Why did General Washington create the Culper Spy Ring? Bring your students on a journey to the Brewster House Inn & Tavern to find out.  This authentic historic site (c. 1665)  was where neighbors gathered to share news, and where British soldiers ate and slept during their occupation of Long Island in the midst of the American Revolution. 

This living history experience is set in 1777, after the Battle of Long Island and the death of Nathan Hale. Students will meet Rebecca Brewster, who is completely unaware that her neighbors have just begun to spy as members of the Culper Spy Ring!  During their conversation with Rebecca,  students will learn about life under British occupation. In a group activity, students will discover how the secret spy ring operated and will speculate on why it was so successful. Then, students will be put to the test and become spies themselves – searching around the Brewster House for a secret message! 

We support NY State and Common Core Standard learning.  Students use artifacts, primary sources and secondary documents, as well as participate in an exchange of ideas, critical thinking and peer collaboration.

Common Core Standards: WMHO supports NY State and Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas

New York State Learning Standards: 4.3d  Students will examine New York’s geographic location relative to the other colonies, locate centers of Loyalist support, and examine the extent of the British occupation.

Boces Arts-in-Ed Reimbursable

Duration: 1.5 hr
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $100
Per Student Fee: 10
Teacher Fee: No Fee for Teachers
Chaperone Fee: We encourage chaperone participation of up to 5 chaperones, and do not charge chaperones in exchange for their support during group activities in the program.

Location: Brewster House
Address: 18 Runs Rd, Setauket- East Setauket, NY 11733

Across Dock Road from the Three Village Inn, the Ward Melville Heritage Organization’s pontoon boat “Discovery” departs from Stony Brook Marine Services located in Stony Brook, NY.  The  27 passenger vessel cruises through the organization’s 88-acre wetlands preserve for a 1 1/2 hour tour.  A naturalist on board explains the wildlife that passengers observe, the natural and human history of the area and the individuals and events that have shaped it!

** Please note – Our office is not available on the weekends. We strongly encourage you to make a reservation during our business hours: Monday through Friday, from 9am to 4:30pm.**

  The Saturday, October 8 cruise at 10am has room for walk ons!

The Sunday, October 9 cruise at 11am has room for walk ons!

The Monday, October 10 cruise is fully reserved. 

Please note – if you would like to reserve space on the Discovery, you must do so no later than one hour before the cruise is set to depart (Monday through Friday; we are closed on MOST holidays). Spaces on cruises departing 4:30pm or later need to be reserved by 4pm. 

$40 per person

$30 per child age 3 to 6

$7 per child age 2 and younger

As there is a maximum capacity onboard, we strongly recommend calling ahead to make reservations. We do allow for walk-ons – walk-on pricing is different and is CASH ONLY. 

Walk-On Pricing [CASH ONLY]

$45 per person

$35 per child aged 3 to 6

$10 per child aged 2 and younger

To make a reservation and for any questions, please call 631-751-2244. 

Get a taste of what the cruise is like by watching this award-winning story from MyLITV!

Duration: 1.5

Location: Stony Brook Marine Services – Across from the Three Village Inn
Address: Address: 55 Shore Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11790 Directions

The Ward Melville Heritage Organization’s Youth Corps is a volunteer group run by students and facilitated by WMHO staff and volunteers with a common goal of doing something positive to help our community. Our projects are focused on history and the environment. Together we strive to promote stewardship, emulating Ward and Dorothy Melville and their incredible contributions to our community.

Duration: 1 hour
Levels: Customized

Location: Various Locations
Address: Stony Brook and East Setauket

Students explore artifacts, games and tasks and learn what home life was like in a typical colonial Long Island family.

Duration: 1.5 hr
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $100
Per Student Fee: 10
Teacher Fee: FREE

Location: Brewster House
Address: 18 Runs Rd, Setauket- East Setauket, NY 11733

What made a Doctor in the year 1800? How is medicine different today? How will this change medicine for the future?

