CELLS TO ECOSYSTEMS / SHELLFISH & ANTHROPOLOGY • 5th GRADE
Designed to help 5th graders explore the natural world over time. From microscopic single-cell organisms to dynamic ecosystems, students discover how systems function. Students dig for fossils to learn how the area has changed over a vast geologic time and how it is changing now. The programs also explore, when feasible, traditional knowledge and cultural resources from a tribal perspective.
FIELD TRIP OPPORTUNITIES
If you are a local Tillamook County School, contact Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS
(director@netartsbaywebs.org) for more information about field trip opportunities to explore the local biomes around Netarts Bay.
Cells to Ecosystems
Examining single celled phytoplankton, multicellular zooplankton, animals with complex organ systems, and ultimately role organisms play in their ecosystem, students learn the varying complexity of life. Activities include plankton tows, investigating with a microscope, exploring the rocky intertidal zone, and a tour of the shellfish hatchery.
Shellfish & Anthropology
Students explore the inter-relationships between the natural resources of Netarts Bay and humans over time. They conduct scientific investigations on clam populations in the bay, then dig deeper into the area’s paleontological and human history - hunting fossils and learning about people residing along and utilizing the bay through time.
Our School Program is available now. The website material for this program is coming soon! Please contact Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS (director@netartsbaywebs.org) if you are interested in learning more.
This program was created in partnership with Tillamook School District #9 (TSD9) under the leadership of retired educator Clair Thomas. The Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS continues to sponsor these field trips in partnership with Tillamook School District #9 and Natural Resource Coordinator Amy Schmid. Opportunities may be available for other schools and classes to take part in this program. Please contact Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS (director@netartsbaywebs.org) if you are interested in learning more.