CTCC 2010-11 Teacher's Guide

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Schooner Inc & The University of New Haven proudly introduce…

60 South Water Street ∙ New Haven, CT 06519 ∙ Phone: 203 865-1737 ∙ Fax: 203 624-8816 www.schoonerinc.org

http://www.schoonerinc.org/

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Connecticut Coastal Classrooms School Programs

Using Long Island Sound and its inhabitants as a teaching tool, Connecticut Coastal Classrooms in partnership with University of New Haven, offers a variety of programs for all ages and class sizes. These

inquiry based programs provide students with unique hands on learning experiences that are correlated to the Connecticut Curriculum Frameworks for Science. With our team of professional marine science educators, we work to help supplement and enhance topics covered in the traditional classroom.

MISSION

Schooner Inc is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting environmental awareness and personal growth by providing educational experiences in marine science, sailing, and the history of Long Island Sound and its watershed. Schooner Inc believes that through education, people can understand and appreciate the value of Long Island Sound.

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Coastal Encounter Programs ...................... 3-20

Pre-Kindergarten – Kindergarten ................................... 4 1st & 2nd Grades ............................................................ 5 3rd & 4th Grades ........................................................... 6 5th & 6th Grades ....................................................... 7-10 Middle School ....................................................... 11-14 High School ......................................................... 15-16 Habitat Activity Descriptions ................................. 17-19 Scheduling information............................................... 20

Harbor Discovery Cruise .......................... 21-28

3rd – 5th Grades ........................................................... 22 6th – 8th Grades ........................................................... 23 High School ......................................................... 24-25 Station Descriptions .............................................. 26-27 Scheduling information............................................... 28

Traveling Teach Tanks ............................. 29-32

Teach Tank Programs ............................................ 29-30 Assembly Programs ............................................... 31-32

2010-2011 Price List ...................................... 33 Special Thanks .............................................. 34

Scheduling School Programs Once you have reviewed our program options, you can schedule your program or

receive additional information by contacting the Schooner Inc / Connecticut Coastal Classrooms office via phone at

203-865-1737 or via email at [email protected]. Scheduling can begin up to one year in advance. Please note that Coastal Encounter

program times are tides dependant and are scheduled on a first come first serve basis, so contact Schooner Inc early for your choice of dates!

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mailto:[email protected]

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A new twist for a trip to the beach…

On the shores of Long Island Sound, students are able to connect concepts that they have learned in the classroom to the world around

them with hands-on, feet- wet exploration. Students will participate in activities that will employ the inquiry based method of teaching supported by the National Science Foundation. Group leaders will choose a program based upon grade level and our three available themes:

Eco Explorers

Know your Watershed

Ship to Shore

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Location: Lighthouse Point Park or Hammonasset State Park

During a 3 hour shore program, your group of mini scientists will explore the shores of Long Island Sound. The agenda is based on exploration of the salt marsh, sandy beach, and rocky intertidal

habitats and includes the following activities that highlight specific characteristics of each habitat.

3-hour Pre-K and Kindergarten Eco Explorers Agenda

9:00 - 9:20 Arrival / Introduction

9:20 – 10:00 Habitat: Marsh

Activity One: “Sensational” Marsh Discovery

Activity Two: Marsh Exploration 10:00 – 10:10 Walk to Habitat 2

10:10 – 10:50

Habitat: Rocky Intertidal Activity One: Tide Pool Exploration

Activity Two: Long Island Sound Marine Life

10:50 – 11:00 Walk to Habitat 3

11:00 – 11:40

Habitat: Beach Activity One: Shell Hunt

Activity Two: Sea Creature Building OR Under our Feet*

11:40 – 12:00 Q&A / Wrap-up * Teachers must choose either “Sea Creature Building” or the “Under our Feet” Program.

GRADE BASED AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

Eco Explorers

Don’t forget to review Pages 17-19 for specific habitat

activity descriptions!

Coastal Encounters Pre-Kindergarten & Kindergarten

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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During a 3 hour shore program, your group of sprouting scientists will explore the shores of Long Island Sound. The agenda is based on exploration of the salt marsh, sandy beach, and rocky intertidal habitats and includes the following activities that highlight specific

characteristics of each habitat. 3-hour 1st & 2nd Grade Eco Explorers Agenda



Activity One: Marsh Trek Activity Two: Marsh Exploration


10:10 – 10:50 Habitat: Rocky Intertidal

Activity One: Tide Pool Exploration Activity Two: Long Island Sound

Marine Life 10:50 – 11:00 Walk to Habitat 3

11:00 – 11:40

Habitat: Beach Activity One: Shell Hunt

Activity Two: Under our Feet OR Shore Seining*

11:40 – 12:00 Q&A / Wrap-up * Teachers will choose either “Shore Seining” or the “Under our Feet” Program.

Eco Explorers

Don’t forget to review Pages 17-19 for specific habitat

activity descriptions!

