Teachers of 8th, 9th, and 10th grade science are invited to bring their on-level students on 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. Each class selects three or six field trips for spring 2010:
• Aquarian Quest: Fresh Water Sources at Sea, $21 per student
• Crowley Museum and Nature Center: Understanding your Watershed, $7
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 two field trips can be conducted off-site or as an on-site field trip if there is an accessible retention pond

In addition, a science professional will visit your class in advance of the first field trip in the series to provide a brief overview of the field trip program and discuss careers in the sciences with your students. To participate in the series of field trips (your choice of 3 or 6 field trips in spring 2010), the teacher must attend a teacher-training workshop on Friday March 26, 2010 from noon to 3pm, at Historic Spanish Point in Osprey (lunch is included). You must register for the workshop and field trips by March 22, 2010.
• Noon to 12:30-lunch and overview (lunch will be available beyond 12:30 if
you are running late)
• The School Board of Sarasota County will provide three hours in-service
credit for participating in the training session. Each teacher 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 program is available to the first 20 teachers who contact the e-mail
address below and commit to a minimum of three field trips.
• The workshop is available only to those who have registered for three or six
field trips.

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