Students will create their own answers to these questions as they explore the world of Doctor Samuel Thompson. Students will examine the complex  life Thompson lived being both a doctor and a farmer, as well as a patriot and a slave owner – by becoming his apprentices!

From inside of his 18th century home, students will discover the origins of American medicine and examine its progression into the 21st century. Students will learn about the viruses that Thompson dealt with daily and diagnose their classmates using primary documents. Then, using this diagnosis, students will create their own pills, grinding herbs using mortars and pestles just like a doctor would have at that time. They will then be challenged by a real-life healthcare professional to conduct a patient-interview to diagnose a mysterious 21st century illness! Students are given the opportunity to ask their own questions about medicine, disease and illness, and are encouraged to engage in a discussion with a medical professional about the future of the medical field. 

Learning Standards

Common Core Standards: WMHO supports NY State and Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas.

Social Studies Learning Standards K-8 Framework: 4.3b Colonial New York became home to many different peoples, including European immigrants, and free and enslaved Africans. Colonists developed different lifestyles. Economic and Economic Systems:  What are the benefits of specialization and trade? How did political and social life evolve in each of the three regions? NYS Technology Standards- Standard 5:  Technology has been the driving force in the evolution of society from an agricultural to an industrial to an information base.

Boces Arts-in-Education Reimbursable

Duration: 1.5 hr
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $100
Per Student Fee: 10
Teacher Fee: No Fee for Teachers
Chaperone Fee: We encourage chaperone participation of up to 5 chaperones, and do not charge chaperones in exchange for their support during group activities in the program.

Location: The Thompson House
Address: 91 North Country Rd, East Setauket, NY 11733

Built in 1665, this grist mill included some of the newest innovations of its time. The mill’s owners would continue to update the mill over the next three centuries,including the use of elevators, moving belts, and screw conveyors to make a milling operation more efficient and profitable.

Take your students see applied mechanical engineering at its best!  Students perceive how America’s early millers understood math and science and what today’s engineers could learn from their historical predecessors in the field.

Duration: 1.5
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $100
Per Student Fee: 10
Teacher Fee: FREE
Chaperone Fee: 5

Location: Stony Brook Grist Mill, c. 1751
Address: 100 Harbor Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11790

Explore the freshwater pond ecosystem at the Mill Pond!  Observe the fascinating habitat where cormorants, egrets, mallards, Canada geese and other wildlife congregate.  Students will identify a variety of fish, birds, and insects. Discovering the diversified spectrum of life, students will gain a better understanding of food webs and energy transfers.  They will participate in hands on experiments including pH testing.

Participation in the “Pond Ecology” and “Coastal Ecology” programs on the same day allows students to compare freshwater and salt water systems.

Duration: 1.5 hr
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $100
Per Student Fee: 10
Teacher Fee: Free
Chaperone Fee: 5

Location: T. Bayles Minuse Mill Pond Park
Address: 200 Harbor Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11790

What would you do for your freedom?  

Imagine a world where escaping everything you have ever known was your only chance to truly live. Set just as the Fugitive Slave Act is passed, Students will meet a former slave named Carolina. Though the story of her life, students will have to figure out how she became free and the secret methods she uses to lead other slaves to their freedom. With the new act in place, Students will be challenged to design escape routes along the Underground Railroad!

Common Core Standard: WMHO supports NY State and Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas.

New York State Social Studies Standards
7.7b Enslaved African Americans resisted slavery in various ways in the 19th century. The abolitionist movement also worked to raise awareness of and generate resistance to the institution of slavery

Testimonial:

“It was so beautiful and educational – I loved it! My students were so engaged!” Jennifer Amaral, 4^th and 5^th grade teacher, Crestview Elementary School

Virtual Format:  WMHO digital platform include (and are not limited to) Zoom, Google Classroom and MS Teams. Please let us know your digital preferences and we will work with you.

Cost:  $160.00 for per session (a class is 30 students) & accompanying learning kit.  Boces Reimbursable.

