Overview
Program includes 90-minute hands-on lesson, docent volunteer guided-tour, lunch space, and time to explore the Living Coast Discovery Center.
Program Times and Schedules
If you arrive after your designated arrival time or leave before the end time, your program will be cut short and modified.
Program Descriptions & Resources
Eat, Don’t Get Eaten (6-8)
This program is a perfect introduction to everything ecology. Come be challenged by the delicate balance of an ecological food web that must overcome disasters, natural and man-made alike.
Fish N’ Me Anatomy (6-8)
*Extra Dissection Fee for Materials
Get your hands all scaly and slimy with this dissection. Through this fun, interactive dissection, students explore the internal and external parts that help a fish survive its marine habitat.
The Good, The Bad, and The Bizarre (6-8)
Discover the animal “gene pool lottery” that will produce good adaptations, bad traits, and bizarre appearances for wild animals. Students will model dominant and recessive traits with a chance to create an ultimate animal or be stuck with a bizarre organism.
Watershed Chemistry (6-8)
This lab will include a variety of real experiments and tests such as salinity, pH, and oxygen levels that are sure to get students excited about science! Students will practice their skills on a local watershed.
Native Garden (6-8)
*Service Learning Program
Students restore the upland habitat by preparing the area and planting native plants. Students learn what plants need to grow, the proper way to plant, and how to best care for drought-tolerant plants
Beautify the Bay (6-8)
*Service Learning Program
This program provides an opportunity for students to learn how they directly impact their local coastal environment. Students learn about watershed pollution, have up- close encounters with marine animals and participate in a beach clean-up.
