THE STONY BROOK SCHOOL'S COSTA RICAN EXPEDITION

CostaRica Plant Group ON THE COSTA RICA BEACH, JACOB SINGER (Stony Brook), RILEY JOINNIDES (Brookhaven Hamlet), SAMIR HASANJI (Mount Siami), JUSTIN SHI (Stony Brook), THOMAS STAVOLA (Setauket), AND KEVIN PALMER (Miller Place), ALL MEMBERS OF THE PLANT RESEARCH GROUP, LEARN AND DEMONSTRATE HOW TO SQUEEZE JUICE OUT OF A SUGAR CANE .


The Stony Brook School's seventh grade class of 2014 recently returned from an eight-day scientific field study in Costa Rica at Campanario Biological Reserve, a lowland rainforest on the Pacific coast. Campanario is a working environmental science station committed to education and working with school groups. SBS seventh graders also visited famous Corcovado National Park.

Leaf Cutter Ants Group
 ANDRE FERNANDEZ (Hauppauge), SYDNEY BRAAT (Westhampton Beach), AND ALEXANDRA CUNNINGHAM (Setauket) ENGAGE IN THEIR OBSERVATION OF LEAF
CUTTER ANTS IN THE RAINFOREST .



Above Tree Canopy
   JUSTIN SHI (STONY BROOK) REACHED THE END OF HIS ZIPLINE AND A CAMPANARIO STAFF MEMBER ASSISTS HIM ON THE TREE PLATFORM.

The purpose of this expedition was to give students an opportunity to live and work as field scientists in the rich and varied ecosystem of the coastal rainforest. The curricular strategies for the Rainforest Expedition were carefully designed to provide a unique interdisciplinary educational experience. To work as field scientists, each child had to apply knowledge and principles from a variety of subject areas including science, math, and English. Students collected data by direct observation and experimentation and engaged in scientific inquiry.

 

Each of six research teams created and posted a daily journal entry while at Campanario so those in the SBS community could follow their experiences. The students also created podcasts to keep their friends and family informed about their activities. The studies students conducted provided valuable information to the ongoing research at Campanario Biological Reserve.

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