Coastal Encounters First & Second Grade

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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During a 3 hour shore program, your group of eager explorers will discover the scientific wonders along the shores of Long Island

Sound. The agenda is based on exploration of the salt marsh, sandy beach, and rocky intertidal habitats and includes the following activities that highlight specific characteristics of each habitat.

3-hour 3rd & 4th Grade Eco Explorers Agenda



Activity One: Marsh Trek Activity Two: Sediment Zonation

OR Marsh Exploration* 10:00 – 10:10 Walk to Habitat 2

10:10 – 10:50

Habitat: Rocky Intertidal Activity One: Adaptation Exploration

Activity Two: Long Island Sound Marine Life


11:00 – 11:40

Habitat: Beach Activity One: Shore Seining

Activity Two: Plankton Discovery 11:40 – 12:00 Q&A / Wrap-up

* Teachers must choose either “Sediment Zonation” or the “Marsh Exploration” Program.

Eco Explorers

Eco Explorers

Our Habitat Activities have flexible options and can be formatted to fit

your specific class curriculum! Call: 203-865-1737

Coastal Encounters Third & Fourth Grade

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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Location: City Point, New Haven

Connecticut Coastal Classroom’s Know Your Watershed program brings students on the water with dockside programs on topics like water chemistry and marine life identification as well as shore based explorations. It incorporates basic concepts of watershed dynamics including run-off, water cycle, pollution, etc. with an introduction to the estuarine habitats in Long Island Sound. Based on New Haven Harbor at historic City Point, these hands-on

watershed dynamics activities ‘connects the dots’ for these concepts. This three hour program is designed to fit within a normal school day and can accommodate up to 40 students divided into 4 groups. The available stations were created to develop a broad overview of New Haven Harbor’s exciting biotic and abiotic characteristics – a foundation that can be built upon in future classroom studies using the information collected by students.

Know Your Watershed

Coastal Encounters

Fifth & Sixth Grade

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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Watershed Dynamics: Students are introduced to the basic concepts of watershed dynamics, including water cycle, run-off, vegetative buffers, and human effects on watersheds. Through hands-on activities, students predict the effects of pollution as well as the effect of a ‘natural’ vegetative buffer. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.3, 4.6 Marine Life Discovery: In this hands-on discovery station onboard the R/V Sounder, students will identify the different animals found in Long Island Sound as well as their ‘place’ in the Long Island Sound Food Web. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.2, 6.2, 7.2 Shoreline Exploration/Weather: On the shoreline of City Point in New Haven, students will explore the Sandy Beach habitat, learn to identify common shells/mollusks of Long Island Sound’s shoreline, and also make basic weather observations / predictions. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.3, 6.3 Water Quality: After a brief introduction to basic water quality principles, students will collect samples of water from New Haven Harbor and perform analyses to determine the ‘Quality’ of their water sample. Values will be added to a compiled chart to identify trends and make predictions! CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.2, 6.1, 6.4 Plankton Study: Using samples of water taken directly from Long Island Sound, students will learn about the different types of plankton and how to identify local species. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.2, 5.4, 6.2, 7.2 Simple Machines: By using simple machines like pulleys, levers and inclined planes, students will learn to apply the concept of Mechanical Advantage. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 7.1 *Teachers and group leaders choose four stations.

Sample Agenda:

Time Group A Group B Group C Group D 9:00-9:15 Arrival / Introduction 9:15-9:55 Station 1 Station 2 Station 3 Station 4 9:55-10:35 Station 2 Station 3 Station 4 Station 1

10:35-11:15 Station 3 Station 4 Station 1 Station 2 11:15-12:00 Station 4 Station 1 Station 2 Station 3

12:00 Wrap up / Load Buses

Available Know Your Watershed Station Selections

** Please note this is a sample agenda, each agenda will be individualized for each participating group

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During a 3 hour shore program, your group of sensational Scientists will discover the scientific wonders along the shores of Long Island Sound. The agenda is based on exploration of the salt marsh, sandy

beach, and rocky intertidal habitats and includes the following activities that highlight specific characteristics of each habitat.

3-hour 5th & 6h Eco Explorers Agenda



Activity One: Marsh Trek Activity Two: Sediment Zonation



Activity One: Crab Diversity/Density Activity Two: Critter Sense


11:00 – 11:40

Habitat: Beach Activity One: Shore Seining


Eco Explorers

Looking for an extended program? 4-5 hour Eco Explorer Canoeing

programs are also available! View pages 17-19 for more

information.

Coastal Encounters Fifth & Sixth Grade Continued

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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Location: Long Wharf Nature Preserve

CT Coastal Classroom’s Ship to Shore program combines our Harbor Discovery Cruise with our Eco Explorers program. Students will spend a portion their day sailing into science onboard our Schooner Quinnipiack while they will spend the remainder of their day exploring the shores of Long Island Sound at our Long Wharf

Nature Preserve location. This program offers a full day format that gives students a hands-on and feet-wet interactive experience of Long Island Sound. Accommodations can be made for groups of up to 80 participants.

