2010 Winter E-News: Over Ten Years with SEALS and OWLS

by Group Staff 4. January 2010 09:07

By Anita Wright

To think that many of the East Hampton 5th graders, who participated in the first SEALS (Science Encompasses All Life & Systems) program thirteen years ago, have already graduated from college makes my head spin a little.   When I began at the Group in 1998, the SEALS program was already in full swing and being expanded to the sixth grade as the OWLS (Outdoors While Learning Science) program. Over the years, Group educators have had the opportunity to work closely with 5th grade teachers, John Ryan and Linda Cameron, and sixth grade teacher Brian Smith to design classroom lessons and field excursions that connect students to our natural world and inspire a conservation ethic.
 
This fall, the entire 5th grade team moved from the Middle School to their new wing at the John Marshall Elementary School. During the first SEALS classroom lesson in October, students acted as taxonomists and classified specimens of local animals (turtle shells, bird mounts, skulls and seashells as well as spider, ant and beetle specimens in collection jars) into groups according to common traits. 
 
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