http://www.bridgeport.edu/%7Erobert/HOUB.GIF
LONG ISLAND SOUND
IN THE CLASSROOM

 

EDMM 674/Biology 470    3 Graduate Credits
July 17 - 23, 2013                   8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.                                                                            
University of Bridgeport,     Dana Hall, Room 232

For Elementary and Secondary Teachers and others interested in Marine Science Education

Participants will learn about using Long Island Sound as a resource for teaching marine science. The course will consist of presentations by those who study and work on Long Island Sound, field trips to the shore, a trip onto the Sound in a research vessel, and visits to marine facilities on the Sound. Local resources will be used to help bring the National Standards to the classroom. Participants will receive curriculum materials for use in their classroom.


Entrance to Black Rock Harbor, Bridgeport, CT showing Fayerweather Lighthouse with Penfield Reef Lighthouse in the background
Photo by Big-Crab Images

To register call the University of Bridgeport School of Education at (203)576-4194 or the University Office of Admissions at (203)576-4552 or Toll Free at 1(800)EXCEL-UB [1-800-392-3582].

Students should come to class prepared for field trips to the shore.  Clothing should be appropriate for outdoors; extra shoes or boots for wading in the water should be brought.

SYLLABUS

DIRECTIONS  to Dana Hall on the University of Bridgeport Campus

CHECKLIST of organisms found at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT.

LINKS to Long Island Sound Web Sites


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This page updated on April 2, 2013