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Staying Alive - Survival in a Coastal Ecosystem
 
Ospreys at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

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Ospreys nesting at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

Traveling Trunk
 Grades 3-6

To reserve this trunk free of charge, please call 718-354-4530, #223.

This multidisciplinary study examines the coastal habitats of Great Kills Park, a unit of Gateway National Recreation Area. The trunk contains eight explorations. Each exploration includes: lesson objectives; an overview; time estimates; a materials list; key words; quick facts; a teaching sequence rubric; and a list of resources. Students touch and examine skulls, shells, seeds and other specimens found in a coastal environment, integrating science with music and visual arts. Classes culminate their explorations by creating a mural of Great Kills Park. Staying Alive is a collaboration with educators from New York and New Jersey and aligns with standards of both states.
Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaway section of Queens is the perfect destination on a summer day  

Did You Know?
Ocean beaches are one of the many urban National Parks experiences available to visitors to the National Parks of New York Harbor. Sandy Hook in Monmouth County, New Jersey... Great Kills Park in Staten Island... and Breezy Point, Fort Tilden and Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways section of Queens!
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