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Oak Island Lighthouse
Located in Caswell Beach near the Cape Fear River, Oak Island Lighthouse is an operating lighthouse offering guided tours to the top. Students, scouts, homeschoolers, and campers will enjoy picturesque views as they climb to the top of Oak Island Lighthouse. Tour options allow groups to climb all 131 steps to the top of the tower (age 9 and up) or climb to the second level of the lighthouse (age 7 and up). At the top of Oak Island Lighthouse, groups will have the chance to see the lighthouse’s original mercury bulb that shone at 70 million candlepower, which made it the brightest lighthouse in the United States from 1958 to 1962. See the website for tour times, which vary depending on the season and tour type.
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Hrs: Vary, By appt.
HELPFUL LESSON PLAN(S)
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Lighthouse Lesson Plan
The first known lighthouse was the Pharos of Alexandria, Egypt. Ptolemy I and his son, Ptolemy II, constructed it between 300 and 280 BC. It stood about 450 feet high. This lighthouse was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was destroyed in stages by invaders and earthquakes, being destroyed in the 1300s.
There were never more than about 850 lighthouses in operation at once, although about 1,500 were constructed in this country over the years—the hey-day being about 1910.
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Oak Island Lighthouse
Located in Caswell Beach near the Cape Fear River, Oak Island Lighthouse is an operating lighthouse offering guided tours to the top. Students, scouts, homeschoolers, and campers will enjoy picturesque views as they climb to the top of Oak Island Lighthouse. Tour options allow groups to climb all 131 steps to the top of the tower (age 9 and up) or climb to the second level of the lighthouse (age 7 and up). At the top of Oak Island Lighthouse, groups will have the chance to see the lighthouse’s original mercury bulb that shone at 70 million candlepower, which made it the brightest lighthouse in the United States from 1958 to 1962. See the website for tour times, which vary depending on the season and tour type.
contact info
Hrs: Vary, By appt.
HELPFUL LESSON PLAN(S)
Prepared by FieldTripDirectory.com
Lighthouse Lesson Plan
The first known lighthouse was the Pharos of Alexandria, Egypt. Ptolemy I and his son, Ptolemy II, constructed it between 300 and 280 BC. It stood about 450 feet high. This lighthouse was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was destroyed in stages by invaders and earthquakes, being destroyed in the 1300s.
There were never more than about 850 lighthouses in operation at once, although about 1,500 were constructed in this country over the years—the hey-day being about 1910.
View Lesson Plan>>ABOUT
Oak Island Lighthouse
Located in Caswell Beach near the Cape Fear River, Oak Island Lighthouse is an operating lighthouse offering guided tours to the top. Students, scouts, homeschoolers, and campers will enjoy picturesque views as they climb to the top of Oak Island Lighthouse. Tour options allow groups to climb all 131 steps to the top of the tower (age 9 and up) or climb to the second level of the lighthouse (age 7 and up). At the top of Oak Island Lighthouse, groups will have the chance to see the lighthouse’s original mercury bulb that shone at 70 million candlepower, which made it the brightest lighthouse in the United States from 1958 to 1962. See the website for tour times, which vary depending on the season and tour type.
contact info
Hrs: Vary, By appt.
HELPFUL LESSON PLAN(S)
Prepared by FieldTripDirectory.com
Lighthouse Lesson Plan
The first known lighthouse was the Pharos of Alexandria, Egypt. Ptolemy I and his son, Ptolemy II, constructed it between 300 and 280 BC. It stood about 450 feet high. This lighthouse was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was destroyed in stages by invaders and earthquakes, being destroyed in the 1300s.
There were never more than about 850 lighthouses in operation at once, although about 1,500 were constructed in this country over the years—the hey-day being about 1910.
View Lesson Plan>>ABOUT
Oak Island Lighthouse
Located in Caswell Beach near the Cape Fear River, Oak Island Lighthouse is an operating lighthouse offering guided tours to the top. Students, scouts, homeschoolers, and campers will enjoy picturesque views as they climb to the top of Oak Island Lighthouse. Tour options allow groups to climb all 131 steps to the top of the tower (age 9 and up) or climb to the second level of the lighthouse (age 7 and up). At the top of Oak Island Lighthouse, groups will have the chance to see the lighthouse’s original mercury bulb that shone at 70 million candlepower, which made it the brightest lighthouse in the United States from 1958 to 1962. See the website for tour times, which vary depending on the season and tour type.
contact info
Hrs: Vary, By appt.
HELPFUL LESSON PLAN(S)
Prepared by FieldTripDirectory.com
Lighthouse Lesson Plan
The first known lighthouse was the Pharos of Alexandria, Egypt. Ptolemy I and his son, Ptolemy II, constructed it between 300 and 280 BC. It stood about 450 feet high. This lighthouse was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was destroyed in stages by invaders and earthquakes, being destroyed in the 1300s.
There were never more than about 850 lighthouses in operation at once, although about 1,500 were constructed in this country over the years—the hey-day being about 1910.
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