GLIN==> Educators Can Now Schedule Hands-On Field Trips on Lake Erie

Educators Can Now Schedule Hands-On Field Trips on Lake Erie

 

December 16, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

GIBRALTAR ISLAND, OH-Educators from across the region can still register
their 4th - 12th grade students for a 2012 Lake Erie Science Field Trip at
Ohio State University's Stone Laboratory. The laboratory's science field
trip program, which serves more than 7,000 students each spring and fall,
provides an unforgettable and guided hands-on experience where each student
participates in interactive science, like pulling a fish trawl net, seining
in Lake Erie waters, and looking at Lake Erie plankton through microscopes.

 

Started in 1973, Stone Lab science field trips align with Ohio's Science
Academic Content Standards and educators can choose from among eight
specialized activities to customize their trip, reinforcing their
curriculum. Educators can choose from a one- or two-day trip, including a
stay in the island dormitory, and field trips include meals served on the
island or in the field.

 

Stone Lab staff members can help educators arrange transportation between
the mainland and South Bass Island (Put-in-Bay) via ferry and for the short
distance from the ferry docks to Stone Lab's Research dock. A Stone Lab
research vessel will take groups from South Bass to Gibraltar Island.
Educators can start planning their trips by looking at maps, directions, and
contact information for ferry service at stonelab.osu.edu/maps.

 

To schedule a field trip, group leaders should estimate the cost of their
trip and register at go.osu.edu/fieldtrips. Because trips are scheduled on a
first-come, first-served basis, group leaders should have three possible
trip dates. If all of a group's chosen dates have been filled, the Stone Lab
office will call to coordinate another possible time for that group to
visit. The Stone Lab office will begin confirming trip dates in January, at
which time group leaders will receive a confirmation letter and a request
for a 10 percent deposit to secure the date.

 

More information about Stone Lab is available at stonelab.osu.edu and photos
at go.osu.edu/StoneLabPhotos give a glimpse of one high school class's Stone
Lab experience.

 

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Contact:

 

Kristin Stanford, Stone Laboratory, Education and Outreach Coordinator,
stanford.147 at osu.edu, or Kelly Dress, Stone Laboratory, Office Manager,
dress.3 at osu.edu, 419.285.1800.

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