The Aquatic Resources Education Center offers a virtual version of the Eco-Explorers field trip program. The resources of the virtual field trip are useful for students or school groups unable to attend traditional, in-person field trips and as supplementary and review material for in-person field trip participants.

The program is designed to bring the wonders of the tidal salt marsh to students in any learning setting.

The virtual Eco-Explorers field trip combines short video segments with worksheets, activities and other resources focused on food webs and energy flow, plant and animal adaptations and water chemistry in a tidal saltmarsh ecosystem.

Registration

Participation in the virtual Eco-Explorers field trip program is free, but we do ask that you register your class. This will help us evaluate how successfully we are meeting the needs of the schools we serve. And it will help us provide additional programs in the future.

Learning Units

Each learning unit is available as a ZIPPED collection of files that teachers may download and share with students on the learning platform of their choice. Please save the ZIP file for each unit to your computer.

Each unit follows a standard format:

• Teacher notes
• Student directions for using the materials in the unit
• A PowerPoint explaining important vocabulary words
• A link to a short YouTube video to introduce the topic
• Activities and worksheets designed to help students explore each topic
• Answer keys

Start Here

The Getting Started on your Virtual Eco-Explorers Field Trip package includes introductory information for teachers and students.

Save the Getting Started Unit

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Finish Here

A Wrap-up and Evaluation package includes a field trip report, evaluation form, a GIS activity,and links to additional resources.

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