NESS OySTARS: Teacher Professional Development

Calling all Educators: Get inspired, get outside, and bring new tools back to your classroom! 🌊🦪

Join NESS for a dynamic, hands-on professional development experience where science meets the sea. Dive into the ecological and historical importance of oysters in Long Island Sound through:
- A boat-based exploration of the coastline and what factors make the Long Island Sound a perfect oyster habitat
- Hands-on oyster biology investigations
- Interactive discussions on ocean acidification & climate change
- Curriculum connections to marine conservation and climate literacy

Long Island Sound is a diverse and fragile environment, learn how you can explore and protect it.
- Connect classroom learning to real-world marine science
- Bring new tools, data, and resources back to your students
- Support your NGSS-aligned curriculum


Funded Opportunity:
This program is FREE, thanks to the support of the Long Island Sound Futures Fund Grant.

Limited Spots Available - Register Now! https://nessf.org/experiential-learning/adult_family_programs/teacher-professional-development/

You may also like the following events from New England Science & Sailing Foundation:

• Next month, 8th September, 11:00 am, NESStival Homeschool Open House in Stonington
• Next month, 20th September, 09:00 am, 14th Annual Catch a Curl Youth Surf Classic & Beach Cleanup in Westerly
• This October, 2nd October, 05:00 pm, Adult Safe Powerboat Handling Course in Stonington