8TH - 12TH GRADE SCIENCE OPPORTUNITY
Take FIELD TRIPS, Learn about CAREERS

Teachers of 8th-12th grade science are invited to bring their students on one or a series of science field trips. Transportation is provided at no cost and will be coordinated by SEC, but book your field trips quickly as dates are filling up fast. Each organization is offering a deep discount on the cost of admission for the field trip. Field trip topics:
• Aquarian Quest: Fresh Water Sources at Sea, $21 per student
• G.WIZ: Water Workshop, $9.25 per student
• Historic Spanish Point: Archimedes Principle, $7 per student
• Mote Marine Laboratory: Estuaries: Cradles of the Sea, $6 per student
• New College of Florida: *Importance of Microbes in Coastal Wetlands and Waters, $8 per student
• Sarasota Bay Estuary Program, *Low Impact Development, $7 per student
• Sarasota County Government Natural Resources: *Land Use Charette – Understanding Water in the Urban Planning Process, $0 per student
• Selby Botanical Gardens: The Role of Mangroves in Our Ecosystem, $7 per student

*These three field trips can be conducted off-site or as an on-site field trip on the school campus. On-site field trips with New College and Sarasota Bay Estuary Program require an accessible retention pond.

The field trip includes a science professional discussing science careers with your students.

The program also offers a teacher-training workshop on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 from 9 am to 2:00 pm at Historic Spanish Point in Osprey (lunch is included). You must register for the workshop by August 4, 2010.
• Lunch is provided. Resources for funding field trip admission costs will be reviewed. Learn about cell phone tours; your students will be invited to develop audio recordings to share their knowledge with residents and tourists.
• The School Board of Sarasota County will provide five hours in-service credit for participating in the teacher training workshop. Those teachers who participate in a minimum of three field trips will receive an additional two hours in-service and a $50 stipend once the field trips are concluded and all required materials turned in.
• The school is responsible for the cost of substitutes if needed on the day of the field trip.
• The workshop is available only to those who participate in at least one field trip.

Please e-mail Rogene Patterson at Rogene@SpringuelConsulting.com to learn more and sign up for the field trips and the workshop.


For a detailed description of the program and field trips offered, click this link.

Program Report

Sarasota County School Board Collaboration: Final Report 2008