Lunchtime Discovery Series

The NCDEQ Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs hosts a guest lecture series called the "Lunchtime Discovery," hosted and streamed with our partners at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. Professionals from a wide range of environmental fields give presentations about their work and participate in a live moderated question and answer chat with viewers. Topics range from spider diversity in North Carolina to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), to how to incorporate music in environmental education programming. The series is currently paused as we move to the Catawba College Center for the Environment, but the archives remain active here and on the Museum's YouTube channel. 

The are several recently recorded presentations available on a wide variety of environmental topics that can be used in the classroom to supplement existing lessons on ecosystems, natural resources, and North Carolina history. These can also be used for Criteria III or CE for NC Environmental Education Certification. You can find older archived talks from 2017 to 2024 on the menu to the right. 

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