3-hour 5th & 6th grade Ship to Shore Agenda

Group A Group B 9:00 Arrival, Bathrooms & Intro

9:15 -12:00

Harbor Discovery: Station 1: Navigation

Station 2: Marine Life ID Station 3: Life of a Sailor

Eco Explorers: Habitat 1: Rocky Intertidal

Habitat 2: Marsh Habitat 3: Beach

12:00- 12:30 Lunch

12:30- 3:30

Eco Explorers: Habitat 1: Beach Habitat 2: Marsh

Habitat 3: Rocky Intertidal

Harbor Discovery: Station 1: Navigation

Station 2: Marine Life ID Station 3: Life of a Sailor

3:30 Program Wrap-up, Q & A 4:00 Departure

Ship to Shore

Did you know you can book your

program up to a year in advance!

Coastal Encounters Fifth & Sixth Grade Continued

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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During a 3 hour shore program, your group of eager explorers will discover the scientific wonders along the shores of Long Island Sound. The agenda is based upon exploration of the salt marsh,

sandy beach, and rocky intertidal habitats and includes the following activities that highlight specific characteristics of each habitat.

3-hour Middle School Eco Explorers Agenda



Activity One: Marsh Trek Activity Two: Water Chemistry



Activity One: Crab Diversity/Density Activity Two: Long Island Sound

Marine Life 10:50 – 11:00 Walk to Habitat 3

11:00 – 11:40

Habitat: Beach Activity One: LIS Formation


Eco Explorers

Looking for an extended program? 4-5 hour Eco Explorer Canoeing

programs are also available! View pages 17-19 for more

information.

Coastal Encounters Middle School

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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CT Coastal Classroom’s Ship to Shore program combines our Harbor Discovery Cruise with our Eco Explorers program. Students will spend a portion their day sailing into science onboard our Schooner Quinnipiack while they will spend the remainder of their day exploring the shores of Long Island Sound at our Long Wharf Nature Preserve location. This program offers a full day format that gives students a hands-on and feet-wet interactive experience of Long Island Sound. Accommodations can be made for groups of up to 80 participants.

3-hour Middle School Ship to Shore Agenda


9:15 -12:00

Harbor Discovery: Station 1:

Watershed Dynamics Station 2: Marine Life ID

Station 3: Simple Machines



12:00- 12:30 Lunch

12:30- 3:30



Harbor Discovery: Station 1:

Watershed Dynamics Station 2: Marine Life ID

Station 3: Simple Machines 3:30 Program Wrap-up, Q & A 4:00 Departure

Ship to Shore

Coastal Encounters Middle School Continued

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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Location: City Point, New Haven

Connecticut Coastal Classroom’s Know Your Watershed program brings students on the water with dockside programs on topics like water chemistry and marine life identification as well as shore

based explorations. It incorporates basic concepts of watershed dynamics including run-off, water cycle, pollution, etc. with an introduction to the estuarine habitats in Long Island Sound. Based on New Haven Harbor at historic City Point, these hands-on watershed dynamics activities ‘connects the dots’ for these concepts. This three hour program is

designed to fit within a normal school day and can accommodate up to 40 students divided into 4 groups. The available stations were created to develop a broad overview of New Haven Harbor’s exciting biotic and abiotic characteristics – a foundation that can be built upon in future classroom studies using the information collected by students.

Know Your Watershed

Coastal Encounters Middle School Continued

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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Watershed Dynamics: Students are introduced to the basic concepts of watershed dynamics, including water cycle, run-off, vegetative buffers, and human effects on watersheds. Through hands-on activities, students predict the effects of pollution as well as the effect of a ‘natural’ vegetative buffer. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.3, 4.6 Marine Life Discovery: In this hands-on discovery station onboard the R/V Sounder, students will identify the different animals found in Long Island Sound as well as their ‘place’ in the Long Island Sound Food Web. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.2, 6.2, 7.2 Shoreline Exploration/Weather: On the shoreline of City Point in New Haven, students will explore the Sandy Beach habitat, learn to identify common shells/mollusks of Long Island Sound’s shoreline, and also make basic weather observations / predictions. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.3, 6.3 Water Quality: After a brief introduction to basic water quality principles, students will collect samples of water from New Haven Harbor and perform analyses to determine the ‘Quality’ of their water sample. Values will be added to a compiled chart to identify trends and effects! CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.2, 6.1, 6.4 Plankton Study: Using samples of water taken directly from Long Island Sound, students will learn about the different types of plankton and how to identify local species. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.2, 5.4, 6.2, 7.2 Simple Machines: By using simple machines like pulleys, levers and inclined planes, students will learn to apply the concept of Mechanical Advantage. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 7.1 *Teachers and group leaders choose four stations.

