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Salt Marsh Tidal Flats Hike, Gr. 3-5

Bring science concepts to life as students investigate the ever-changing habitats that make up our coastal ecosystems on Cape Cod. Students will learn about challenges for coastal organisms and develop a deeper understanding of the role that adaptations play in survival. On this field experience, students will search for shorebirds and engage in hands-on discovery of horseshoe crabs, mollusks, fiddler crabs, and peat.

Program Location(s):

  • Long Pasture, Barnstable

Grades:

3, 4, 5

Price:

See pricing guide.

Learning Standards Supported:

  • 3-LS1-1 - From Molecules to Organisms--Structures and Processes - life cycles

  • 4-LS1-1 - From Molecules to Organisms--Structures and Processes - animal/plant, internal/external structures

  • 5-LS2-1 - Ecosystems--Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics - movement of matter through food web

Contact:

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