify ways to make positive contributions.
	Objectives:
10.01	Compile a list of local and community concerns and issues.
10.02	Explore current and future solutions to issues.
10.03	Formulate solutions and access venues for resolving and confronting today's issues.
10.04	Identify community service organization and analyze their importance.
10.05	Assess ways students can become involved in and help resolve local and community issues.

Click the links below to learn about the HARP courses. Please contact HARP for more information.

Animal Adaptations	Forest Ecology	N.C. History (Underground Railroad)
Astronomy	Fox, Rabbit, Coyote	Orienteering (Day and Night!)
Challenge Course / Teambuilding	HARP Jeopardy	Wetlands Ecology ( and Wetlands ID)
Evening Programs (Astronomy, Campfires, Night Games, Night Hikes, Underground Railroad)	Nature Hikes (Walks, Professor Hike, Hansel and Gretel Hikes, Night Hikes)	Wilderness Skills

	1st Grade - Science
1.02	Investigate the needs of animals: air, water, food, shelter.
1.04	Identify local environments that support the needs of North Carolina plants and animals.
1.05	Discuss the wide variety of living things on Earth.
	4th Grade - Science
1.01	Observe and describe how all living and nonliving things affect the life of a particular animal including: other animals, plants, weather, & climate.
1.02	Observe and record how animals of the same kind differ in some of their characteristics and discuss possible advantages and disadvantages of this variation.
1.03	Observe and discuss how behaviors and body structures help animals survive in a particular habitat.
	6th Grade - Science:
7.06	Investigate processes which, operating over long periods of time, have resulted in the diversity of plant and animal life present today: natural selection and adaptation.

	3rd Grade - Science
3.02	Observe that objects in the sky have patterns of movement including: sun, moon and stars.
3.04	Use appropriate tools to make observations of the moon.
3.06	Observe that patterns of stars in the sky stay the same, although they appear to move across the sky nightly.
	6th Grade - Science
5.01	Analyze the components and cycles of the solar system including: sun, planets and moons, asteroids and meteors, comets, phases, seasons, day/year and eclipses.
5.02	Compare and contrast the Earth to other planets in terms of: size, composition, relative distance from the sun and ability to support life.
5.05	Describe the setting of the solar system in the universe including: galaxy, size and the uniqueness of Earth.
	High School Earth/Environmental Science
6.02	Analyze planetary motion and the physical laws that explain that motion: rotation, revolution, apparent diurnal motions of the stars, sun and moon, effects of the tilt of the earth's axis.
6.05	Evaluate astronomers' use of various instruments to extend their senses: optical telescopes, cameras, radio telescopes and spectroscope.

	2nd Grade Healthful Living
1.01	Summarize and demonstrate expected standards for behavior such as honesty, trustworthiness, and respect for others.
1.03	Demonstrate how to express emotions and feelings in a positive manner, without hurting oneself or others.
3.01	Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication skills.
3.02	Recognize and respond appropriately to the feelings of others.
10.04	Work cooperatively with others to honestly complete work.
	3rd Grade Healthful Living
3.03	Demonstrate how to effectively and respectfully express opinions that differ from others.
3.04	Demonstrate compassion for all living things and respect for other peopleÕs property.
10.02	Identify positive behaviors and comments to use during play situations.
10.03	Utilize and demonstrate positive behaviors and comments to use as acceptable methods of conflict resolution during play situations.
	4th Grade Healthful Living
1.03	Compare and contrast positive and negative strategies for handling stress.
10.04	Follows directions, activity-specific rules, procedures and etiquette, with few reminders.
10.05	Regularly encourages others and refrains from put-down statements.
	5th Grade Healthful Living
10.01	Interacts with others by helping with their physical activity challenges.
10.02	Demonstrate behavior that will resolve conflicts in socially appropriate ways.
	6th Grade Healthful Living
1.01	Use a structured thinking process to make decisions and solve problems.
3.01	Identify and classify behaviors as either conducive or counterproductive to group functioning.
3.02	Demonstrate effective verbal and non verbal communication skills.
3.03	Demonstrate ways to communicate care, consideration and respect of self and others.
10.01	Appreciates the aesthetic and creative aspects of skilled performance in others and self.
10.02	Make conscious decisions about playing within the rules, procedures, and etiquette of a game or activity.
10.04	Work cooperatively and productively in a group to accomplish a set goal in both cooperative and competitive activities.
	7th Grade Healthful Living
10.01	Invites all students, regardless of ability, race, gender etc., to participate in physical activity and displays sensitivity to the needs and feelings of others during physical activities.
10.02	Develop strategies to communicate ideas and feelings; body language, gestures and body movements.
10.03	Recognizes physical activity as a positive opportunity for social and group interaction to promote a safe school environment.
10.04	Engage in fair play and show self-control by accepting a controversial decision.
10.05	Seeks out participants with and shows respect for a peer with varying skill ability.
	8th Grade Healthful Living
1.05	Use a variety of structured thinking processes to solve problems and make decisions.
3.02	Predict how intolerance affects others and demonstrate strategies for promoting tolerance.
3.03	Demonstrate communication skills to build and maintain healthy relationships.
10.02	Work cooperatively with peers of differing skill to promote a safe school environment.
10.04	Work cooperatively with a group to achieve group goals in competitive as well as cooperative settings.
10.05	Display empathy to the feelings of others during physical activities.
	High School Healthful Living
3.01	Demonstrate the ability to respond to others with empathy.
3.03	Demonstrate strategies for solving interpersonal conflict without harming self or others.
7.03	Apply rules, biomechanical principles, problem solving and concepts to traditional and non-traditional movement settings.
10.01	Demonstrate respect for individual differences in physical activity settings utilizing character education and sportsmanship.
10.02	Develop group strategies and personal goals for including persons of diverse backgrounds and abilities in physical activity settings.
10.03	Demonstrate collaboration as a group and individually contribute to the groupÕs success through a variety of noncompetitive duties.

