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Staying Alive Traveling Trunk

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This traveling trunk includes eight "explorations" that combine science with art and music.

"Staying Alive: Survival in a Coastal Habitat"
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.
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge provides critical habitat in the midst of New York City  

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A wildlife refuge in New York City? Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is the largest continuous piece of open space in the five boroughs. It is one of 23 unique destinations within the National Parks of New York Harbor.
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