Outreach Programs

  
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When you book an Outreach Program, we will send a museum educator and all of the supplies for the program. We will travel a 50-mile radius from the St. Augustine Lighthouse for Outreach programs.

Assembly Programs

Why Do We Have Lighthouses?

Be a crewmember on a tall ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean and find out how the St. Augustine Lighthouse can help get you safely to port. This is a highly participatory presentation of songs and stories that look into our maritime heritage by our Director of Education, Chris Kastle, internationally acclaimed performer.

Down Below the Waves

Investigate sunken ships and examine the artifacts. Help to solve the mysteries and tell the unknown stories. This is a highly participatory presentation of songs and stories that look into our maritime heritage by our Director of Education, Chris Kastle, internationally acclaimed performer.

Earthways, Waterways

Swim, slither, step, snap and sniff with the creatures of our coastline. Learn how we, as the human inhabitants, have interacted with this maritime environment over time. Learn how each of us can take an active part in the stewardship of this essential ecology. This is a highly participatory presentation of songs and stories that look into our maritime heritage by our Director of Education, Chris Kastle, internationally acclaimed performer.

Fee for an Assembly Program: $2.00 per student with a minimum of 50 students or $100.00. A transportation fee will be charged for distances over 50 miles.

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Classroom Presentations

Underwater Archeology

Find out how to become an underwater archeologist from a practicing archeologist and member of LAMP (Lighthouse Archeological Maritime Program). Learn about recent discoveries and unsolved mysteries.

Exploring the Marine Hammock

Take a virtual trip through the Marine Hammock at the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum with Gail Compton, our Museum Naturalist, as she talks about the interaction between the lighthouse keepers and the land.

Fee for a classroom presentation: $2.00 per student with a minimum of 50 students or $100.00. A transportation fee will be charged for distances over 50 miles.

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After School Programs

Education Department staff will conduct short-term residencies in cooperation with existing after school programs for underserved students. All residencies will be topically based in maritime culture. For example, a staff member would work with the same group of up to 25 students for1½ hours after school for a set period of time towards a culminating community event. During the residency, the students would research, write and perform ballad(s) to enhance reading, writing and communications skills while leaning about history.

Fee for after school programs: $2 per student with a minimum of 15 students.

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Traveling Sea Chest

A series of 5, 2-hour maritime history activities for 3rd-5th grade students contained in a sea chest. The activities will serve many Sunshine Standards and will include teaching materials and follow-up activities. The activities are:

  1. Ships and Sailing
  2. A Sailor's Life
  3. Shipwreck Passage (a game)
  4. Discovery and Documentation
  5. Preservation and the Museum

Schools are invited to have optional outreach program(s) by museum staff to augment certain activities.

Transportation Fee: 0-50 miles, $50; 50-75 miles $75; 75-100 miles $100; Damage Deposit: $100.00.

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Educational Materials

Educational materials for all programs are available by e-mail upon request. Contact the Education Department at 904-829-0756 x 208, 223, 201 or ckastle@staugustinelighthouse.com.

 

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