Sample Agenda:

Time Group A Group B Group C Group D 9:00-9:15 Arrival / Introduction 9:15-9:55 Station 1 Station 2 Station 3 Station 4 9:55-10:35 Station 2 Station 3 Station 4 Station 1

10:35-11:15 Station 3 Station 4 Station 1 Station 2 11:15-12:00 Station 4 Station 1 Station 2 Station 3

12:00 Wrap up / Load Buses

Available Know Your Watershed Station Selections

** Please note this is a sample agenda, each agenda will be individualized for each participating group

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Location: Lighthouse Point Park

During a 4-5 hour shore program, your group of inquisitive researchers will discover the scientific wonders along the shores of Long Island Sound. The agenda includes a Canoe Excursion in Morris Creek, exploration of the sandy beach, and rocky intertidal habitats and includes the following activities that highlight specific characteristics of each habitat.

4-5-hour High School Eco Explorers Agenda



Canoe Excursion 11:00 – 11:10 Walk to Habitat 2 –Quick Snack

11:10 – 11:50

Habitat: Rocky Intertidal Activity One: Crab Diversity/Density

Activity Two: Biodegradation 11:50 – 12:00 Walk to Habitat 3

12:00 – 12:40

Habitat: Beach Activity One: Water Chemistry

Activity Two: Seining 12:40 – 1:00 Q&A / Wrap-up

Eco Explorers

Our Habitat Activities have flexible options and can be

formatted to fit your specific class curriculum!

Call: 203-865-1737

Coastal Encounters High School

AVAILABLE PROGRAM

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CT Coastal Classroom’s Ship to Shore program combines our Harbor Discovery Cruise with our Eco Explorers program. Students will spend a portion their day sailing into science onboard our Schooner Quinnipiack while they will spend the remainder of their day exploring the shores of Long Island Sound at our Long Wharf Nature Preserve location. This program offers a full day format that gives students a hands-on and feet-wet interactive experience of Long Island Sound. Accommodations can be made for groups of up to 80 participants.

3-hour High School Ship to Shore Agenda


9:15 -12:00

Harbor Discovery: Station 1: Plankton Study Station 2: Marine Life ID

Station 3: Navigation



12:00- 12:30 Lunch

12:30- 3:30



Harbor Discovery: Station 1: Plankton Study Station 2: Marine Life ID

Station 3: Navigation 3:30 Program Wrap-up, Q & A 4:00 Departure

Ship to Shore

Don’t forget to view Pages 25-26 for more Harbor

Discovery Cruise Options!

Coastal Encounters High School Continued

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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CT State Science Standards Addressed: 2.3, 4.2, 6.2, 7.3, 8.2

Students dig in and discover the diversity under their feet in the salt marsh. CTCC’s educators will lead students on an inquiry based adventure that will allow students to discover firsthand the common zonation that can be found in Ct’s salt marsh. In their journey students will unearth just what that smell is, and why the salt marsh is such a crucial habitat within our ecosystem.

Canoe Excursion: During our 4-5 hour eco explorers adventure, students will board CTCC’s fleet of canoes with our American Canoe Association certified instructor to explore the wonders of the salt marsh that are not accessible by land! (Topics covered will be differentiated by grade) CT State Science Standards: 3.3, 3.2, 4.2, 6.2, 7.2, 9.6, 9.8, 9.9 “Sensational” Marsh Discovery Students will take a journey into the marsh for a multisensory, interactive experience where they will gain a better understanding of this spectacular habitat. Students learn the importance of the marsh to the small wonders of Long Island Sound along with additional grade differentiated topics. CT State Science Standards Addressed: K.1 Marsh Trek Have your students get their closed-toed shoes ready to get muddy, sandy, and REALLY wet, because it’s time to get ‘into’ the marsh. Students learn about tidal creeks while they explore the marshes in search of crabs, snails, fish, and birds. Take the opportunity for them to experience this ecosystem like they’ve never done before - and have educators teach them how to use different tools (dip nets, seine nets, etc) to catch and study animals responsibly. CT State Science Standards Addressed: K.2, 1.2, 2.2, 3.2, 4.2, 6.2, 6.4, 7.2

Crab Diversity/Density The great abundance of invasive species of crabs in the marsh becomes clear in this exercise. After collecting crabs using quadrats, students will discover the distribution and density of different crab species throughout the marsh as well as their overall diversity. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 6.2, 7.2, 8.2, 10.5, 10.6 Water Chemistry The health of Long Island Sound is measured through a variety of measurements of physical factors in the water column that indicate good (or bad) conditions. During this activity, students will get a brief summary of water quality parameters (i.e., temperature, turbidity, pH, Nitrite/Nitrate, Phosphorous, etc) from educators. Water samples will be collected and analyzed - the results of each sample will be compiled for a water quality snapshot of the Sound on your trip. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.2, 4.3, 6.2, 6.4, 9.6, 9.8, 9.9

Sediment Zonation

Eco Explorers Available Habitat Activity Descriptions:

