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What is the Trout in the Classroom Program?
Trout in the Classroom (TIC) is an environmental education program in which students raise trout in classroom tanks and are eventually released into their natural habitat. Longwood's chapter of TIC raises brook trout that are released into the Peconic River in Riverhead, New York.
What do students do?
Students cumulatively raise the trout from egg to fingerling. Responsibilities include monitoring the trout, testing the tank's water chemistry, general tank maintenance, and journaling all procedures and growth for the duration of the program.
Where are the trout released?
Trout are released into their natural habitat in a state-approved stream at the fingerling stage of development. Last year Longwood's chapter of TIC released brook trout into the headwaters of the Peconic River on Earth Day.
What are the goals of TIC?
TIC aims to foster a strong understanding for the way in which ecosystems work and our human impact on the surrounding environment. This "conservation through education" demonstrated by TIC can be considered one of the most prominent examples of early exposure to environmental stewardship.
What is unique to Longwood's chapter of TIC?
Longwood TIC is a club at Longwood High School that is primarily run by students of Mr. Suarez's AP Environmental Science class. We currently have five functioning tanks at the high school that are monitored daily by members of the club, and one tank at Longwood Middle School that is monitored by students of Ms. Garofolo's fifth and sixth- grade class. Our club is excited to partner with other classes throughout the high school and watch the program expand to other schools. All of this wouldn't be possible without the advising of Mr. Suarez, as well as our partnerships with Trout Unlimited and Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery.
Helpful links:
Trout in the Classroom:
http://www.troutintheclassroom.org/home
Trout Unlimited Long Island:
http://www.longislandtu.org/
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery and Aquarium:
http://www.cshfha.org/
What is the Trout in the Classroom Program?
Trout in the Classroom (TIC) is an environmental education program in which students raise trout in classroom tanks and are eventually released into their natural habitat. Longwood's chapter of TIC raises brook trout that are released into the Peconic River in Riverhead, New York.
What do students do?
Students cumulatively raise the trout from egg to fingerling. Responsibilities include monitoring the trout, testing the tank's water chemistry, general tank maintenance, and journaling all procedures and growth for the duration of the program.
Where are the trout released?
Trout are released into their natural habitat in a state-approved stream at the fingerling stage of development. Last year Longwood's chapter of TIC released brook trout into the headwaters of the Peconic River on Earth Day.
What are the goals of TIC?
TIC aims to foster a strong understanding for the way in which ecosystems work and our human impact on the surrounding environment. This "conservation through education" demonstrated by TIC can be considered one of the most prominent examples of early exposure to environmental stewardship.
What is unique to Longwood's chapter of TIC?
Longwood TIC is a club at Longwood High School that is primarily run by students of Mr. Suarez's AP Environmental Science class. We currently have five functioning tanks at the high school that are monitored daily by members of the club, and one tank at Longwood Middle School that is monitored by students of Ms. Garofolo's fifth and sixth- grade class. Our club is excited to partner with other classes throughout the high school and watch the program expand to other schools. All of this wouldn't be possible without the advising of Mr. Suarez, as well as our partnerships with Trout Unlimited and Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery.
Helpful links:
Trout in the Classroom:
http://www.troutintheclassroom.org/home
Trout Unlimited Long Island:
http://www.longislandtu.org/
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery and Aquarium:
http://www.cshfha.org/