Duration: 1 hr
Levels: Customized

Duration: 1 hr
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $160

Location: From our classroom to yours!
Address:

Who were the Culper Spies? How did they successfully perform their acts of espionage?

Transport your students to the birthplace of American espionage by visiting the historic Brewster House in the year 1778 – Home and tavern of Joseph & Rebecca Brewster. Joseph may or may not know it, but all of his cousins and neighbors are spying for the General Washington as members of the Culper Spy Ring – including his cousin, whale-boatman Caleb Brewster! 

Students portray colonists and members of the Culper Spy Ring at the start of the British occupation in this Reader’s Theater performance! We imagine Joseph’s tavern on a fortuitous day when soldiers, spies and colonists all gather inside. The results?  An exciting mix of debate, espionage and the passing of secret messages!

Common Core Standards: WMHO supports Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas.

New York State Social Studies Standards: 4.3d Growing conflicts between England and the 13 colonies over issues of political and economic rights led to the American Revolution. New York played a significant role during the Revolution, in part due to its geographic location. 

Testimonial:

“This was a wonderful experience with a fantastic instructor who put forth great effort to engage the students and adapt a program to be done through the Google Meets virtual platform.” –Chris Merz, 4^th Grade Teacher, Winthrop Elementary

Cost:  $150.00 for 45-60 minute live session (30 or less students & accompanying learning kit; Boces Arts- in- Ed reimbursable

Contact: 631-751-2244

Duration: 1 hr
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $150

Location: From Your Classroom to Our’s
Address:

Based on WMHO’s historic archaeological dig in 1960 that unearthed evidence of a500 year old encampment of Algonquin-speaking peoples, students will be engaged in an interactive survival game!  They will be challenged with surviving on West Meadow Creek using- while also conserving!- the natural resources of the marsh to provide shelter, food and even medicine.

Learning Standards:

Common Core: WMHO supports NY State and Common Core standard learning by creating rich learning environments where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources and participate in an exchange of ideas.

NY State Social Studies Learning Standards:  Native American groups, chiefly the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and Algonquian-speaking groups, inhabited the region that became New York State. These people interacted with the environment and developed unique cultures. (Standards: 1, 3, 5; Themes:  MOV, GEO, GOV)

Duration: 1.5, plus time to lunch

Levels’ Customized

Minimum: $10.00

Boces Arts-In-Ed Reimbursable

Location: Ernst Marine Conservation Center on West Meadow Creek, Stony Brook, NY

Duration: 1.5 hr
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $100
Per Student Fee: 10
Teacher Fee: FREE
Chaperone Fee: 5

Location: Ernst Marine Conservation Center
Address: West Meadow Creek, Setauket

Over the course of this 5 day program, that takes place in the heart of an 88-acre wetland preserve, students gain an understanding of the salt marsh ecosystem.  Each day students explore a specific facet of the marsh ecosystem including plants, invertebrates, fish, birds and mammals.   Time is divided between outdoor exploration, hands-on lab activities and crafts.

Duration: 5 hrs
Levels: Customized
Per Student Fee: TBD

Location: Ernst Marine Conservation Center
Address: West Meadow Creek

As marsh detectives, students search for the many forms of life comprising the intricate marsh ecosystem, and then bring their “evidence” inside the lab for further observation.  Among their many observations included the invasive species, Japanese knotweed, which they used to make a flute in the tradition of Native Americans.

Duration:
Per Student Fee: TBD

Location: Ernst Marine Conservation Center
Address: West Meadow Creek

What are the components of the salt marsh food web and how do they interreact with one another? Why are salt marshes essential to the health of the Atlantic Ocean and Long Island Sound? 

Tucked into the heart of an 88-acre wetland preserve bordering the Long Island Sound, this STEM program immerses students in the marine sciences.   Along a virtual tour of the tidal salt marsh stream, students encounter a variety of unique animals and plants, learn their roles and unique adaptations. For a culminating activity students take on the identity of an organism in the marsh and its role in the salt marsh food web. 

