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Thompson House c.1709
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Medicine: Past, Present and Future
Go back in time to the Thompson House c. 1709, and visit a colonial doctor's office! Students are transported to the post -Revolutionary War period in this interactive program with medical instruments, patient diagnosis, and making pharmaceutical remedies. This program acquaints young people with the differences in medicine, health and disease from the 18th century to today. Students will have the opportunity to role play with the instructor where a variety of ailments will be diagnosed using 18th century methods. Students will visit the doctor's apothecary and use mortars and pestles to grind herbs. Students will use Smart Board Technology to perform 21st century surgeries and will end with a discussion on the discoveries in science effecting medicine and the future.
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Living Off the Land: A Day in the Life of a Native American
Family
This program
provides the activities of daily Native-American life. Students identify
and explore the natural resources available in the salt marsh environment
and discover how they were utilized to improve every day life of
the Native American's. Sign Up Now!! |
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A Day
in the Life of a colonial Child and the George Washington Spy Ring at
the Brewster House, c. 1665
Decorated
in period furniture and transformed over the centuries from a one-room
cottage to the present salt box structure, the Brewster House was home
to six generations of Brewsters. Reverend Nathaniel Brewster, the homestead's
first owner was the Setauket settlement's first ordained minister. Another
family member, Caleb Brewster, was a member of George Washington's Spy
Ring during the Revolutionary War. Sign Up Now!! |
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Coastal
Ecology Program at the Marine Conservation Center
Located
in the heart of The Ward Melville Heritage Organization's Wetlands Preserve,
the Marine Conservation Center is an ideal location for students to
learn about the environment. The Coastal Ecology program is offered
in cooperation with the University at Stony Brook's Marine Sciences
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The
"Dusty" Program at the Stony Brook Grist Mill, c. 1751
Long Islands
most completely equipped working grist mill, the Stony Brook Grist Mill,
c. 1751, is run by a miller as it was in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The water powered, overshot mill is listed on the National Register
of Historic Places as a rare example of Dutch framing. Sign Up Now!!
Energy...THEN & NOW
The Art and Science of Hydraulics
Learn about harnessing energy using water-power and how it relates to the Grist Mill's grinding process. This is an interactive tour of the Stony Brook Grist Mill, c. 1751. Students will have the opportunity to experience the intricate building mechanisms, such as pulleys, belts and the overshot water wheel. What a great opportunity to learn science through this hands-on experience.
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Wetlands
Cruise aboard the "Discovery"
The "Discovery"
Cruise provides a unique field trip in environmental ecology taught
by a qualified naturalist from the University at Stony Brook's Marine
Sciences Research Center. Students board the 32-foot pontoon boat for
a cruise from Stony Brook Harbor into the surrounding wetlands.
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Fresh
Water Pond
Ecology at the Stony Brook Mill Pond
This program
provides students with the diversified spectrum of the fresh water pond
ecology system. Students observe and explore the pond food web and its
link to energy. Characteristics of aquatic plant life, pond creatures
that live in fresh water, water quality, surface animals and other insects
will be investigated. Sign Up Now!!
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