Salt Marsh

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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Under our Feet With a sample of soil from the school yard in hand and the beach at their feet, students will research the difference between sand and soil. Students will learn what makes these two substances different by investigating what they are composed of and other grade differentiated topics. CT State Science Standards Addressed: K.1, 2.3 Shell Hunt Just how many different types of shells can be found on one beach in Long Island Sound? During this activity, students will spend time searching and exploring the beach in order to learn how to identify various mollusks and gastropods. Students will also learn fun and fascinating facts about these Long Island Sound inhabitants through a CTCC educator lead lesson. CT State Science Standards Addressed: K.2, 1.2, 3.2, 6.2 Plankton Discovery What is the world largest biomass that you can sample with a net and a water bottle? PLANKTON! Students will collect samples and view macro and micro planktonic organisms using CTCC’s plankton net and field microscopes. Students will get practical, hands-on experience while learning about the amazing contributions of these mini manufacturers to Long Island Sound. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.2, 5.4, 6.2, 7.2, 8.2, 10.1

Shore Seining While the sandy beach may look as though it is lacking any life, right off shore there are many wonders to be found. Students will have a chance of wading into the water to find out just what wonders they may be missing. Lead by a CTCC educator, students will learn how to implement a hand held seine net in order to capture and examine the wonders that lie just beneath the water. *Seining can also be chosen as a marsh activity depending on location* CT State Science Standards Addressed: 1.2, 6.2, 8.2

LIS Formation Long Island Sound is a very unique estuary, during this station students will discover how it

came to be starting with a brief history of the Wisconsinan glacier. Students will explore the deposits left behind 22,000 years ago and discover what evidence we have to confirm Long Island Sound’s formation.

CT State Science Standards Addressed: 7.3

Sea Creature Building

Eco Explorers Available Habitat Activity Descriptions:

Sandy Beach

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

Students will work on team building, communication skills, and learn the anatomy of marine organisms by creating them in sand.

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CT State Science Standards Addressed: 9.6, 9.9

Have you ever wondered how long it takes for a Styrofoam cup to naturally breakdown? What about a tin can or a paper plate? During this interactive station, students will use science inquiry skills to put together a biodegradation timeline of common waste materials that are found along the shores of Long Island Sound. Lead by a Connecticut Coastal Classrooms educator, Students will then discover the true time line of these materials and find out why it takes so little, or so long for these items to naturally breakdown. Following instruction, students will have a hand at helping out the environment by participating in a brief beach clean-up!

Tide pool Exploration What better way to learn about the rocky intertidal than exploration? Students will venture into this fascinating habitat with a CTCC educator for hands on discovery of what lives and thrives in this environment. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 1.2, 3.2, 6.2, 7.2, 8.2

Critter Sense Marine animals have some amazing ways of sensing their environment – from antennae to small hairs to echolocation. Students explorer the rocky intertidal following a group discussion on why animals need more than just eyes to ‘see’ the ocean around them and discover the adaptations that animals in Long Island Sound have to their environment. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 3.2, 5.2

Adaptation Exploration Living in Long Island Sound can be difficult, but each plant and animal has a specific adaptation that allows it to survive. While exploring the rocky intertidal, students will discover how hairy legs, strong claws, and prickly spines (and many other amazing adaptations) keep these plants and animals alive in the Sound. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 3.2, 5.2, 10.5

Long Island Sound Marine Life Students get up close and personal with the inhabitants of Long Island Sound with an educator lead beach side “touch tank.” During this activity, students will learn fun and fascinating facts about our neighbors in Long Island Sound. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 1.2, 3.2, 4.2, 6.2, 6.4, 7.2, 8.2

Algae Density and Diversity The rocky intertidal zone of the coast offers students a wealth of different algae to discover. Commonly thought of as plants, these protists are well-adapted to their habitats. Through their exploration, collection, and discussions with educators, students will learn about collection, identification, and tidal zonation. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 6.2, 7.2, 8.2

Biodegradation

Eco Explorers

Available Habitat Activity Descriptions: Rocky Intertidal

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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Scheduling a Coastal Encounters Program Once you have reviewed our program options, you can schedule your

program or receive additional information by contacting the Schooner Inc / Connecticut Coastal Classrooms office via phone at

203-865-1737 or via email at [email protected]. Scheduling can begin up to one year in advance. Please note that coastal

encounter program times are tide dependant and are scheduled on a first come first serve basis, so contact Schooner Inc early for your choice of dates!


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Teachers and group leaders alike can bring their students to sail into science aboard the tall ship schooner Quinnipiack. During a sail

in New Haven Harbor students will participate in grade based activities for a

floating classroom experience of a lifetime! Activities aboard the Schooner Quinnipiack

will connect concepts that students have learned in the classroom to the world around

them with interactive hands-on demonstrations lead by our crew of

educators. The Schooner Quinnipiack can accommodate up to 40 passengers which

includes teachers and chaperones.

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Recommended 3- hour Harbor Sail

9:00 – 10:00

Stow Gear Safety Talk

Program Intro- Trawl* Raise Sails

10:00-11:20 Station Rotations**

Marine ID Life of A Sailor

Watershed Dynamics

11:20-12:00

Lower Sails All Hands: Buoyancy Challenge

Wrap-up Docking

GRADE BASED AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

Please note these are “recommended” sail stations. All stations can be

tailored to your specific class! Please view Pages 26-27 for additional station

descriptions!