Common Core Standards: WMHO supports Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas. 

Next Generation Science Standards:

LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning and Resilience

Duration: 60 minutes

Levels:  Customized K-12

Minimum: $150.00 per session (a class is 30 or less students). Boces Reimbursable.

Location: Broadcasting live from the Ernst Marine Conservation Center on West Meadow Creek, Stony Brook, NY

WMHO digital platforms include (and are not limited to) Zoom, Google Classroom and MS Teams. Please let us know your digital preferences and we will work with you.

Duration: 1
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $160

Location: The Ernst Marine Conservation Center from the comfort of your own home or classroom!
Address: Trustee’s Road, Stony Brook NY 11790

Why are salt marshes important?  Students set out to discover their answers by becoming explorers of the salt marsh!

Students explore the shoreline and intertidal zone of an 88-acre salt marsh wetland to examine finfish, shellfish, plants and birds. They research inside our Ernst Marine Conservation Center’s lab to learn about water quality, food webs and what humans can do to help protect and conserve our coastal habitats.

Duration: 1.5 hour, plus time for lunch

Level: Can be customized to grade level k-12

Fee per student: $10.00 

Boces Arts-in-Ed Reimbursable

Common Core Standards: WMHO supports Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas. 

Next Generation Science Standards:

LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning and Resilience

Duration: 1.5
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $100
Per Student Fee: 10
Teacher Fee: FREE
Chaperone Fee: 5

Location: The Ernst Marine Conservation Center
Address: West Meadow Creek, Setauket

What would you do for your freedom?  

Imagine a world where escaping everything you have ever known was your only chance to truly live. Set just as the Fugitive Slave Act is passed, Students will meet a former slave named Carolina. Though the story of her life, students will have to figure out how she became free and the secret methods she uses to lead other slaves to their freedom. With the new act in place, Students will be challenged to design escape routes along the Underground Railroad!

Common Core Standards: WMHO supports NY State and Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas.

New York State Social Studies Standards
7.7b Enslaved African Americans resisted slavery in various ways in the 19th century. The abolitionist movement also worked to raise awareness of and generate resistance to the institution of slavery

Testimonial:

“It was so beautiful and educational – I loved it! My students were so engaged!” –  Jennifer Amaral, 4^th and 5^th grade Teacher, Crestview Elementary School

Virtual Format: WMHO digital platform include (and are not limited to) Zoom, Google Classroom and MS Teams. Please let us know your digital preferences and we will work with you.

Cost:  $160.00 for 45-60 minute live session & accompanying learning kit (30 students or less).  Boces Reimbursable.

Duration: 1 hr
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $160

Duration: 1 hr
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $160

Location: From our classroom to yours!
Address:

About the Property

Built in 1665 and known as the oldest house in the Town of Brookhaven, the Brewster House, was home to six generations of Brewsters.  The house has transformed over the centuries from the one-room cottage to its present saltbox structure.  During the American Revolution, Joseph Brewster operated the house as a tavern and general store, entertaining British troops inside.  American Patriot Caleb Brewster, cousin of Joseph Brewster and presumably a frequent visitor to the house, was a member of George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring during the Revolutionary War.

About the Program

The Taste of the Tavern program at the Brewster House allows a group to not only explore the oldest house in the town of Brookhaven, but learn about the way that colonial long islanders lived under British rule during the American Revolution. The history of the Culper Spy Ring is brought to life with an interactive and engaging presentation of the changing home, family and occupants through the centuries. In this escape room, you will discover for yourself where Joseph Brewster’s loyalties lied – to the British who controlled his family’s welfare or the patriots who promised freedom.  After the experience, guests will experience an authentic colonial tea to drink in the original tavern room (circa 1740).

The Brewster House is listed on the New York State and National Register of Historic Places.

Duration: 1.5
Adult Fee: For groups of 20 or less, $12 per person. For groups of 20 or more – the 20th person and so on, $10 per person.

