Tybee Island field study trip 2019
What is the trip?
Each year, Decatur's 4/5 Academy sends the entire 5th grade on a 3-day Intensive Ecology Field Study to Tybee Island. The field study is led by guides under the supervision of the UGA Dept. of Biology & Ecology, and is held at the Burton 4-H Center.
Every 5th grade student is invited to participate, regardless of ability to pay. The total cost of the trip is $230. The PTO also provides full or partial scholarship funds for students who are unable to pay for the trip.
Scroll down this page for copies of all forms and for more detailed information about the trip.
Every 5th grade student is invited to participate, regardless of ability to pay. The total cost of the trip is $230. The PTO also provides full or partial scholarship funds for students who are unable to pay for the trip.
Scroll down this page for copies of all forms and for more detailed information about the trip.
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Where do the students go & What do they study?
The Burton 4-H Center Environmental Education Program is administered by the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. The 4-H Center is located on 6 acres of Tybee Island, Georgia. Tybee Island itself is very small (3 miles x 0.5 mile) and extremely populated. We use the entire island for our classes.
The objectives of the Environmental Education Program are to:
While at Tybee, students receive hands on instruction that correlates to several of our life and physical science standards.
In addition, we incorporate many of our Language Arts standards. Students keep journals and reflect/make oral presentations on what they have learned.
On our return trip we also make a stop at Fort Pulaski, which was built just prior to the Civil War, and is a wonderful opportunity for students to see first hand what soldiers experienced during that period in history.
The objectives of the Environmental Education Program are to:
- Develop an awareness, knowledge, and appreciation for the natural environment.
- Cultivate curiosity, critical reasoning, and evaluation skills.
- Develop positive relationships between students and their teachers.
- Make the school program more meaningful by applying knowledge and skills required in the classroom to real-life situations.
- Provide experiences in scientific processes, such as observing, measuring, classifying, etc.
- Develop self-confidence and physical fitness.
- Develop an appreciation for the local and natural history of an area.
While at Tybee, students receive hands on instruction that correlates to several of our life and physical science standards.
- Landforms of Georgia
- Effects of constructive forces
- Effects of destructive forces
- Classification of organisms
- Cells and microorganisms
In addition, we incorporate many of our Language Arts standards. Students keep journals and reflect/make oral presentations on what they have learned.
On our return trip we also make a stop at Fort Pulaski, which was built just prior to the Civil War, and is a wonderful opportunity for students to see first hand what soldiers experienced during that period in history.
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