Harbor Discovery Cruise Third- Fifth Grades

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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Recommended 3-hour Harbor Sail

9:00 – 10:00



10:00-11:20

Station Rotations** Marine Life ID

Navigation Simple Machines

11:20-12:00


Wrap-up Docking

Harbor Discovery Cruise Sixth- Eighth Grades

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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Recommended 3-hour Ecology Sail

9:00 – 10:00



10:00-11:20

Station Rotations** Marine Life

Plankton Study Benthic Study

11:20-12:00


Wrap-up Docking

Recommended 3-hour Environmental Studies Sail

9:00 – 10:00



10:00-11:20

Station Rotations** Marine Life

Water Chemistry Navigation

11:20-12:00


Wrap-up Docking

Please note these are “recommended” sail stations. All stations can be tailored to your specific class! Please view Pages 26-27 for additional station information!

Harbor Discovery Cruise High School

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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Recommended 3- hour History of Sail

9:00 – 10:00



10:00-11:20

Station Rotations** Life of a Sailor

Knots Navigation

11:20-12:00


Wrap-up Docking

Recommended 3- hour Team Building / Leadership

9:00 – 10:00



10:00-11:20

Station Rotations** Knots

Marine Life Helm / Bow Watch

11:20-12:00


Wrap-up Docking

Harbor Discovery Cruise

High School Continued

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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Benthic Study The benthic study combines marine geology, chemistry, and biology in an interactive activity. Students will begin by learning about the different bottom areas in Long Island Sound followed by collection of sediment with a ponar grab and examination of the sediment and living things in that sample. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.2, 4.3, 6.2

Knots/Bow Watch Sailing requires many different skills including awareness of your surroundings AND the ability to use your hands. In this station, students will learn the how to identify objects on the water and signal them to the captain and the uses of knots onboard as well as how to tie them. CT Social Studies Curriculum Framework Addressed:1.4

Life of a Sailor While Schooner Inc likes to think of the schooner Quinnipiack as a floating classroom, it is also home to the crew from March through October each year. Students join a crew member on a tour of the ‘Quinnie’ and get a sailor’s account of the history, daily activities, and future of sailing. CT Social Studies Curriculum Framework Addressed:1.6, 1.13

Marine Life ID The marine life ID station is run using animals collected from Long Island Sound. The otter trawl will be deployed at the beginning of your trip (conditions permitting) and students will use animals from the trawl (plus animals from our tanks onshore to learn ‘hands-on’ about the marine of life in Long Island Sound. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 3.2, 4.2, 6.2, 7.2, 8.2

Navigation Navigation is a necessary skill for every seaman. The ability to know where you are, where you came from, and where you are going is critical to survival at sea. Scientists also must know basic navigation principles to be able to accurately define their sampling sites, replicate experiments and analyze data. In this station, students will learn about the history and uses of navigation and be able to determine their location in New Haven Harbor. CT Social Studies Curriculum Framework Addressed:1.4, 2.2


Available Station Descriptions:

All Stations

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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Plankton Study In this station, students will work with crew to deploy a plankton net to collect samples of phytoplankton and zooplankton living in the water column. While the net is deployed, crew will work with students to learn the body shapes and physical characteristics of common plankton found in Long Island Sound as well as the importance of plankton to the Long Island Sound ecosystem. When the sample is brought onboard, students will get a chance to identify plankton and estimate the relative abundance of each in the water column. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.2, 5.4, 6.2, 7.2, 8.2, 10.1

Sail Theory What makes a sailboat… sail? Using models as well as our floating classroom, the schooner Quinnipiack, students will learn how sailors use sails (along with some physics and planning) to harness the power of the wind and get the schooner moving. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.1, 7.1, 8.1

Simple Machines So how DO we get a 100 pound anchor off the bottom? Or lift a 1000 pound trawl net full of squiggling marine life? By using simple machines like pulleys, levers and incline planes, students will learn to apply the concept of Mechanical Advantage aboard the schooner Quinnipiack. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 7.1

Watershed Dynamics Students are introduced to the basic concepts of watershed dynamics, including water cycle, run-off, vegetative buffers, and human effects on watersheds. Through hands-on activities, students predict the effects of pollution as well as the effect of a ‘natural’ vegetative buffer. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.3, 6.4 CT Social Studies Curriculum Framework Addressed:1.5

Water Quality The health of Long Island Sound is measured through a variety of measurements of physical factors in the water column that indicate good (or bad) conditions. In this station, students will get a brief summary of water quality parameters (i.e., temperature, turbidity, pH, Nitrite/Nitrate, Phosphorous, etc) from crew. Water samples will be collected and analyzed the results of each sample will be compiled for a water quality snapshot of the Sound on your trip. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 4.2, 4.3, 6.2, 6.4, 9.6, 9.8, 9.9

All Stations Continued

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Scheduling a Harbor Discovery Program

Once you have reviewed our program options, you can schedule your program or receive additional information by contacting the Schooner Inc

/ Connecticut Coastal Classrooms office via phone at

203-865-1737 or via email at [email protected].

