Field Trips
School groups can come to our coastal FBES campus, or our naturalists can meet classes at another location, such as a nature preserve or state park near your school. Our staff is very flexible, and we aim to tailor your field trip to cover your curriculum needs. On a Ferry Beach Ecology School Field Trip you can:
- Explore amazing ecosystems — beaches, sand dunes, salt marshes, ponds and coastal forests, most within walking distance!
- Spend time outside of school — classmates will be learning together in an exciting natural environment.
- Learn important science concepts through hands-on, active lessons taught by professional educators.
- All lessons aligned to State Learning Results — help students meet curricular goals through experiential, entertaining and unique learning opportunities! Please refer to our State Learning Standards Frameworks which you can download in Word format here: Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
Our most popular field trip lessons include:
Beach & Dunes
Forest
Coastal Watersheds
Climate & Geology
Camp Ellis Erosion Study
Winter Ecology
Please see our lessons page for additional offerings.
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SELU
SELU (Science and Ecology: Live & Unplugged!) is a multi-year program that combines field trips, school visits and residential stays at Ferry Beach Ecology School. SELU focuses on sequential, place-based educational experiences grounded in hands-on, experiential learning. Please visit our SELU page for more information. |
