Get outside, improve the marine environment with a valuable service
project, and participate in a real research project to help us determine if marine pollution
laws are working!
Teachers and students: join us at a
local beach for a beach cleanup or a whole day of learning!
A
Unique Environmental Field Trip…
Beach Cleanups
 We'll
meet you at a local beach for a beach cleanup! The
format of this program is usually as follows:
- Students, teachers and chaperones meet
Blue Ocean Society staff at the beach (we will determine the beach at the
time of booking).
- We give an educational orientation
that includes an overview of why we clean the beach,
the cleanup process, and how to record findings on data cards. We'll work
with you to tailor this orientation to your learning needs and what your
students have already focused on in class (if applicable).
- The students split into groups of 3-5
students each and receive supplies and data cards. Each group assigns a
recorder, a recycle bag holder, a trash bag holder and a "picker-upper". We
provide all supplies but happily take donations of gloves and trash bags.
- Students clean the beach for 45-90
minutes (depending on schedule and age range of group)
- Students meet back at starting point
for a trash weigh-in and wrap-up discussion on what they found. Discussion
points may include the most common
types of trash found, the strangest items students found, and the
implications for the environment and for humans.
Our staff is available for a pre-field
trip presentation at your school. We'll bring a slide show about marine
pollution and its effects, overview the cleanups and recent data, and have
hands-on demonstrations and discussion.
Our
cleanup data is also accessible to
your class for further analysis and projects back at school.
Day at the Beach Field Trip
Spend a day at the beach with us!
Sometimes schools would like to spend more time at the beach than a one-hour
cleanup. We can set up a day for you at a local beach that incorporates a
variety of activities and is tailored to your time constraints and learning
needs. Activities could include:
- An interactive presentation on marine
pollution and its effects on local marine life
- Beach cleanup
- Scavenger hunt
- Guided tide pooling
- Program teaching students about tide
pool animals and plants, followed by tide pooling
- Group research activity involving tide
pools
- Research activity involving cleanup
data
This field trip includes a background
packet for teachers which includes suggested classroom activities, and can
also include a pre-field trip program at your school. Contact us for
details!
Click here for our Day at the Beach Educator Resource Packet (PDF file,
800kb)
Day at the Beach Packet Evaluation & Program
Reservation Form
Beach
Cleanup Goals & Objectives
- Introduce
students to data collection, standardization of data and
how it can be applied to the “real world”
- Familiarize
students with different types of debris, its effect on the marine
environment and good environmental stewardship principles
- Teach
students about Gulf
of
Maine
marine life and interactions with their habitat
Adopt a Beach
Want to make a longer commitment? Adopt a beach! We are looking
for schools to adopt sites for monthly cleanups.
This is a great way to teach students
environmental stewardship, fulfill community service requirements, and
incorporate an outing into your existing lesson plans!
For more information, visit our
Adopt-a-Beach page.
For more information or to schedule a cleanup
or field trip for your class,
contact:
Jen Kennedy
Phone: (603) 431-0260
E-mail:
jen@blueoceansociety.org |
