Arts-In-Education Exploratory Enrichment

BOCES ARTS-IN-EDUCATION / EXPLORATORY ENRICHMENT
PROGRAM DETAILS



Program Title
Fire Island Light Station Tour
 
Provider Name
Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society, Inc.
 
Paul Baiata

Captree Island , NY 11702
Phone:
631 583-5901
Email:
paul@fireislandlighthouse.com
Website:
www.fireislandlighthouse.com
Program Description
Take students on a guided tour to the top of the Fire Island Lighthouse and surrounding area. Hands-on audience participation, presentation on the United States Life Saving Service, the forerunner to the US Coast Guard who rescues victims from shipwrecked vessels. Includes a guided tour of the boat house with authentic USLSS equipment and the Fresnel building which contains the original Fresnel lens from the Fire Island Lighthouse along with a guided nature walk along the way.
 
Categories
Storytelling (TH), Social Studies ,
 


Additional Resources 

Program Recommendations
Grades
3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,Professional Development



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Arts Standards
1,2,3,4


Other Standards 
SS, MST



Curriculum Connections 
NY State / Long Island , , ,



Culturally Responsive 
1,3



Cost 
Cost Single: $5/person
Cost Multiple:


Duration
180 minutes