All Aboard - This activity can be easy or difficult depending on the cooperative nature of each team member.
Critter Find - Listening skills and communication skills are a must in this activity.
Grid - This activity is purely concentration and memory.
Key Punch - One of the more challenging and fast paced challenge activities.
Mine Field - Seemingly simple, deceptively complex.
Nitro - Teamwork, listening skills, and trust are all challenged in this activity. Is there anyone out there who doesn't like swinging on a rope?!
Maze - This event challenges integrity as two of the most used senses are taken away.
Number Line-up - It looks and sounds easy but this event tests the frustration level of even the most cool customers.
Sherpa Walk - Lose one of your most used senses and the trust of your teammates is essential.
Trolleys - Coordination and teamwork are what this event is all about.
Web - This event is the ultimate test of teamwork and listening skills.
Beam - Another seemingly simple task which tests coordination and teamwork to the fullest.

	4th Grade Music
1.01	Sing with pitch accuracy.
1.08	Demonstrate part-singing skills through singing ostinatos, partner songs and rounds.
1.09	Sing music representing diverse styles, genres and cultures.
	5th Grade Music
1.01	Sing with pitch and rhythmic accuracy.
1.08	Blend vocal timbres and match dynamics while singing in a group.
1.09	Sing music representing diverse styles, genres and cultures.
	6th Grade Music
1.04	Sing music representing diverse styles, genres and cultures.
1.05	Show respect for the singing efforts of others.
	7th Grade Music
1.04	Sing music representing diverse styles, genres and cultures.
1.05	Show respect for the singing efforts of others.
	8th Grade Music
1.04	Sing music representing diverse styles, genres and cultures.
1.05	Show respect for the singing efforts of others.

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Haw River State Park » The Haw River Program (HARP) » Courses

General Instruction Course of Study Correlations:

Animal Adaptations

Astronomy

Challenge Course

Evening Programs

Forest Ecology

Fox/Rabbit/Coyote

HARP Jeopardy!

Nature Hikes

North Carolina History

Orienteering

Wetlands Ecology and Identification

Wilderness Skills (Elementary School)

Wilderness Survival (Middle School / High School)

	1st Grade Science
1.01	Investigate the needs of a variety of different plants: air, water, light and space.
1.02	Investigate the needs of a variety of different animals: air, water, food, shelter and space.
1.04	Identify local environments that support the needs of common North Carolina plants and animals.
1.05	Discuss the wide variety of living things on Earth.
	3rd Grade Science
1.01	Observe and measure how the quantities and qualities of nutrients, light and water in the environment affect plant growth.
1.02	Observe and describe how environmental conditions determine how well plants survive and grow in a particular environment.
1.03	Investigate and describe how plants pass through distinct stages in their life cycle including: growth, survival and reproduction.
	4th Grade Science
1.03	Observe and discuss how behaviors and body structures help animals survive in a particular habitat.
	5th Grade Science
1.01	Describe and compare several common ecosystems (communities of organisms and their interaction with the environment).
1.02	Identify and analyze the functions of organisms within the population of the ecosystem: producers, consumers and decomposers.
1.03	Explain why an ecosystem can support a variety of organisms.
1.04	Discuss and determine the role of light, temperature and soil composition in an ecosystem's capacity to support life.
1.05	Determine the interaction of organisms within an ecosystem.
1.06	Explain and evaluate some ways that humans affect ecosystems: habitat reduction due to development, pollutants and increased nutrients.
1.07	Determine how materials are recycled in nature.
	6th Grade Science
4.02	Evaluate the significant role of decomposers.
4.03	Examine evidence that green plants make food.
4.04	Evaluate the significance of photosynthesis to other organisms: source of atmospheric oxygen, Carbon dioxide removal and act as producers which supply food directly or indirectly to consumers.
7.01	Describe ways in which organisms interact with each other and with non-living parts of the environment: coexistence/cooperation/competition, symbiosis and mutual dependence.
7.03	Explain how changes in habitat may affect organisms.
	High School Biology
4.01	Analyze the classification of organisms according to their evolutionary relationships.
4.02	Analyze the processes by which organisms representative of the following group accomplish essential life functions.
4.03	Assess, describe and explain adaptations affecting survival and reproductive success.
4.05	Analyze the broad patterns of animal behavior as adaptations to the environment.
5.01	Investigate and analyze the interrelationships among organisms, populations, community and ecosystems.
5.02	Analyze the flow of energy and the cycling of matter in the ecosystem.
5.03	Assess human population and its impact on local ecosystems and global environments.
	High School Earth/Environmental Science
1.06	Identify and evaluate a range of possible solutions to earth and environmental issues local, national and global level.
	AP Biology
6.02	Survey the diversity of life.
6.05	Examine the structure and function of plants and animals.
7.02	Examine the actions and interactions of communities and ecosystems.
	AP Earth/Environmental Science
2.05	Investigate the biosphere.
4.04	Analyze biological resources.
5.01	Analyze the sources of major pollutants.
6.03	Investigate effects and consequences on biota: habitat fragmentation and destruction, introduced species and over harvesting.
7.04	Develop an awareness of environmental options.