Scheduling can begin up to one year in advance. Please note programs are scheduled on a first come first serve basis, so contact Schooner Inc early for your choice of dates!


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It’s not just a touch tank… it’s a

(Grades PreK-8)

Traveling Teach Tank programs bring Long Island Sound and its inhabitants into your classroom with exciting, themed activities that expand upon a basic touch tank. These 50 minute teach tank programs where

designed to complement the topics required by Connecticut State Standards. Schooner Inc / Connecticut Coastal Classroom’s flexible scheduling can accommodate up to five programs in a single school day.

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Marina Moonfish (Recommended for grades preK-2): Connecticut Coastal Classroom created the unique story of Marina Moonfish, which introduces students to the various marine life of Long Island Sound. After getting lost in the Sound, Marina meets crabs, snails, and clams who help guide her on her journey back to the Atlantic Ocean. Based specifically on animals which we typically bring into the classroom, this program blends exciting story-telling with hands-on interactive learning. CT State Science Standards Addressed: K.2, 1.2

Amazing Adaptations (Recommended for grades 3-4): Living in Long Island Sound can be difficult, but each plant and animal has a specific adaptation that allows it to survive. Students will discover how hairy legs, strong claws, and prickly spines (and many other amazing adaptations) keep these plants and animals alive in the Sound. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 3.2, 5.2

Marine Mix-up (Recommended for grades 3-5): Entering your classroom, after a long journey from the schooner Quinnipiack, Connecticut Coastal Classroom educators realize that there is a BIG problem. On the way to your school, all the labels and descriptions for each animal fell off the holding tanks! Educators work with students to use an identification key to help label the animals that were brought on the trip. Your students will spend time observing the animals and learn about their specific adaptations and ecosystems. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 3.2, 5.2

Investigation: Invasive Species (Recommended for grades 6-7): Students become Sound science investigators as they examine and discover the impact of various invasive species (plants and animals) to our current ecosystem. Students will analyze the species “crimes” and make population predictions for the future. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 6.2, 10.2

Sound Life Classification (Recommended for grades 6-8): This Connecticut Coastal Classroom original begins by allowing students to use inquiry based skills to observe, compare, and then separate live marine life specimens using their own unique ‘classification system’. Educators will then give students the actual characteristics of specific phyla of marine life and students will discover what key factors play important roles in the scientific classification system. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 6.2

Traveling Teach Tanks Available Teach Tank Descriptions:

All Teach Tanks:

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Can’t get to the sound? Let us bring the Sound to you!

Assembly programs are designed to bring Long Island Sound to large groups of students (usually entire grade-levels) throughout an entire school day. These 45 minute programs use a presentation and Question & Answer style format to allow students to discover the wonders beneath the surface of the Sound. An assembly program is a transportation-free way to introduce your students to the habitats and animals in Long Island Sound.

Something Fishy-(grades K-1): What lives in Long Island Sound? CT educators bring your group on a journey through Long Island Sound by looking at its animals and the ways that they are the same (and different) from each other. Topics like movement, breathing, and eating are brought alive with real pictures from Long Island Sound as well as live animals. CT State Science Standards Addressed: K.2, 1.2 Survivor: Long Island Sound-(grade 2): It’s a jungle out there – but even in Long Island Sound, animals need specific things like food, shelter, water, air, and space to be successful. Students will explore different habitats to see how animals meet their needs in different environments in Long Island Sound. CT State Science Standards Addressed: 1.2, 2.4

Amazing Adaptations!-(grade 3) Living in Long Island Sound can be difficult, but each plant and animal has a specific adaptation that allows it to survive. Students will discover how hairy legs, strong claws, and prickly spines (and many other amazing adaptations) keep these plants and animals alive in the Sound. CT State Science Standard Addressed: 3.2

Sound Bites-(grades 4-5): Long Island Sound is home to many animals, plants, and seaweeds – students will explore food webs in the Sound and discover that all food webs (land and sea) have similarities like producers, consumers, and decomposers. Using images of plankton from Long Island Sound collected by student researchers on the shore or on the schooner Quinnipiack, students will have a rare chance to see the base of the food chain with phytoplankton as well as the images of zooplankton like baby fish (larvae) and copepod.

Presentation Topics

CT State Science Standard Addressed: 4.2

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Assembly programs can be done for single OR for multiple groups in a day. For all programs, Connecticut Coastal Classroom will provide a 45 minute presentation, live animals (w/ videoscope to project live images – not touch tank), educator(s), LCD projector/computer, AV cart, and a 60”x60” projection screen. If the program will address a large group, you will need to make sure that there is adequate seating for all students and a larger projection screen/white wall to project the presentation onto.

Single Assembly-style Program: For this program, reserve a space large enough for all the students attending to sit comfortably with a clear view of a projection screen – larger groups may need a larger screen than that provided by Schooner Inc.

