Students from a regional Lumbee tribe visit the seashore as part of America's Best Classroom.
Think of your National Parks as off-site classrooms! Cape Hatteras National Seashore provides a wealth of learning opportunites from barrier island ecology to North Carolina history. So whether you're bringing your class to the park or are looking for materials to use in the classroom, explore our website to discover our various educational opportunities.
Reservations for School Groups . . . how to arrange a field trip to the Seashore more...
Teacher resources from other national park sites are available on-line! more...
The Roanoke Revisited Heritage Education Program provides educational materials about Fort Raleigh NHS. more...
Did You Know?
A piece of sea whip that washes up on the beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore is not a plant, but the skeleton of a whole colony of animals.
A tiny animal lived in each hole on the yellow, orange or purple stems. It had a mouth, a stomach and eight tentacles to catch food.