Field Trip: Coastal Field Study

Welcome to the SoundWaters Virtual Field Trip to the SoundWaters Coastal Education Center.

This Virtual Field Trip focuses on the coastal habitats of the Long Island Sound. The adventure begins with SoundWaters Educator Jess Castoro on the shore of Holly Pond, and Jess narrates the experience for students. Throughout the Field Trip other SoundWaters Educators present compelling videos about topics such as the coastal habitats, animal adaptations, ecosystem components, marine plants, tidal factors, and freshwater bioindicators. To help you organize your lesson plan the order of the presentation and the start and end time of each section, along with the relevant NGSS standards, are listed below.

Specifically you will find:
• Worksheets to reinforce the material presented in the Field Trip.
• A sample quiz and answer key
• Links to an app and online resources that students can use to enhance their knowledge.
• Links to additional articles and readings to help your students learn more about the coastal ecosystem of Long Island Sound.

We hope you will find this Virtual Field Trip to be a valuable learning tool for your students and a terrific way to connect them with the natural world. If you would like to pursue this subject matter in a more significant way please reach out to us to discuss bringing a SoundWaters Educator into your classroom via zoom. We can customize a program that will support your desired learning outcomes for your students. For more information please contact Olena Czebiniak or 203 406 3319.

Video on YouTube

Video on Vimeo

Two ways to use this field trip:

  1. Download this field trip PDF with links to the video and all supporting materials in one 17-page document.

or

  1. Access the folders below to get links to all the field trip supporting documents.

Content, Timing and NGSS Standards

Here is the order of the video presentation and start and end times of each section to help you organize your lesson.

Coastal Habitats Video
• Start – 0:59
• End – 5:08
• NGSS – Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: 3-LS4-3; Inheritance and Variation of Traits: 3-LS3-2

Intro to Adaptations Video
• Start – 7:38
• End – 13:39
• NGSS – Inheritance and Variation of Traits: 3-LS3-2, 3-LS4-4, 3-LS3-1; Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: 3-LS2-1

Biotic and Abiotic Factors Video
• Start – 14:09
• End – 20:22
• NGSS – Structure, Function and Information Processing: 4-LS1-1

Coastal and Marine Plants Video
• Start – 20:42
• End – 25:22
• NGSS – Inheritance and Variation of Traits: 3-LS3-2; Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems: 5-LS1-1; Structure, Function and Information Processing: 4-LS1-1

Tides Video
• Start – 25:52
• End – 30:54
• NGSS – Earth’s Place in the Universe: 5-ESS1-2; Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Environmental Impacts on Organisms: 3-LS4-3

Freshwater Bioindicators Video
• Start – 31:17
• End – 36:26
• NGSS – Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Environmental Impacts on Organisms: 3-LS4-3; Earth’s Systems: 5-ESS2-2