Scout groups and after school programs welcome. Please call for details. Programs introduce students to the coastal environment ecosystem while applying basic knowledge. Students explore a variety of habitats using scientific instruments and techniques to investigate the complex features of New England's coastal environment. Concepts introduced in the field can be reinforced in the classroom.
Students rotate to four stations representing varying environments.
Prior to the field study, each school will receive an informational booklet containing program and chaperone information, as well as pre and post activities. Students in grades K-3 do their study at the Lloyd Center complex. The site includes an estuary, salt-marsh, maritime forest and an exhibit building housing aquaria and live animals. Older students do their study at Barney's Joy, a barrier beach complex in South Dartmouth which includes beach, salt-marsh, dunes and estuary. Join the Lloyd Center, at our tagging sites in Westport, Dartmouth or Fairhaven, where your class will participate in a study on the migration pattern of the beautiful monarch butterfly.