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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.

The SEALS first field lesson was a trip to the Grace Estate to examine the soil, learn the names of some of our local trees and shrubs, and scavenge for all kinds of forest treasures. The ocean beach trip was held in November and, although it can be a blustery month, the weather that week was mild and the beachcombing superb. Students learned how to use the Beaufort Scale of Wind Force to estimate wind speed, measured the air and water temperatures, calculated salinity, and observed how the plants and animals of the ocean beach adapt to their environment.

OWLS 6th graders began their year at the ocean beach where they learned about erosion and deposition by measuring a beach profile, experimented with the density of sand grains, and estimated wave height. The next trip brought students to Two Holes of Water (a freshwater pond also known as Chatfield’s Hole), where they participated in the Chatfield Challenge (a series of nature-based, problem-solving activities along the trail), experimented with the properties of wetland soil, and measured the pH and dissolved oxygen of pond water.

In the past thirteen years, at least 1,500 students have participated in the SEALS and OWLS programs. I see many of them around town, but it is harder for me to recognize our students as they grow older. And, although we’ve forgotten each other’s names, I do often hear, “Hey, aren’t you the SEALS (or OWLS) lady that took us on all those field trips?” And that’s just fine with me. I know it’s the programs they remember.

As we move ahead, Group educators look forward to continuing this beneficial relationship with East Hampton students and teachers!

Photo by Steve Biasetti

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Tags: seals, owls, east hampton middle school, environmental education, nature, field trips

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