Location: The Brewster House, c. 1665
Address: 16 Runs Road East Setauket NY 11733

About the Property

Built in 1709, this five-room saltbox farmhouse is one of the largest houses in the Town of Brookhaven. The Thompson House was home to five generations of Thompsons. American Patriot, Farmer and Physician, Doctor Thompson was a prestigious member of the Setauket community, who treated many local residents. Members of George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring are listed in his “Cash Receipt Book,” c. 1787, which was a list of his patients.

About the Program

The adult program at the Thompson House focuses on the development of medicine since the 18^th century. It includes a look into the complex life that Dr. Samuel Thompson lived – as a doctor, apothecary, slave-owner and American patriot. Guests will learn about the influences of Thompson’s life, especially his involvement in the Revolutionary War and his bloodletting practices. A discussion of Revolutionary War diseases including Yellow Fever, Smallpox and dysentery will give guests and understanding of the impact illness has had on the course of American history. With this program, guests will be able to select a choice of tea to drink while they learn about the natural medicines that doctors would have prescribed during the Revolutionary War.

The Thompson house is listed on the New York State and National Register of Historic Places.

Duration: 1.0
Adult Fee: For parties of 20 or less, $10 per person. For groups of 20 or more – the 20th person and so on, $8 per person.

Location: The Thompson House
Address: 91 North Country Road East Setauket NY 11733

About the Property

The Stony Brook Grist Mill, Long Island’s most completely equipped working mill, is listed on the National and New York State Register of Historic Places.

During the 1800s, a vineyard was planted on the island in the Mill Pond. Catawba grapes were pressed and fermented in the Stony Brook Grist Mill, bottled in Brooklyn and sold at a nearby tavern.  In earlier times, the mill was the center of community life. People exchanged news and gossip as they waited for the miller to grind their grain. In the 19th century a miller by the name of Alois Kopriva who emigrated from Poland, played the violin and entertained his guests with gypsy music. Kopriva was also an advocate for women’s right to vote. As recently as the 1950’s, farmers still brought their wheat and corn to be ground at the mill. Miller Schaefer ground natural wheat at the mill and shipped his “health food” to customers in 42 states.

About the Program

The adult program at the Stony Brook Grist Mill invites its guests to learn about the inner workings of a mill and trace the evolution of industry in America from the early 18th century to today. Visitors will hear about the owners and workers of the mill and how it has developed over 320 years. After the program, the Country Store will be open for your shopping pleasure. 

Duration: 1.0
Adult Fee: For groups of 20 or less, $8 per person. For groups of 20 or more – the 20th person and so on, $6 per person.

Location: The Stony Brook Grist Mill, c. 1751
Address: 100 Harbor Road Stony Brook NY 11790

About the Property

Located in the heart of The Ward Melville Heritage Organization’s 88-acre wetlands preserve is the Erwin J. Ernst Marine Conservation Center (EMCC).  Named after Dr. Erwin J. Ernst, the Center has been an important part of WMHO for more than 50 years. The building houses two classrooms, a learning lab, microscopes and touch tanks.

About the Program

The adult program at the EMCC includes a discussion on conservation history, the DNA of our marine ancestors and current ecological challenges facing our planet.  A short nature walk follows where guests will identify birds, marine invertebrates and the marsh plants. Healthy snack included.

Duration: 1.5
Adult Fee: For parties of 20 or less, $12 per person. For groups of 20 or more – the 20th person and so on, $10 per person.

Location: The Ernst Marine Conservation Center
Address: Trustee’s Road, East Setauket, NY 11733

Long Island’s most completely equipped working Grist Mill, the Stony Brook Grist Mill is a unique historic site for your student’s field trip experience. Students join the miller in their day’s work, discovering the principles of how water powers the mill’s mechanisms. Students apply their knowledge as Assistant Millers by shelling corn and bagging ground grain.

