Lesson Plans

LESSON 1 (PRE-TRIP): Learn the basic design of a suspension bridge and run experiments to understand forces like tension and compression.

LESSON 2 (POST-TRIP): Think about how the Brooklyn waterfront has changed overtime with the help of some great visuals and a writing activity.

LESSON 1 (PRE-TRIP): Learn the difference between rocks and minerals and play a fun matching game to discover what minerals are in different rock types.

LESSON 2 (POST-TRIP): Go on an adventure through the rock cycle to learn how rocks can change over time and what causes those changes.

LESSON 1 (PRE-TRIP): Discover the difference between living, nonliving, and manmade objects with a simple sorting activity.

LESSON 2 (POST-TRIP): Sharpen your graphing skills with some simple data and word problems all about the East River.

LESSON 1 (PRE-TRIP): An introduction to sustainability and environmental footprints through a role playing activity highlighting the “tragedy of the commons” scientific phenomena. How environmentally friendly is your home? Figure out with a quick conservation quiz.

LESSON 2 (POST-TRIP): Practice the concepts of recycle and reuse using household items creatively. Explore social activism by developing a proposal and design for a sustainability project in your home, school, or neighborhood.

Noise Mitigation Case Study: Brooklyn Bridge Park: Learn how the sound attenuation berms at BBP help reduce noise pollution by simple in-park data collection or using the data from an ArcGIS StoryMap! This lesson is one component of the Sound and Noise Education Module created by NYC DEP.

LESSON 1 (PRE-TRIP): What is an invertebrate? Identify the East River’s local invertebrates by using a scientific tool, a dichotomous key.

LESSON 2 (POST-TRIP): Practice observing trends in scientific oyster restoration data and calculating mean, median, and mode.

LESSON 1 (PRE-TRIP): Learn the parts of a plant and plant life cycle with a fun art project and a make-your-own storybook.

LESSON 2 (POST-TRIP): Discover the different shapes and colors of NYC tree leaves and play a fun game of “guess who” with a nature twist.

LESSON 1 (PRE-TRIP): An introduction to solid, liquids, and gases and the role these play in weather & the water cycle. Practice writing weather words and identifying different weather images.

LESSON 2 (POST-TRIP): Discover the reasons we have seasons! Grab your family members (or some stuffed animals) to help build a human model of earth’s rotation around the sun. Or cut and color a diagram illustrating earth’s orbit and seasons.

LESSON 1 (PRE-TRIP): Receive an introduction to habitats and discover which animals are local to NYC with a sorting game.

LESSON 2 (POST-TRIP): Reflect on the similarities and differences between aquatic and terrestrial habitats through visuals, coloring pages, Venn diagrams, and shoebox dioramas

LESSON 1 (PRE-TRIP): Learn all about the parts of the fish and their distinguishing features with a coloring activity, a matching game, and a design challenge!

LESSON 2 (POST-TRIP): Reflect on the similarities and differences between aquatic and terrestrial habitats through visuals, coloring pages, Venn diagrams, and shoebox dioramas.

LESSON 1 (PRE-TRIP): Receive an introduction to fish anatomy and fish adaptations and practice fish identification using a dichotomous key.

LESSON 2 (POST-TRIP): Use real East River data to practice statistics and create graphs to display and interpret science information.

LESSON 1 (PRE-TRIP): Become familiar with the waterways around NYC with a geography activity and the health and history of New York Harbor through a series of short videos.

LESSON 2 (POST-TRIP): Coming soon!