School Field Trips

During the American Revolution, The Brewster House was a tavern. Students take a journey to a colonial tavern where they learn about the Culper Spy Ring and their methods, go on a scavenger hunt and decode messages to become spies themselves!

Duration: 1.5 hr
Levels: Customized
Per Student Fee: 5
Teacher Fee: 0
Chaperone Fee: 5

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

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
Per Student Fee: 7
Teacher Fee: FREE
Chaperone Fee: 5

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

Take your students to Doctor Samuel Thompson’s doctor’s office in the year 1800!   Students become Doctor Thompson’s apprentices, where they treat consumption, yellow fever and small pox.  Moving through rooms in the house, students grind herbs into pills using mortars and pestles and under the guidance of Stony Brook Medicine’s medical students learn how today’s doctors treat illnesses of the 21^st century.

“We come to this program every year.  The hands-on aspect of the program makes it a favorite of my students.” Jo-Ann Hudecek, Nassakeag Elementary School

 

Duration: 1 hr
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $105
Per Student Fee: 8
Teacher Fee: Free
Chaperone Fee: 5

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: $105
Per Student Fee: 8
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: $105
Per Student Fee: 8
Teacher Fee: Free
Chaperone Fee: 5

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

Located at the Doctor Ernst Marine Conservation Center, in the heart of an 88-acre wetland preserve, our facilities include an equipped lab, classroom, touch tank, and wetland creek full of live marine creatures. Your student explore the water’s edge for shellfish, finfish and plants in this interactive program illustrating the salt marsh food web.  Using field guides, microscopes and touch tanks students discover the ecological relationships, plant and animal adaptations, and geology of one of Long Island’s most pristine environmental habitats.

 

Duration: 1 hr
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $150
Per Student Fee: 8
Teacher Fee: FREE
Chaperone Fee: 5

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

The Doctor Ernst Marine Conservation Center, in the heart of an 88-acre wetland preserve, is adjacent to the site of a famous archaeological dig that unearthed evidence of 5000-year-old encampment of an Algonquin tribe.  This hands-on program enables your students to identify all the natural resources that were available to the Native American family, as well as the ways of survival in the salt marsh environment including how to create shelter, make tools and clothing.

 

Duration: 1.5
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $150
Per Student Fee: 8
Teacher Fee: FREE
Chaperone Fee: 5

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

Travel back in time to the 1850s! Students will experience a journey to freedom on the Underground Railroad in this live performance.

 

Connectivity: IP

Fee: $150.00

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

Location: From Your Classroom to Our’s
Address: Connectivity: IP and ISDN

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 onboard will highlight and describe the wildlife and flora that the passengers will see.

Cruises are scheduled according to the tide table through October 20.

Advance reservation tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors 60+ and students, and $18 for children under 6.  Group discounts are available!

Click here or the image to the left to view the full brochure (scroll down to see both pages)

 

 

We are collaborating with Camera Concepts and Telescope Solutions to bring special photography cruises to our attendees!  Each session will begin at half an hour earlier on land with a discussion from a Camera Concepts photography instructor, the cruise will then set out for 1 ½ hours, ending with a 15-30 minute wrap-up/critique session after.  This cruise is $50 per person.

Please call (631) 751-2244 to make any reservations or to inquire about additional information.

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

 

Duration:
Adult Fee: See brochure for prices

Location: Discovery Wetlands Cruise
Address: Across from the Three Village Inn, which is at 150 Main Street Stony Brook Marine Services Stony Brook NY 11790

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: $105.00
Per Student Fee: 8.00
Teacher Fee: FREE
Chaperone Fee: 5.00

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