“When I ask my students their favorite memories from the school year, they say it is our trip to the Stony Brook Grist Mill.” – 5th grade teacher, Middle Country School District

Duration: 1.5
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $100
Per Student Fee: 10.00
Teacher Fee: 0
Chaperone Fee: 0

Location: Stony Brook Grist Mill
Address: Harbor Road Stony Brook NY 11790

How did the Culper Spy Ring form? Why was Long Island its birthplace?  

Can your students successfully recruit Rebecca Brewster, innkeeper of the Brewster House in 1778, to join the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution?  As a group, we imagine becoming members of the Culper Spy Ring tasked with this mission by General George Washington, himself!

This virtual program, broadcasted live from the authentic Brewster House (c. 1665), promotes critical thinking, team work and dialogue. After all –  like many colonists at the time, Rebecca has mixed feelings about whether to rebel against the Crown or to stay loyal to it. Can your students convince her? Putting their own skills to the test, students will undergo a full exploration of the Brewster House (c. 1665) in search of clues and secret messages!

Common Core Standards: WMHO supports NY State and Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas

New York State Learning Standards: 4.3d  Students will examine New York’s geographic location relative to the other colonies, locate centers of Loyalist support, and examine the extent of the British occupation.

Testimonial:

“This was the best virtual program we have done this year. The instructor was great interacting with the students.  We loved that the instructor was actually inside the Brewster House house.  It was great to see the redcoat uniform hanging in the background!”  – Carrie O’Brien, 5^th Grade, Oxhead Elementary

Location: Broadcasting live from the Brewster House, 1665.  WMHO digital platform include (and are not limited to) Zoom, Google Classroom and MS Teams. Please let us know your digital preferences and we will work with you.

Cost:  $150.00 for 45-60 minute live session (30 or less students) & accompanying learning kit; Boces Arts-in-Ed Reimbursable

Contact: 631-751-2244

Duration: 1
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $150

Location: The Brewster House from the comfort of your own home or classroom!
Address:

Can you survive “living off the land” on Stony Brook’s West Meadow Creek?

Based on WMHO’s historic archaeological dig in 1960 that unearthed evidence of a 500 year old encampment of Algonquin-speaking peoples, students will be engaged in an interactive survival game!  They will be challenged with surviving on West Meadow Creek using- while also conserving!- the natural resources of the marsh to provide shelter, food and even medicine.

Common Core Standards: WMHO supports NY State and Common Core standard learning by creating rich learning environments where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources and participate in an exchange of ideas.

NY State Social Studies Learning Standards:  Native American groups, chiefly the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and Algonquian-speaking groups, inhabited the region that became New York State. These people interacted with the environment and developed unique cultures. (Standards: 1, 3, 5; Themes:  MOV, GEO, GOV)

Duration: 1 Hour

Levels:  Customized K-12

Minimum: $150.00 per session (a class is 30 or less students) Boces Reimbursable.

Location: Broadcasting live from the Ernst Marine Conservation Center on West Meadow Creek, Stony Brook, NY

WMHO digital platform include (and are not limited to) Zoom, Google Classroom and MS Teams. Please let us know your digital preferences and we will work with you.

Duration: 1
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $150

Location: West Meadow Creek from the comfort of your own home or classroom!
Address: For our classroom to yours!

What made someone a Doctor in the year 1776? How is medicine different today? And how will it change in the future?

Set during the American Revolution, students will enter the world of Samuel Thompson – doctor, farmer, patriot. By becoming Doctor Thompson’s apprentices, they help diagnose and treat his patients – Students even create a specialized treatment plan including medicinal herbs from Doctor Thompson’s medicinal garden – all while avoiding being captured by the British!

Students will meet a current healthcare professional and are empowered to diagnose a fictional 21st century patient, while learning the methods and technologies doctors and scientists use to diagnose and treat patients today.  

Learning Standards:  Broadcasting live from WMHO’s authentic historic and environmental Long Island properties, WMHO supports NY State and Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas.

Virtual Format:  WMHO digital platform include (and are not limited to) Zoom, Google Classroom and MS Teams. Please let us know your digital preferences and we will work with you.

