On Wednesday, June 21st, 2017, the Sea Grant Program took a group of youths participating in the Lajas Cultural Center Camp, and a group of special education students from the Francisco María Quiñones School in San Germán, on a fieldtrip to Playita Rosada. There, they had the chance to get firsthand knowledge about the marine and coastal ecosystems around us and the organisms which live there. The students rotated along several stations in which they were shown mangrove trees, the difference between seagrasses and algae (seaweed), marine invertebrates, sand composition, and how to measure several different weather and climate parameters. At this last station, students observed the clouds and made their weather forecasts for the day. The students were all very attentive to everything on offer. They loved all the stations, although the marine invertebrate station was particularly interesting to them because they could observe firsthand the different organisms that they have sometimes seen but never known much about. It was a very enriching experience for them; no doubt that the next time they visit the beach, they will view it in a different way.
Lajas Cultural Center Camp and Francisco María Quiñones School of San Germán
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- Educational Guides
- Curricular Materials
- Implementing the Educational Guides
- Luis Muñoz Marín School
- José Rodríguez de Soto Elementary School
- Sergio Ramírez de Arellano Bilingual School
- Eva and Patria Custodio Franqui High School
- James Garfield Elementary School
- San Conrado College
- Catalina Morales de Flores School
- San Agustín College
- San Sebastián Mártir Academy
- Ana Hernández Usera Elementary School
- San Andrés Episcopal College
- CROEM visits the Tres Palmas Marine Reserve
- Segundo Ruiz Belvis School
- DNER Camp
- 4H Program Camp – SEA, RUM
- Lajas Cultural Center Camp and Francisco María Quiñones School of San Germán
- Sabana Grande Students Visit Playita Rosada
- Homeschooling group visits Playita Rosada
- Students from the Ramón Olivares Elementary School enjoy their first field trip to Magueyes Island
- Alumnos de la Escuela Superior Segundo Ruiz Belvis aprenden sobre diversos ecosistemas marinos y costeros en Playita Rosada
- Great educational experience at Playita Rosada for students from the Dr. Rafael Pujals Intermediate School
- Students visit Playita Rosada in order to learn about marine environments
- Training About the New Educational Guide: Coral Reefs
- Training about Puerto Rico’s Marine Ecosystems Educational Guides
- Magueyes Island Fieldtrip
- Playita Rosada Fieldtrip
- Punta Ballenas Nature Reserve Beach Cleanup
- The Ecological Tourism Student Club (CETE, by its Spanish acronym) Continues to Grow
- Rewarding the social commitment in youths working on Sea Grant Program initiatives in Tres Palmas Marine Reserve
- Teachers receive training about the marine ecosystems’ educational guides