Joan
M. Durante Community Park, Longboat Key
South Lido Park,
Field trip for Elementary & Middle Schools
Includes environmental sampling at 3 stations. Each student will have their own data sheet to keep. Temperature, wind direction, weather, soil moisture are among the data collected at each station.
At
each sample station, about 10 minutes will be spent making the observations, and
another 25 minutes will be available for an activity:
Field:
Pass the Jug = water conservation activity
Water is a resource needed by everyone. Sometimes demands on the resource require that water be allocated. Students investigate various ways to make a jug of water last among all members of the community.
Skills: counting, concluding, analyzing, applying (problem solving)
Forest:
Mangrove Forest Nature Search = observe & record
This walk through a created lagoon system and forested mangrove wetlands will emphasize the use of native plants as a means to conserve our precious water resources as well as attract native wildlife.
Skills:
observing, classifying, concluding, and interpreting.
Lagoon: Osprey Game = role play to learn
By offering students a better appreciation and understanding of the osprey, we give them a chance to brighten the osprey’s future. Students become ospreys and compete with man for their living space, see the effects of eating contaminated food, and deal with other man-made obstacles.
Skills:
analyzing, counting, observing, and kinesthetic concept development.
· Arrive at park by 9:30
· Complete activities by 12:00
May remain to picnic afterwards.