teaching through travel
| 08/23/2010

Since the opening of the National Museum of the Marine Corps in November 2006, more than 70,000 students and youth groups have visited and participated in the museum’s education programs, both formal and informal. The formal activities target hands-on learning and curriculum offerings for elementary, middle and high school students and teachers. A major element of this is a school outreach “Teaching Trunk” program that takes Marine Corps reproduction artifacts and equipment from various historical eras into schools prior to student visits. Classroom activities are distributed to the teachers before the students arrive at the museum in order to reinforce specific Virginia Standards of Learning taught in the classroom.

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LESLIE GRAY BAKER | 08/23/2010

The Youth Museum of Southern West Virginia and the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine have been a favorite destination for families for years – and this season is no exception.

teaching through travel
| 08/23/2010

“Discover It All” in West Virginia’s Eastern Gateway. About an hour from the Baltimore-Washington Corridor, you can pursue learning in a multitude of ways while having fun - be it history, outdoor activities, or most anything else.

An super abundance of history can be found here in Jefferson County — from Revolutionary times , starting with the George Washington family history in the area, and going through John Brown’s Raid and the Civil War.

teaching through travel
| 08/23/2010

This fall, Lincoln makes a stop in Atlanta with the nationally touring exhibition, With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition. On display at the Atlanta History Center from September 4 – November 7, 2010, the exhibition commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of our nation’s most revered presidents.  

teaching through travel
| 08/23/2010

Over one million people from around the world visit the World of Coca-Cola each year and each brings his or her own Coca-Cola story with them.  Some may remember sharing an icy cold Coca-Cola with salted peanuts poured inside with their grandfather as reward for a hard day’s work in the garden.  Some may recall the giant metal sign on the Little League fence where they played ball as a child that noted the sponsorship of their local bottler. 

teaching through travel
| 08/23/2010

Educators looking for a place to make their students say “wow” will find that Chimney Rock is the place to be. With a nearly 1,000-acre classroom of outdoor fun, Chimney Rock has lots to keep kids amazed.

Start by venturing into the tunnel leading to the Park’s 26-story elevator. Both the tunnel and elevator shaft were blasted into the mountain using eight tons of dynamite back in 1948 and 1949. Quite the engineering feat in its time, students can learn about the construction project through signage and pictures.

After stepping out of the elevator, visitors make their way out to the Chimney, 315ft above the parking area and more than 1,000ft above the valley floor, and take in the 75-mile views of Lake Lure and Hickory Nut Gorge. Head up the Skyline Trail to Exclamation Point passing fascinating geologic formations The Opera Box and Devil’s Head along the way. As students walk down the Outcroppings Trail, they’ll find many more unique geologic formations.

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| 08/23/2010

Ten-year-old Evan smiled as he climbed out of the Forest Service helicopter from his tag-along mission to improve habitat for wildlife.  The hum of the propellers and the roar of the engine in the flight simulator were something he didn’t want his friend Keisha to miss.  He found her across the room holding a wild turkey feather and listening to a wise Native American elder tell stories of how his people used wildlife to sustain themselves long ago.  The two fifth-graders and their classmates were in the middle of an exciting field trip to the Wild Turkey Center and Winchester Museum in Edgefield, S.C.

teaching through travel
| 08/23/2010

As the bell rings in the 2010-2011 school year, there are many more educational choices to include on your next Outer Banks’ field trip. Tourism representatives from the sixteen Northeastern counties of North Carolina have developed itineraries that give visitors reasons to stop along the way. With little or no cost, these experiences that are rich in history and environmental education can revive your annual field trip to the Outer Banks.

teaching through travel
| 08/23/2010

Imagine a land with no cars, buildings, or running water. The only other people had a different culture and spoke a different language. The land was vast, pristine, and natural. This was Roanoke Island when English explorers stepped off their ships. Roanoke Island Festival Park, across from the Manteo waterfront, is a 25-acre interactive attraction, representing the first English settlement attempt in 1585.

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CARL WHITE | 08/23/2010

Kingston Township was named in honor of Great Britain’s King George II and officially opened for settlement on February 26, 1734. This was part of South Carolina Governor Robert Johnson’s “Township Scheme” to increase security within 100 miles from Charleston along the waterways. Among the first were the “Poor Protestants from Ireland” that chose to make their new life in Kingston Township.