Field Trips to Falls Lake State Recreation Area
North Carolina state parks staff proudly offer numerous memorable field trip experiences for students and teachers. Explore science, history, social studies, and math through sampling stream life or climbing a mountain.
Falls Lake State Recreation Area offers field trips to explore the flora and fauna at the park — one geared towards fishing and the other about plants and animals to avoid.
Field Trip Programs
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We provide the bait, tackle, and expertise, you provide the curiosity and patience!
Students will learn how to fish, including safety and techniques, and to identify the fish we catch. We'll play the role of prey in this relationship, trying to convince Falls Lake's most famous predators to grab our hooks and line, and seeing if you have what it takes to bring it in.
Additional Information
| Grades | K to 12 |
|---|---|
| Length | 1.5 to 2 hours |
| Class Size | Minimum of 8 Maximum of 30 Larger groups can be accommodated by rotating activities. |
| Times Available | Spring to fall |
| Required Dress | Weather-appropriate clothing All students are encouraged to wear closed-toe shoes for walking. |
| Scheduling | At least 1 month in advance |
Correlations
| K.P.1 | Science – Forces and Motion | Understand the positions and motions of objects and organisms observed in the environment. |
|---|---|---|
| K.L.1 | Science – Structures and Functions of Living Organisms | Compare characteristics of animals that make them alike and different from other animals and nonliving things. |
| K.G.2 | Social Studies – Geography | Understand interactions between humans and the environment. |
| NC.1.MD.1 | Mathematics – Measurement and Data | Measure lengths: Compare lengths to determine which is longer, shorter, taller, and shorter. |
| 1.L.1 | Science – Ecosystems | Understand characteristics of various environments and behaviors of humans that enable plants and animals to survive. |
| 1.L.2 | Science – Earth Systems, Structures and Processes | Summarize the needs of living organisms for energy and growth. |
| 1.G.2 | Social Studies – Geography | Understand interactions between humans and the environment in different places and regions around the world. |
| NC.2.MD.1 | Mathematics – Measurement and Data | Measure and estimate lengths: Measure the length of objects using non-standard units. |
| 2.L.1 | Science – Structures and Functions of Living Organisms | Understand animal life cycles. |
| 2.L.2 | Science – Evolution and Genetics | Remember that organisms differ from or are similar to their parents based on the characteristics of the organism. |
| 2.G.1 | Social Studies – Geography | Understand how interaction between humans and the physical environment is impacted by movement and settlement. |
| NC.3.MD.2 | Mathematics – Measurement and Data | Solve problems involving measurement: Solve problems involving customary measurement. Estimate and measure lengths in customary units to the quarter-inch and half-inch, and feet and yards to the whole unit. Add, subtract, multiple, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving whole number measurements of length, weight, and capacity in the same customary units. |
| 4.L.1 | Science – Ecosystems | Understand the effects of environmental changes, adaptations and behaviors that enable animals (including humans) to survive in changing habitats. |
| 4.G.1 | Social Studies – Geography | Understand the role geography has played in the development of North Carolina. |
| 5.L.1 | Science – Structures and Functions of Living Organisms | Understand how structures and systems of organisms (to include the human body) perform functions necessary for life. |
| 5.L.2 | Science – Ecosystems | Understand the interdependence of plants and animals with their ecosystem. |
| 5.L.3 | Science – Evolution and Genetics | Understand why organisms differ from or are similar to their parents based on the characteristics of the organism. |
| 5.G.1 | Social Studies – Geography | Understand the ways in which geographic factors and features have influenced development of the United States. |
| 6.L.1 | Science – Structures and Functions of Living Organisms | Understand the structures, processes and behaviors of plants that enable them to survive and reproduce. |
| 6.G.1 | Social Studies – Geography | Understand the geographical factors that influence human migration and settlement. |
| 7.L.1 | Science – Structures and Functions of Living Organisms | Understand the processes, structures and functions of living organisms that enable them to survive, reproduce and carry out the basic functions of life. |
| 7.G.1 | Social Studies – Geography | Understand ways in which geographical factors influence societies. |
| 8.L.1 | Science – Structures and Functions of Living Organisms | Understand the hazards caused by agents of diseases that affect living organisms. |
| 8.L.3 | Science – Ecosystems | Understand how organisms interact with and respond to the biotic and abiotic components of their environment. |
| 8.G.1 | Social Studies – Geography | Understand geographic factors that influence the development of North Carolina and the nation. |
| EEn.2.3 | Science – Earth Systems, Structures and Processes | Explain how water is an agent of energy transfer. |
| EEn.2.4 | Science – Earth Systems, Structures and Processes | Evaluate how humans use water. |
| EEn.2.6 | Science – Earth Systems, Structures and Processes | Analyze patterns of global climate change over time. |
Join us for a hike to learn about the plants and animals to be cautious around at Falls Lake. Snakes, bugs, and poison ivy are all part of the natural world, so make sure to be safe while sharing it.
Additional Information
| Grades | K to 12 |
|---|---|
| Length | 1 to 1.5 hours |
| Class Size | Minimum of 8 Maximum of 30 Larger groups can be accommodated by rotating activities. |
| Times Available | Weekdays, year-round (weather dependent) |
| Required Dress | Weather-appropriate clothing All students are encouraged to wear closed-toe shoes for walking. |
| Scheduling | At least 1 month in advance |
Correlations
| K.P.1 | Science – Forces and Motion | Understand the positions and motions of objects and organisms observed in the environment. |
|---|---|---|
| K.G.2 | Social Studies – Geography | Understand interactions between humans and the environment. |
| 1.L.1 | Science – Ecosystems | Understand characteristics of various environments and behaviors of humans that enable plants and animals to survive. |
| 1.L.2 | Science – Earth Systems, Structures and Processes | Summarize the needs of living organisms for energy and growth. |
| 1.G.2 | Social Studies – Geography | Understand interactions between humans and the environment in different places and regions around the world. |
| 2.L.1 | Science – Structures and Functions of Living Organisms | Understand animal life cycles. |
| 2.L.2 | Science – Evolution and Genetics | Remember that organisms differ from or are similar to their parents based on the characteristics of the organism. |
| 2.G.1 | Social Studies – Geography | Understand how interaction between humans and the physical environment is impacted by movement and settlement. |
| 3.L.2 | Science – Ecosystems | Understand how plants survive in their environments. |
| 5.L.2 | Science – Ecosystems | Understand the interdependence of plants and animals with their ecosystem. |
| 7.L.1 | Science – Structures and Functions of Living Organisms | Understand the processes, structures and functions of living organisms that enable them to survive, reproduce and carry out the basic functions of life. |
| 7.G.1 | Social Studies – Geography | Understand ways in which geographical factors influence societies. |
| 8.L.3 | Science – Ecosystems | Understand how organisms interact with and respond to the biotic and abiotic components of their environment. |
| 8.L.4 | Science – Evolution and Genetics | Understand the evolution of organisms and landforms based on evidence, theories and processes that impact the Earth over time. |
| Bio.2.1 | Science – Ecosystems | Analyze the interdependent relationships of living organisms within their environments. |
| Bio 2.2 | Science – Ecosystems | Understand the impact of human activities on the environment (one generation affects the next). |