Field Studies
Field studies coupled with classroom activities are an integral part of Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences. Find a field study program that gets your students' feet wet and hands dirty.
Find a Program Near You
Begin by choosing the criteria for your search. Matching field study programs will be displayed as pin-points on the map below. Click on a pin-point for details about each program. Be sure to scroll through all your results using the "next" button at the bottom of the page.
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Create Your Own Field Study
Learn how to create your own field study at a local park or on your school grounds.
Theme
Level
All Levels- Early Learning
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- High School
Length
- All Lengths
- Day Trips
- Multi-Day Trips
Organization
- All Organizations
- Abbott's Mill Nature Center
- Accokeek Foundation
- Adkins Arboretum
- Alice Ferguson Foundation
- Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring
- Amry Corps of Engineers
- Anacostia Watershed Society
- Anita C. Leight Estuary Center
- Annapolis Maritime Museum
- Apple Ridge Farm
- Aquatic Resources Education Center
- Arlington Echo
- Audubon Naturalist Society
- Black Hill Nature Center
- Blackbird State Forest Education Center
- Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
- Brandywine Valley Association
- Cacapon State Park
- Calvert County Parks
- Calvert Marine Museum
- Carbon County Environmental Education Center
- Carroll County Outdoor School
- Casey Trees
- Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center
- Chesapeake Bay Field Lab
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
- Churchville Nature Center
- Clearwater Nature Center
- Delmarva Discovery Center
- Discovery Creek
- Echo Hill Outdoor School
- Environmental Concern
- Fair Hill Nature Center
- Fairview Outdoor Education Center Facilities
- Frederick County Outdoor School
- Genesee Valley Outdoor Learning Center
- George Washington Carver Outdoor School
- Gifford Pinchot State Park
- Great Valley Nature Center
- Greenwood Furnace State Park
- Harford Glen Environmental Education Center
- Hawk Mountain
- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
- Hickory Environmental Education Center
- Hoffler Creek Wildlife Foundation
- Horn Point Laboratory
- Howard B. Owens Science Center
- Howard County Conservancy
- Indian Springs WIldlife Management Area
- Irvine Nature Center
- Jamestown 4-H Educational Center
- Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
- Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary
- King's Gap Environmental Education and Training Center
- Lancaster County Environmental Center
- Lathrop E. Smith Environmental Education Center
- Little Buffalo State Park
- Little Pine State Park
- Living Classrooms Foundation
- Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region
- Locust Lake State Park
- Mariners' Museum
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- Maymont
- Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary and Visitor's Center
- Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Millbrook Marsh Nature Center
- Montour Preserve
- Mt. Pisgah State Park
- National Aquarium in Baltimore
- National Arboretum
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Nauticus
- Nixon County Park Nature Center
- Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center
- North Bay Adventure
- Northumberland County Conservation District
- Oregon Ridge Nature Center
- Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm
- Parker Dam State Park
- Pemberton Park
- Phillips Wharf Environmental Center
- Pickering Creek Audubon Center
- Prince Gallitzin State Park
- R. B. Winter State Park
- Renfrew Institute for Cultural and Environmental Science
- River & Trail Outfitters
- Rock Creek Park
- Rogers Environmental Education Center
- Saturaday Environmental Academy
- Shaver's Creek Environmental Center
- Shenandoah National Park
- Sideling Hill Exhibit Center
- Sizerville State Park
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
- Strawberry Hill Nature Center
- Stroud Water Research Center
- Sultana Projects
- Susquehanna Riverlands
- The Schuylkill Center
- The Watermen's Museum
- The Wildlife Center of Virginia
- Thorpewood
- Tuckahoe State Park
- Tuscarora State Park
- Valley Falls State Park
- Virginia Living Museum
- Virginia National Estuarine Research Reserve at VIMS
- Wildwood Lake Sanctuary
- William Schmidt Environmental Center
- York County Solid Waste Authority
Keywords
- All Keywords
- adaptation
- agriculture
- aquatic grass SAV
- beaver
- biodiversity
- blue crab
- boats, canoes and kayaks
- culture and watermen
- development
- dissolved oxygen
- economics
- ecosystem and biomes
- erosion
- experiments and investigations
- fish
- food web
- forest
- geocaching (GIS/GPS)
- green development
- habitat and niche
- identification
- invasive species
- John Smith and colonial times
- land use
- litter, trash and recycling
- Native American
- nitrogen and carbon cycle
- non-point source
- orienteering
- oyster
- photosynthesis
- point source
- pollution
- population growth
- predator prey relationships
- renewable resource
- restoration
- salinity
- schoolyard habitat
- sediment, soil and rocks
- smart growth
- stormwater
- stream study
- student action
- water and energy conservation
- water cycle and movement
- water quality
- water testing
- watershed
- weather
- wetland
- wildlife
> habitat and niche Shaver's Creek's Outdoor School Program
Shaver's Creek's Outdoor School is a four-day, residential program that provides upper-elementary school students with a positive, outdoor education experience. At Outdoor School, students learn about the natural world through hands-on lessons and guided exploration. The Outdoor School curriculum supports the Pennsylvania education standards for Environment & Ecology.
Organization(s): Shaver's Creek Environmental CenterLocation: 3400 Discovery Road Petersburg, PA 16669 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, Land Use and Agriculture
Level(s): Elementary School
Program Length(s): Multi-Day Trips
Keywords: pollution, land use, watershed, habitat and niche, stream study, water quality, water testing, wildlife
Forest and Wildlife Management Field Trip
Two-thirds of Pennsylvania is forested. Learn how foresters progress from tree identification (dendrology) through an understanding of forest ecology and forest inventory to development of sustainable forest and wildlife management plans.
Organization(s): Shaver's Creek Environmental CenterLocation: 3400 Discovery Road Petersburg, PA 16669 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters
Level(s): High School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: forest, habitat and niche, wildlife
Watershed Study Field Trip
Learn how to locate and map out your local watershed. Participate in hands-on activities: Biotic Index, Abiotic (Chemical) Testing, Riparian Zone Assessment, and Aquatic Fauna and Flora Inventory.
Organization(s): Shaver's Creek Environmental CenterLocation: 3400 Discovery Road Petersburg, PA 16669 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, Pollution and Pressures, Land Use and Agriculture
Level(s): High School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: pollution, habitat and niche, restoration, stream study, water quality, water testing, wildlife
Discovery Walk Educational Trip and Guided Nature Center Tour
Shaver's Creek Discovery Walks explore the fascinating world of the outdoors. Working with small groups, an environmental teacher-naturalist will help students discover the wonders of the natural world. Choose from one of their topics or request your own theme. Topics include discovering the senses, insects and spiders, forest ecology, and watershed ecology.
Organization(s): Shaver's Creek Environmental CenterLocation: 3400 Discovery Road Petersburg, PA 16669 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, Land Use and Agriculture
Level(s): Elementary School, Middle School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: wetland, watershed, forest, habitat and niche, wildlife
