During School Time | After School

During School Time:

Early Explorers; Grades K-1

This two-part program provides students with a critical link to the most significant natural resource in the region: Long Island Sound. Students will have the opportunity to see organisms found in Long Island Sound and establish a sense of wonder in order to then describe different structural characteristics as well as determine predator/prey relationships. This program takes place in the school classroom and at SoundWaters coastal center.

Island Explorers; Grades 3-5

This two-part program provides students with a critical link to the most significant natural resource in the region: Long Island Sound. Children study "seas and oceans", but they have only limited opportunity to visit their own coastal environment and see key concepts (such as habitat, ecology, and biodiversity) in a real and vital way. This program takes place in the school classroom and at SoundWaters coastal center.

Life Science on the Sound: Floating Classroom; Grades 2-5

Discover Long Island Sound's ecology and biology while sailing aboard the Schooner SoundWaters. Your students will investigate how plants and animals survive daily environmental changes, examine macro and microscopic organisms, raise the sails and more! This 3-hour program offers a fun hands-on learning experience geared to grade levels that exceeds CT and NY state core curriculum guidelines.

Sea & Sand

Make a day of it! Sail aboard the schooner SoundWaters, then enhance your experience with an additional two hours of programming at the SoundWaters Coastal Center.

After School:

Arts to Life; Grades 3-5

Experience is at the core of this unique after school program. SoundWaters educators will lead 12-20 students in three hour field trips to a variety of field sites. Science experiments, hikes, art projects and a sail on Long Island Sound are all part of the fun!

Discovery Team; Grades K-4

Students in grades K-4 can experience live animals, make a model of a watershed, and create art projects to take home. This one-hour program can run for 6-12 weeks in your school.