Multiple Assembly-style Programs: See the schedule below for a ‘typical’ day of programs where each grade (or group of grades) has an assembly-style presentation.

8:45 – 9:30 Program 1: Something Fishy

9:30 – 9:45 Educators Clean-up and set-up next program

9:45 – 10:30 Program 2: Amazing Adaptations!

10:30 – 10:45 Educators Clean-up and set-up next program

11:00 – 11:45 Program 3: Survivor – Long Island Sound

11:45 – 12:15 Schooner Educator Break

12:15 – 1:00 Program 4: Sound Bites

*Please allow 30 minutes of set-up at the beginning of the day, 15 minutes between programs to clean-up and prepare for the next presentation, and a 30 minute break for lunch.

Sample Program Day Schedule AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

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Average Price per Student: $1.00-$3.00 Price Includes: Five, 45-minute programs

Eco Explorers ..................................................... $275

Average Price per Student: $9.17 Price includes: 3-hour Program (includes 3 habitats/30 students and 2 chaperones)

Please note: Additional students/chaperones are an additional $8/person Canoe Excursion: 3-hour pricing, plus $85 per additional hour

Know Your Watershed ......................................... $275

Average Price per Student: $9.17 Price Includes: 3-hour Program (includes 4 stations/30 students)

Please note: Additional students/chaperones are an additional $8/person

Ship to Shore .................................................... $1500

Average Price per Student: $18.75 Price Includes: 7-hour program/ 80 participants max

(3 hour Eco Explorers - 1 hour break for lunch - 3 hour Harbor Discovery cruise)

2-hour Program .................................................. $500

Average Price per Student: $12.50 Price Includes: 4 stations/40 passengers max

3-hour Program .................................................. $600 Average Price per Student: $15.00

Price Includes: 4 stations/40 passengers max 5-hour Program ................................................. $900

Average Price per Student: $22.50 Price Includes: 2 4-station rotations/40 passengers max

Teach Tank Programs Two, 45-minute programs .......................................... $ 180plus mileage

Average Price per Student: $3.60- $7.20 Price Includes: 25 students per program

Each Additional 45-minute program ................................................ $ 75 Assembly Programs (auditorium/large group programs) One-day ................................................................... $ 375 plus mileage

Coastal Encounters


Traveling Teach Tanks

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Phyllis Bodel Child Care Center

Special Thanks to the schools and organizations that have joined us in our mission to promote environmental awareness and personal growth! Through your help we were able to provide educational experiences in marine science, sailing, and the history of Long Island Sound and its watershed to over 3,000 students

throughout Connecticut in 2009-2010!

Aces Mill Road School

Alef Bet Preschool

All Children’s Learning Center

Arthritis Walk

Beulah Heights Church

Booth and Dimock Memorial Library

Boy Scout Troop 59

Bright Horizons- Yale West Campus

Bright Horizons-Windsor

Canton Public Library

Casmir Pulaski Elementary

Cherished Moments

Cheshire Memorial School

Children’s Community School

Church Street Elementary

Clintonville Elementary

Common Grounds High School

Cosmic Cultures

CT Baptist Homes

CT Seagrant

Deer Run School

Education Connection

Ezra Academy

Fairfield Ludlowe High School

Franklin Academy

Gateway Early Learning

Hamden Youth Services

Holy Trinity School

James Blackstone Public Library

Jepson Magnet School

Jockey Hollow Middle School

John B. Sliney Elementary

Little School house

Lulac Head Start

Mattatuck Museum

Memorial Elementary

Milford Gifted and Talented Program

Milford Rec Mini Camp

Moylan School

Neighborhood Place

New Fairfield Middle School

New Haven Public Library

New Haven Reads

New Haven Yacht Club

Newtown High School

Phyllis Bodel Child Care Center

Pine Brook School

Prospect Library

Reach

Ridgefield High School

School of the 21st Century

Services for the Blind

Special Olympics

Sherman School

South Windsor Public Library

St. Lawrence Elementary

St. Stephen School

St. Thomas Day School

Staples High School

SurreyBrook School

Tashua Elementary School

Thompson Elementary School

Trinity Christian School

Tuttle elementary School

WB Youth Services

Wilcoxson School

Willoughby Wallace Library

Woodbridge Town Library

Woodruff Family YMCA

Wooster Middle School

Wooster School

And many others…..

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Connecticut Coastal Classrooms School Programs

Using Long Island Sound and its inhabitants as a teaching tool, Connecticut Coastal Classrooms, in partnership with University of New Haven, offers a variety of programs available for all ages and

class sizes. These inquiry based programs provide students with unique hands on learning experiences that are correlated to the

Connecticut Curriculum Frameworks for Science. With our team of professional marine science educators, we work to help supplement

and enhance topics covered in the traditional classroom.

MISSION

Schooner Inc is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting environmental awareness and personal growth by providing educational

experiences in marine science, sailing, and the history of Long Island Sound and its watershed. Schooner Inc believes that through education, people can understand and appreciate the value of Long Island Sound.

Documents

CTCC 2010-11 Teacher's Guide