Life along the Hudson River: Exploring Nature and Culture
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- Water
Students learned about the water cycle and where their drinking water comes from by visiting the Poughkeepsie Water Treatment Plant*. (Water treatment...
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- Geology of the Hudson River
Students develop a geological perspective and understanding of the powerful forces of nature. They will explore concepts in the classroom with hands-o...
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- Native Peoples of the Hudson Valley
Gives students a glimpse into the lives of the first peoples who made their living on the banks of the Hudson River. Through site-visits, readings, an...
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- Trains and Bridges
Students develop a sense of local history and the connections between human activities and the natural world by focusing on the past two hundred years...
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- Creating an Estuary
Students learn what happens when salt and fresh water meet, first through a teacher demonstration. Then, through hands-on experimentation, students ex...
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- Hands-on River Ecology
Students learn more about the importance of estuaries, including our own Hudson River, and are exposed to a variety of hands-on, site-based experience...
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- Creating a Fish Mural
Students create a mural with paper cut-outs representing the anatomy of a fish. They place their fish in an appropriate place on a larger river mural...
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- Hudson River School of Art
Students get a simple introduction to the Hudson River School of Art (HRS), 1825-1870, considered the first coherent school of American painting. HRS ...
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