HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday thru Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.
School Program Grades 6 - 12
ESTUARINE ECOLOGY
A canoe based program for grades 6 - 12
Students will test water quality using up-to-date equipment and technology, delineate wetlands, monitor Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV), characterize vegetative communities in the marsh, and observe wetland animals in the context of watershed issue investigation.
PROGRAM INFORMATION:
Grades 6-8 - Maximum 40 students per trip
Grades 9-12 - Maximum 56 students per trip
Cost: $210/group up to 30, plus $7/person over 30
OTTER POINT CREEK ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY
Science as a Tool
An Interactive Exercise Combining Field, Laboratory, and Classroom Experiences.
ON THE WATER AND IN THE LAB
The Otter Point Creek Environmental Survey is an unusual fieldtrip designed to provide students an opportunity to experience environmental field and lab work with applications to real world situations. With pre-visit and post-visit components, this program is intended to raise awareness of environmental issues in a fun, engaging, and hands-on way.
Involve the students in a scenario that is both realistic and meaningful. The activity can easily relate to real world connections, and the processes involved will hold more meaning and value to the students.
Expose the students to real world field monitoring and laboratory experiences with regard to environmental science, and make connections to actual applications.
Present students with a fictional, but reality based, dilemma in which they must gather facts, evaluate alternatives and consequences, and provide final judgment. In this manner, the students will be challenged to work as a team, draw upon multiple disciplinary skills, and make decisions based upon fact, experience, and predicted outcomes.
PROGRAM INFORMATION:
Grades 6-12 - Maximum 30 students per day, due to pontoon boat restrictions
Cost: $210.00 per day
Programs can also be customized to meet your specific curriculum requirements.
For more information or to register your group for a school program please contact:
Lauren Greoski, Park Naturalist
Anita C. Leight Estuary Center
Harford County Parks & Recreation
Phone: 410-612-1688
Fax: 410-612-0819
Email: lmgreoski@harfordcountymd.gov
Calendar of EventsView all
- Education Volunteer Training - Cancelled04/01/2020 @ 9:30 am-3:00 pmHelp students discover and explore estuary ecology and conservation. We show you how. Come for as much or little of the training as your schedule allows. Wednesday we will train for elementary field trips, and Thursday will include training for middle and high school field trips. Snacks provided each day. Please bring your own lunch.
- Education Volunteer Training - Cancelled04/02/2020 @ 9:30 am-3:00 pmHelp students discover and explore estuary ecology and conservation. We show you how. Come for as much or little of the training as your schedule allows. Wednesday we will train for elementary field trips, and Thursday will include training for middle and high school field trips. Snacks provided each day. Please bring your own lunch.
- Friday Night Froggin' - Cancelled04/03/2020 @ 7:30 pm-9:00 pmTraipse through the wetlands in search of some springy species. Strap on your rain boots and let’s see how many frogs can be found. *Meet at Bosely Conservancy
- Wood Duck Canoe - Cancelled04/04/2020 @ 3:00 pm-6:00 pmExplore our wooded marsh on the first canoe trip of the season to welcome back the wood ducks. *Meet at Bosely Conservancy
- The Best Nest - Cancelled04/05/2020 @ 2:30 pm-4:00 pmBirds use string, grass, feathers, mud and sticks to weave, plaster, stitch, stack or glue a proper home for their babies to be. Experiment with different materials, tools, and methods to appreciate the science and art of nest building!
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