In 1769, Joel Lane decided to build his family home on rural farmland in an area that would become Wake County. Today, 250 years later, Joel Lane’s house still stands and is now in the heart of downtown Raleigh. 

Make plans now to bring your class to Halifax County, North Carolina. Spend the day touring sites that will encourage your students to, “Get Wild & Go Wild”!  Don’t worry they will be very well behaved as they absorb all the interesting science and math education while having fun. 

Grandfather Mountain offers students the chance to take their love of nature to new heights through its Field Trip Scholarship program and is now accepting applications for grants to help finance school field trips next spring to Grandfather Mountain.

Corolla Park, Whalehead Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education, Currituck Lighthouse, Historic Corolla Village, Wild Horse Museum and Store, Audobon Sanctuary.

An abandoned building at 316 East Franklin Street that was originally built as a grocery store is being transformed into the new Monroe Science Center.

It’s rare to hear about the opening of a new fort, but September 21 marks the opening of Fort Dobbs, a reconstructed full-size replica of a fort first built 260 years ago to protect the western frontier of North Carolina.

For over 70 years school children from all over the Southeast have come to the North Carolina mountains in the area around Boone and Blowing Rock to experience an eclectic mix of attractions that bring out the true flavor of Appalachia.

During the 2019-20 school year, Kaleideum has streamlined programming and organized the offerings as Learning Lab Programs, Performance-Based Programs, Planetarium Programs, Outdoor Programs, and Off-Site Programs.