This evening’s inclement weather did not keep us grounded as we learned about sustainable air travel. Special thanks to our keynote speaker Helen Howes of Delta and our great partners at UBS: SoundWaters board members Cheryl Lytton-Smith and Jim Poucher and Business and the Environment Committee members Anna-Marie Francello and Theresa Owens.
The juniors from Bethel High School NAVY JROTC program came aboard today and learned to set and strike the sails as well as navigating and steering the 80′ schooner. In the afternoon the students were tacking and gybing the boat by themselves.
The SoundWaters Educators spent the morning prepping our fleet of Optis for a fall sail! This afternoon we will be taking a group of ROTC students from Bethel High School out on Holly Pond to practice their navigation and seamanship skills. They will spend a few hours canoeing and sailing all while developing their teamwork, click navigation and […]
Join us for a Business&Environment seminar on “Sustainable Flights for the Future” at UBS on Oct 4th at 5:30pm (reservation required). TO REGISTER ON LINE: Click here DIRECTIONS: By Train: Take Metro North to Stamford train station. UBS is located on Washington Blvd. and North State St., about a five minute walk. Follow the station’s walkway […]
We had an afternoon team building program aboard the Schooner SoundWaters with the 5th graders from Waterside school today. The students worked together to set the sails and haul in the trawl net. They also had the opportunity to steer the vessel, salve practice knot tying skills, and learned about mechanical advantage.
The 4th graders from Waterside school came aboard the schooner SoundWaters to sharpen their team building skills. They began the morning working together with team building initiatives ashore and then worked together to set sail and steer the schooner.
Rain or shine SoundWaters educators were determined to successfully complete their canoe certification for summer camp. In and out of Holly Pond, patient they practiced different stroke techniques and T-rescue skills. From knots to safety equipment they practiced all of the fundamentals. Great teamwork and communication was also part of the success today. They are […]
After the weekend, all of the animals in the SoundWaters aquarium are ready to eat! Today one of our high school interns prepared a delicious meal for the animals. Starting with some of our baby animals, our intern fed them brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, and some veggies. For some of our smaller fish, like our […]
SoundWaters has quite the Horseshoe Crab nursery going on in our aquarium. In addition to our adult Horseshoe Crabs we are also raising and monitoring a few young horseshoe crabs. This summer our campers were fortunate to find an abundance of Horseshoe Crab eggs and juvenile Horseshoe Crabs, capsule that are now thriving in our […]
We had a “Mantastic” trawl today picking up 15 large Mantis shrimp while trawling in Oyster Bay.
