This SPRING, NYC H2O is offering WATER ECOLOGY AND ENGINEERING FIELD
TRIPS. Our sites include: the Central Park Reservoir, Ridgewood
Reservoir in Ridgewood, Queens, Silver Lake in Staten Island, Baisley
Pond in Jamaica, Queens, the Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx and
the High Bridge. We will also have field trips to Lemon Creek and
Great Kills in Staten Island, and Plumb Beach in Brooklyn.
Each reservoir site has its own dramatic story of how it supplied the
city with drinking WATER. Other sites show how the city's wetlands
and marine life protect it from storm surges. H2O's team of
talented field guides
[http://www.nych2o.org/field-trip-guides.html] engage students in
outdoor activities that explain how these reservoirs were built so
that the city could grow. Students learn how the parks were built to
protect the reservoirs when they get to experience these seldom
visited, yet public 'natural' treasures. -------------------------
Each public school is entitled to 1 free tour. A $50 deposit is
required to reserve a tour and is refunded once your class completes
the tour.
Additional tours can be purchased for $75 each (Title I) and $150 (non
Title I). A school can book 2 TOURS (1 tour = 1 class of 34
students) on a given day if available.
Tours start at 10:30am, last 2 hours and include time for lunch at the
end.
NYC H2O is a registered vendor with the Department of Education.
Please email info_@nych2o.org_ if you would like to book
via _purchase order_.
Decisions to reschedule a tour due to inclement weather are made at 7
a.m. on the day of the tour. You will be contacted via email by the
H2O tour guide assigned to your class. The criteria for rescheduling
is based on the NWS forecast
[http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.71980&lon=-73.99300&unit=0&lg=english&FcstType=graphical].
If there is greater than 50% chance of rain the tour will be
rescheduled.
Cancellations less than 7 school days in advance will not be
refunded.
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