Carolina Raptor Center

Carolina Raptor Center is a premier provider of environmental education to the Charlotte region and beyond. Our programs are designed to meet the National Common Core Standards as well as North Carolina Essential Standards for science education. Our philosophy of student engagement through
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Tiny Talon Tales

Program description
Let your students’ imaginations soar! Children will spread their wings as they listen to stories of raptors and see them come alive. Meet 2 feathered friends, hear a raptor-themed book, and explore a touch table full of feathers and fur.
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Program Detail
Year round
9am-5pm
At least a 20′ by 20′ space
2 six-foot tables
Available at Carolina Raptor Center or your school
Onsite Cost: $7.00 per person (adults and children), with a $154 minimum charge per program.
Please note: You are required to have one adult chaperone for every ten students attending the program. Because we require chaperones these adults are free. Other adults are included in the per person rate.
Offsite Cost:
1-24 miles away: 1st program $250. Adding one additional program is $100.
25-49 miles away: 1st program $350. Adding one additional program is $100.
50-74 miles away: 1st program $450. Adding one additional program is $100.
75-99 miles away: 1st program $550. Adding one additional program is $100.
100-124 miles away: 1st program $650. Adding one additional program is $100.
•These prices cover a maximum of 50 participants attending each program. Assembly rates are available for up to 200 people.
EDUCATION STANDARDS
Students actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding through the reading of a raptor themed book with an emphasis on owls or hawks. (RL.K.10)
Students confirm understanding of a read text by asking and answering questions about key details in the text. (RI.K.2)
Students participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about topics such as habitat, adaptations, and physical properties of objects. (RI.K.1)
This program helps students compare the characteristics of animals that make them alike and different by comparing different species of owls and hawks. (K.L.1)
This program helps students understand how objects are described based on their physical properties through the use of a touch and exploration table with wings, talons, feathers, animal tracks, and animal furs. (K.P.2)
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Cancellation Policy
If you cancel your program…
More than 10 business days prior: your deposit will be returned to you, minus a $25 administrative fee. Between 3 and 10 business days prior: you can apply your program deposit to a future program. Deposit can be held for up to one year from original program date.
Less than 3 business days prior: you forfeit your deposit.
If you fail to show for your program without notifying us, you will be charged the full program fee.