Classified for credit

Public botanical garden with diverse plantings — supports plant taxonomy, horticulture, and ecology curriculum.

Preserved 19th-century gold and silver mining park with original structures illustrating NC mining history and industrial geology.

Coastal state park on the Pamlico Sound estuary — estuarine ecology, wetland biology, and shoreline geography.

Blue Ridge escarpment state park visitor center covering gorge geology, waterfalls, and rare plant communities of the Southern Appalachians.

Museum on Hatteras Island chronicling centuries of Outer Banks shipwrecks — covers maritime history, navigation, and the geography of the Cape Hatteras graveyard.

Regional contemporary art center with rotating exhibitions by NC and Southeast artists — supports visual-arts curriculum and regional cultural studies.

City arboretum with labeled woody plant collections — supports botany, dendrology, and plant identification across multiple ecosystems.

Greensboro History Museum with exhibits on civil rights, local industry, and North Carolina history from colonial times to present.

Regional fine art museum with rotating and permanent collections — supports visual arts curriculum through direct engagement with original works.

Revolutionary War battlefield (1781) with NPS visitor center and ranger walks — Southern campaign history.

Historic colonial Halifax (NC) — site of the 1776 Halifax Resolves and early NC government.

Hands-on children's museum in Hendersonville, NC with interactive exhibits covering early science, literacy, and math concepts.

County park adjacent to Harris Nuclear Plant reservoir — freshwater ecology, migratory bird watching, and Piedmont habitat biology with developed facilities.

Haw River State Park corridor with exposed iron-ore geology and riparian habitat — covers Piedmont geology, ore formation, and freshwater ecology.

NC state park on the Haw River with trails and riparian habitat — covers Piedmont river ecology, watershed biology, and outdoor PE.

Urban nature preserve protecting a relict hemlock forest in the NC Piedmont — supports plant ecology, microclimate study, and native species identification.

Preserved early-20th-century textile mill village — industrial history, Appalachian labor history, and the development of American manufacturing towns.

Oldest surviving stone dwelling in Mecklenburg County with living-history programming covering colonial-era daily life and Revolutionary War-period Carolina.

Regional art museum with permanent and rotating collections — supports visual arts curriculum with examples across media and periods.

Biological field station in the southern Appalachians supports ecology, botany, and herpetology study in a diverse mountain habitat.

Highlands Biological Station nature center in the southern Appalachians — covers mountain ecology, biodiversity hotspot biology, and field science.

1753 Moravian settlement with excavated fort, reconstructed structures, and living-history programming covering colonial-era community life.

NC State Historic Site in one of America's oldest towns — covers colonial history, Revolutionary-era politics, and early American civic life.

Living-history gold mining village with preserved 19th-century structures — covers North Carolina gold rush history, mining economics, and Piedmont settlement.