This Spring, Bridgeport students got outside over spring break to learn about Long Island Sound and their nearby coastal habitats: They hauled in a trawl net aboard the 80′ Schooner SoundWaters; examined marine animals pulled from a seine net at Seaside Park; and dissected squid at their community centers. This Spring, Bridgeport students got outside […]
Every Stamford 8th grader is headed to the Mianus River during March and April, but it is more than just a walk in the park. These middle school students are engaged in a science enrichment program with SoundWaters to conduct numerous experiments, using scientific instruments to test and compare water and soil at various points […]
Do you know the meaning of brackish, regeneration, camouflage? Just ask any preschooler who participates in SoundWaters SoundKids program and you’ll be surprised at the number of correct answers you’ll get from these 3- and 4-year-olds. Once a week, for seven weeks over the fall and winter, SoundWaters educators have been visiting 15 classrooms in […]
A group of middle school students, when given the opportunity to select a community service project, decided that picking up trash along the habitats at Cove Island Park was exactly what they wanted to do. “I was shocked” said Stacey Olsen, a science teacher and homeroom advisor at Scofield Middle School, where each homeroom group […]
