Mystic Seaport Museum field trip
75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT, 06355. Redwoods Homeschool Community RedwoodsHC@protonmail.com false mm/dd/yyyy aUinrLWZczwYavqgBmQP30959
Date – Time
April 11, 2024
– 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Location
Mystic Seaport Museum
75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT, 06355.
Additional Information
Join us on a field trip to the nation's leading maritime museum! https://mysticseaport.org/
(This has been rescheduled to April 11th, 2024-- it was Dec 7, 2023)
Students will participate in a guided tour program and a planetarium program and afterwards families may continue to tour the museum on their own. The students will be split into three grade levels. If parents have students in more than one grade level they will choose one grade level to chaperone.
K-3rd grade:
Zoo in the Sky planetarium program: (planetarium) This program will unlock your students’ imaginations to see animal shapes in the stars! Nearly half of the 88 constellations in the night sky are some kind of animal. We will “connect the dots” together as we tour the “zoo” in the night sky. We will also share some stories about how these animals came to live in the sky, and encourage students to imagine their own constellations in the stars they see.
Sailors Sea Chest: (guided tour) Using artifacts, primary documents, and historical photographs from the collections of Mystic Seaport Museum, a Museum educator guides students as they unpack a sailor’s sea chest. Students use the objects in the sea chest like clues, piecing together a picture of what a sailor’s life would have been like more than 150 years ago.
4th grade - 6th grade
Explorers and Navigators: (guided tour and planetarium) Students will have the opportunity to: • Experience a special 30- minute Planetarium show about explorers; • Learn how to use a nautical chart, parallel rules, and sextant during a navigation challenge; • Visit a vessel and life-saving station to understand why navigation skills are so important and how they are used on a ship
7th grade - 12th grade
Voyage to America: Immigration Tour: (guided tour) Students will have the opportunity to: • Experience the journey many immigrants took to come to America by visiting one of our historic sailing vessels; • Participate in a naturalization class in an authentic, one-room school house from Connecticut; • Discuss what it means to be a United States citizen; • Learn how important communication and the printing industry were to new immigrants finding their way in America.
Celestial Navigation Challenge: (planetarium) This on-site teambuilding program provides a practical application of celestial navigation in the context of one of the Museum’s signature vessels. We transport students back to the era when the Joseph Conrad was sailing around the world, and after viewing the stars in the “mystery location,” student teams (crews) will try to figure out precisely where we are. Each crew member has a role to play in the Challenge, and only by working together can the crews pinpoint their location on the globe!
Arrival and check in is promptly at 9:30 am
The K-3rd grade group will finish their planetarium and guided tour before lunch. All families/ grade levels will have lunch together. The 4th - 6th graders will finish their program at 12:30. The 7th-12th graders will finish their programs at 1:30. All groups should be prepared to stay at the museum until at least 1:30 (to be sure all groups have at least 2 chaperones at all times). Families may tour the museum on their own when their program is done.
Students will be expected to stay with their grade level group and assigned chaperones.
Cost:
Each person attending must be signed up.
Students (age 4-18) $26.50
Parents $16.00
Children age 3 and under are free. Participating children age 3 and under are $14.50.
Deadline to sign up and pay: March 25th
Payments: At this time we are only able to accept Paypal payments. No Refunds will be issued unless the event is cancelled. If you are unable to attend last minute, you may have someone go in your place and make payment arrangements with them directly. If you need to transfer your spots please email us asap at redwoodshc@protonmail.com so that we may have an accurate check in. Thank you.
The museum is open rain or shine. There will be no rain date. Please dress for the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes.
Directions: Our address is 75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT, 06355. Take Interstate 95 to Exit 90 in Connecticut. Proceed one mile south on Route 27 (Greenmanville Avenue) to the 2nd parking lot across from the big, red tugboat at the South entrance. Parking is free.
Dear fellow homeschoolers,
We're excited to announce that a fantastic field trip opportunity is available to all homeschoolers! However, please remember that when we participate in this field trip, we not only represent ourselves but also the entire homeschooling community and Redwoods Homeschool Community. Let's make sure to be respectful, responsible, and demonstrate the positive aspects of homeschooling to the world.
As we prepare for this exciting outing, we'd like to also mention that Donations are optional but very appreciated! We take great joy in planning events for the homeschool community, but sometimes we incur small expenses in doing so. Your support can help offset these costs and further strengthen the Redwoods Homeschool Community. Feel free to use the drop-down menu for various donation options, but please remember that this is entirely optional. We're immensely grateful for any support!
Looking forward to a memorable and educational experience together!
Signups
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The Signup Deadline for this event was 3/28/2024 – 8:00 PM EST