Things to Do, Destinations
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Changing Waterfront
Field Trip
Target Grades: 2-12; college
Available Sites: Pier 96, Pier 66, Pier 40
Focus: River Ecology & Water Quality
The Changing Waterfront class field trip is offered separately or in combination with the Water Quality and Plankton class field trip.
The Changing Waterfront trips focus on qualitative observations. Classes take a long walk (of over a mile) from one of three locations. In Greenwich Village, classes explore the waterfront using an interpretive class exercise that highlights waterfront change. The tour includes 13 stops that focus on both history and ecology. In Chelsea, the field trip begins at Pier 66A and visits 10 stops. At Clinton Cove, the tour has 13 stops.
Student Objectives
- Learn about the waterfront’s evolution and the local historic changes, as well as the factors that reduced waterborne traffic and affected pollution in the river over time and made Hudson River Park and its estuarine sanctuary possible.
- Sketch waterfront features
- Study pile fields and habitat symbiosis
- Listen to waterfront sounds
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For details:
Call our Education Department at 212.627.2020 or email.
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NYS Learning Standards
Mathematics, Science & Technology
Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers and develop solutions.
Standard 4Understand and apply scientific concepts, principles and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.
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