Living Observatory Field Guides
Watch wildlife nest and migrate, listen to their rhythm and song. Feel the moist spongy sphagnum moss and as you take a soil sample. Smell the fresh air. Get outside and explore the natural beauty and rich cultural history in Southeastern Massachusetts with our collection of field trips and activities.
Imagine you are a green frog or a painted turtle. What would it be like to prepare for winter, how great would it feel once frost lifted in spring and sun warmed your shell? Consider the great white shark, a species 450 million years old, think about how dramatically the coast has changed in that time.
Follow your curiosity and delve into our growing catalog educational resources.
Click around the project web, find a topic that interests you and see what activities or field trips are available.
- Think Like a Geologist
- Let's Begin with Soil
- Primer on Geology (coming soon)
- Watersheds from Aquifer to Ocean (coming soon)
- Geologic Terms
- Field trips
- Educator Resources
- Plymouth's Layers of History (coming soon)
- Plimouth Patuxet Museums (coming soon)
- Indigenous Life and Land Use (coming soon)
We've organized the guides in a structured way... Underneath your feet and Layers of history represent a curated set of activities that could adapted for a course module. We have also split out key resources that you can use to augment lessons and homework.
If you want to get involved with the project contact us.