	4th Grade - Social Studies
	Competency Goal : The learner will apply the five themes of geography to North Carolina and its people.
	Objectives:
1.01	Locate, in absolute and relative terms, major landforms, bodies of water and natural resources in North Carolina.
1.02	Describe and compare physical and cultural characteristics of the regions.
1.03	Suggest some influences that location has on life in North Carolina such as major cities, recreation areas, industry, and farms.
1.04	Evaluate ways the people of North Carolina used, modified, and adapted to the physical environment, past and present.
1.05	Assess human movement as it relates to the physical environment.
	Competency Goal : The learner will examine the importance of the role of ethnic groups and examine the multiple roles they have played in the development of North Carolina.
	Objectives:
2.03	Describe the similarities and differences among people of North Carolina, past and present.
2.04	Describe how different ethnic groups have influenced culture, customs and history of North Carolina.
	Competency Goal : The learner will trace the history of colonization in North Carolina and evaluate its significance for diverse people's ideas.
	Objectives:
3.01	Assess changes in ways of living over time and determine whether the changes are primarily political, economic, or social.
3.02	Identify people, symbols, events, and documents associated with North Carolina's history.
3.03	Examine the Lost Colony and explain its importance in the settlement of North Carolina.
3.04	Compare and contrast ways in which people, goods, and ideas moved in the past with their movement today.
3.05	Describe the political and social history of colonial North Carolina and analyze its influence on the state today.

	6th Grade Information Skills
3.02	Collect and compare information about diverse cultures, environments and peoples.
	7th Grade Information Skills
3.02	Collect and compare information about diverse cultures, environments and peoples.
	7th Grade Social Studies
7.01	Identify historical events such as invasions, conquests, and migrations and evaluate their relationship to current issues.
13.01	Identify historical movements such as colonization, revolution, emerging democracies, migration and immigration that link North Carolina and the United States to selected societies of Africa, Asia, and Australian and evaluate their influence on local, state, regional, national and international communities.
13.02	Describe the diverse cultural connections that have influenced the development of language, art, music and belief systems in North Carolina and the United States and analyze their role in creating a changing cultural mosaic.
	8th Grade Information Skills
3.02	Collect and compare information about diverse cultures, environments and peoples.
	8th Grade Social Studies
1.07	Describe the roles and contributions of diverse groups, such as American Indians, African Americans, European immigrants, landed groups, tradesmen, and small farmers to everyday life in colonial North Carolina and compare them to the other colonies.
3.04	Describe the development of the institution of slavery in the State and nation, and assess its impact on the economic, social, and political conditions.
	High School Information Skills
3.02	Collect and compare information about diverse cultures, environments and peoples.
	9th Grade World History
6.01	Compare the conditions, racial composition, and status of social classes, castes and slaves in world societies and analyze changes in elements.
	11th Grade U.S. History
2.06	Evaluate the role of religion in the debate over slavery and other social movements and issues.
	A.P. U.S. History
5.05	Examine the results and impact of expansion on slavery, politics and sectionalism.
	African American Studies
1.01	Analyze the economic, political and social reasons for focusing the slave trade on Africa.
1.02	Analyze the role of geography on the growth and development of slavery.
1.03	Assess the impact of the slave trade on Africa and the colonies.
1.04	Investigate the Middle Passage as one of the largest forced migrations in human history.
2.02	Discuss and evaluate the various ways Africans in America resisted slavery.
2.05	Trace the development of the abolitionist movement and its impact on slavery and the nation.

The class begins by letting the students get comfortable with reading, using and orienting a map. They will also be introduced to the terminology and equipment necessary for orienteering.
Students will form small groups and follow one of ten orienteering courses created on the Park property. Each course uses a variety of compass bearings and clues to move the group through the course.

	K-12 Grades Social Studies Skills
3.01	Use map and globe reading skills.
	6th Grade Social Studies
1.02	Generate, interpret, and manipulate information from tools such as maps, globes, charts, graphs, databases and models to pose and answer questions about space and place, environment and society and spatial dynamics and connections.
	7th Grade Social Studies
1.02	Generate, interpret, and manipulate information from tools such as maps, globes, charts, graphs, databases and models to pose and answer questions about space and place, environment and society and spatial dynamics and connections.