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    Cumberland Island

    National Seashore Georgia

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For Teachers

Learning is fun!

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Cumberland Island provides a vast array of opportunities for investigation and exploration. Lesson activities are designed to compliment class studies and reinforce concepts. Each activity has been correlated to the pertinent Georgia Performance Standards. While the activities have been designed to be used on Cumberland Island, some activities can be used in the school setting as well.

When planning a field trip to Cumberland Island, teachers should plan activities which are teacher or chaperone led. School groups are invited to join public programs, but should not count on the availability of public programs for their field trip content as public programs may be canceled or rescheduled due to staffing constraints.

School groups can also participate in our daily Dungeness Footsteps history walk. The walk takes place twice daily, when a ranger is available and starts shortly after the ferry arrives at the Dungeness Dock.

Additional Ranger led programs may be scheduled once a ferry reservation is made and based on Ranger availability.

Pertinent information for planning a field trip is available by clicking here.

Did You Know?

Osprey perched on the east coast of the island.

Cumberland Island provides important habitat for a number of important species including shore birds such as American Oystercatchers, Least Terns, and Wilson’s Plovers. The island is an important stopover point for migrating birds on the transatlantic migratory flyway.