School Field Trips
Become a Spy at The Brewster House
Become a Spy at The Brewster House
Why was New York the birthplace of General George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring? Bring your students to the historic Brewster House to find out! Set in 1778, this living history experience introduces students to Rebecca Brewster, whose neighbors, unbeknownst to her, have turned to espionage to assist General Washington and the Patriot cause. During their conversation with Rebecca, students learn about life under British occupation, hunt for a coded message, and dare to ask Rebecca an important question. Is willing to become a spy? Through interactive learning, students explore the motivations for the American Revolution and explore multiple perspectives – Patriots, Loyalists, women, the enslaved, and Native Americans – to reflect upon how freedom and revolution sometimes meant different things to different groups of people.
BOCES Reimbursable.
Duration: 1.5 hr
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $150.00
Per Student Fee: 10.00
Teacher Fee: FREE
Location: Brewster House
Address: 16 Runs Rd, Setauket- East Setauket, NY 11733
To book this program, please call: 631-751-2244
Stony Brook Grist Mill, c. 1751
This program is currently not available.
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.
For this program fee, please contact 631-751-2244 for more information. Boces Reimbursable.
Duration: 1.5 hr
Levels: Customized
Location: Stony Brook Grist Mill, c. 1751
Address: 100 Harbor Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11790
Contact: 631-751-2244
The Coastal Ecology Explorers at The Ernst Marine Conservation Center
What are salt marshes? Why are they important? What role do people play in keeping them healthy? These are the questions Coastal Ecology Explorers set out to answer in this interactive that introduces young students to the wonder, beauty and science of coastal ecology. Set in West Meadow Creek, an 88-acre wetland habitat and embayment of the Long Island Sound, students explore west meadow creek’s shoreline to collect and identify marine specimen including crabs, birds and plants. Students learn to perceive the salt marsh as home to many important and delicate relationships between living organisms, land and water.
Boces Arts-in-Ed Reimbursable. Recommended for grades K-3 (see Coastal Ecology Detectives for grades 4 and up!)
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 EcosystemsLS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning and Resilience
Testimonial: I had an amazing time at the field trip! I loved the puppet show and seeing all the mollusks and crabs! (Olivia, Harbor Country Day School, 1st grade).
Duration: 1.5 hr
Levels: Elementary
Minimum Program Fee: $150.00
Per Student Fee: 10.00
Teacher Fee: FREE
Chaperone Fee: FREE
Location: The Ernst Marine Conservation Center
Address: West Meadow Creek, Setauket
Contact: 631-751-2244