Take a field trip to Narragansett Bay

At Casey Farm

The salt pond and cobble beach at Casey Farm offer exciting settings to explore the diversity of life along Rhode Island’s greatest natural treasure: Narragansett Bay. Students learn about fresh and saltwater wetlands and then discover the wide variety of organisms that live in the salt marsh, salt pond, and cobble beach. The Jamestown Bridge provides a backdrop to a discussion of human influences on the bay.

Program Details

Available weekdays, April through mid-November, for grades K – 8.

Length: 2 hours. Limited to 80 students per program.

Cost: $10 per student.

Bring a picnic lunch and combine At the Bay with one of our other programs for a full day at Casey Farm for only $13 per student!

Type of Program: Field Trips

Related Topics: Environment

Curriculum Links

At the Bay connects to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, adopted in Rhode Island in 2010, as follows (page numbers from Common Core standards linked to below):

Kindergarten

• Speaking and Listening

3, 6 (p. 23)

Grade One

• Speaking and Listening

3, 4, 6 (p. 23)

Grade Two

• Speaking and Listening

2, 3, 4, 6 (p. 23)

Grades Three – Five

• Speaking and Listening

2, 3, 4, 6 (p. 24)

Grades Six – Eight

• Speaking and Listening

2, 3, 4 (p. 49)

View full Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy

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