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: 8
Teacher Fee: 0
Chaperone Fee: 5
Location: Brewster House
Address: 18 Runs Rd, Setauket- East Setauket, NY 11733
Contact: 631-751-2244
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: 8
Teacher Fee: FREE
Chaperone Fee: 5
Location: Brewster House
Address: 18 Runs Rd, Setauket- East Setauket, NY 11733
Contact: 631-751-2244
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 21st 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
Contact: 631-751-2244
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
Contact: 631-751-2244
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
Contact: 631-751-2244
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
Contact: 631-751-2244
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
Contact: 631-751-2244
Imagine a world where escaping everything you had ever known was your only shot at truly living. Travel back in time to the 1850s with your students. Hear the story of an escaped slave-turned conductor on the Underground Railroad and engage in a live and interactive discussion between your students and history.
Connectivity: IP
Fee: $150.00
Duration: 1 hr
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $150
Location: From Your Classroom to Ours
Address: Connectivity: IP and ISDN
Contact: 631-751-2244
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 will highlight and describe the wildlife and flora that the passengers will see, the natural history of the area and the individuals and events that have shaped it.
Click here to see the 2020 Schedule!
RESERVATIONS
Reservations are taken Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm.
Making a reservation is the only way to guarantee your seat on the Discovery!
Reservation Pricing
Adults – $28
Seniors & Students – $25
Children under 6 – $18
LARGE PARTY GROUPS
To ensure that your entire party makes it on the boat (as per Coast Guard regulations, we can only allow 27 passengers aboard the pontoon) please make sure to call ahead (631-751-2244) and reserve your seats.
WHOLE BOAT RESERVATIONS
If you’d like a private boat ride, you are more than welcome to reserve the entirety of the Discovery pontoon! To reserve a whole boat, please call 631-751-2244.
Whole Boat Pricing
Regular Whole Boat – $550
Seniors and Educational Groups – $475
WALK-ONS
We welcome anyone who does not have a reservation onto the Discovery pontoon boat – as long as it is not a full boat or has been reserved!
Walk-On Pricing (CASH ONLY)
Adults – $35
Seniors & Students – $30
Children under 6 – $20
SPECIALTY CRUISES
Our team is always working hard to create new and fun experiences on board the Discovery!
Photography Cruises
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.
Photography Cruise Pricing
$50 per person
GIFT CERTIFICATES
A cruise through beautiful Stony Brook Harbor and serene West Meadow Creek provides an experience unlike any other. Surprising a loved one with a gift certificate to this unique and fun cruise is the perfect present!
Call 631-751-2244 to get more information and to purchase a gift certificate.
Get a taste of what the cruise is like by watching this award-winning story from MyLITV!
Duration: 1.5
Adult Fee: Advance reservation tickets are as follows: Adults – $28, Seniors 60 and up – $25. Walk-On price is cash only and as follows: Adults – $35, Seniors 60 and up – $30.
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
Contact: 631-751-2244
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
Per Student Fee: 8.00
Teacher Fee: 0
Chaperone Fee: 0
Location: Stony Brook Grist Mill
Address: Harbor Road Stony Brook NY 11790
Contact: 6317512244
