Field Experiences

Field Experience Program

There are a number of field trips associated with AP Environmental Science. These experiences are meant to augment the course and expose students to real world experiences to reinforce concepts from class. You should strive to attend as many of the field trips as possible. Some field trips may be mandated by the instructor. 

Rules for Participation

• The field trip program is run at the sole discretion of the AP environmental science teacher and may be canceled at any time for any reason. 

• APES students are expected to talk to their teachers for other courses and collect the course work they will be missing BEFORE all field trips. Failure to do so may result in ineligibility to participate in the APES field trip program.

• APES students with incomplete assignments in any of their courses will not be permitted to attend. 

Prospective Field Trips

• Ecosystems and Biodiversity at Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

  • 1. Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center

    2. Raptor Trust

    3. Helen C Fenske Visitor Center

• The Great Backyard Bird Count with NJ Audubon at the Sherman-Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary

• Winter Seal Survey with Save Coastal Wildlife at Sandy Hook

• Endangered Species Conservation with the Wolf Conservation Center

• Release Days 

  • 1. Quail in the Classroom with the Center for Environmental Education and Discovery (CEED)

    2. Terrapins in the Classroom with Project Terrapin at Beach Haven

    3. Trout in the Classroom at Seeley's Pond