Cost:  $150.00 for 45-60 minute live class & accompanying learning kit

Duration: 1
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $150

Location: The Thompson House from the comfort of your home or classroom!
Address:

What does your freedom mean to you?

Students will compare and contrast the role of freedom and education among three black men in Early American Long Island:  A black loyalist spy named Benjamin Whitecuff; a young slave named Simon Thompson, and James McCune Smith, the first African-American physician to hold a medical degree in the United States. 

Learning Standards

Broadcasting live from Long Island’s historic and environmental landmarks, WMHO supports NY State and Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas.

Cost:  $125.00 for digital series and accompanying activity kit.   Access up to 14 days. BOCES Arts-in-Education reimbursable.

Duration: 1
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $125
Teacher Fee: FREE

Location: From Your Classroom to Ours
Address:

How is the Long Island Sound important for human and animals health?

In this STEM and conservation program, students explore the variety of animal and plant habitats that call Long Island Sound their home. By conducting research of their local Long Island Sound ecosystem, students compare and contrast variables including water quality, turbidity and species diversity.  Students learn that every animal and plant needs a home, and together, with their peers, problem solve on how humans can help make that possible.

Common Core Standards:  WMHO supports Common Core Standards learning by creating rich learning environment where students study and observe specimen, conduct research, and participate in an exchange of ideas.

Next Generation Science Standards:

LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning and Resilience

ESS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions

Testimonial:

“This was an authentic learning at its best.  Students felt there was a real purpose for their research projects on this unit.  A big part of the excitement of the program was the anticipation of meeting the class in Bridgeport Connecticut on the other side of the Long Island Sound. This program allow our students to have a hands-on experience to learn about the biodiversity of the wetlands and the water quality of the sound. Thank you to all those that have made this experience possible for our students!” – Michele Miller & Doreen Barry, 6th Grade Science Teachers at Selden Middle School, Long Island

Duration: 1 hour
Levels: Customizable for K-12

Fee: For this program fee, please contact 631-751-2244 for more information. Boces Reimbursable

Location: Broadcasting live from Ernst Marine Conservation Center on West Meadow Preserve.  WMHO digital platform include (and are not limited to) Zoom, Google Classroom and MS Teams. Please let us know your digital preferences and we will work with you.

Duration: 1
Levels: Customized

Location: The Ernst Marine Conservation Center from the comfort of your own home or classroom!
Address: Trustee’s Road, Stony Brook NY 11790

How did the colonial trades of physician and apothecary develop in the colonies?   What are similarities and differences between diseases and treatments of the past compared to today?

Set during the American Revolution, students will enter the world of Samuel Thompson – doctor, farmer, patriot. By becoming Doctor Thompson’s apprentices, students are empowered to diagnose and treat his patients– using medicinal herbs from Doctor Thompson’s medicinal garden – all while avoiding being captured by the British!

In the final stage of the program, students will be able to meet a current healthcare professional who role plays a fictional 21^st century patient. Guiding the students in art and science of modern medicine, students diagnose and prescribe treatments available today!

Learning Standards

Common Core Standards: WMHO supports NY State and Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas.

Social Studies Learning Standards K-8 Framework: 4.3b Colonial New York became home to many different peoples, including European immigrants, and free and enslaved Africans. Colonists developed different lifestyles. Economic and Economic Systems:  What are the benefits of specialization and trade? How did political and social life evolve in each of the three regions? NYS Technology Standards- Standard 5:  Technology has been the driving force in the evolution of society from an agricultural to an industrial to an information base

Cost:  $150.00 for 45-60 minute live session (30 or less students) & accompanying learning kit; Boces Ed-in-Arts Reimbursable

WMHO digital platform include (and are not limited to) Zoom, Google Classroom and MS Teams. Please let us know your digital preferences and we will work with you.

Contact: 631-751-2244

Duration: 1
Teacher Fee: FREE

Location: The historic Thompson House from the comfort of your home or classroom!
Address: From the comfort of your home or classroom!