The Narragansett Bay Classroom (NBC) is a vehicle through which URI's Office of Marine Programs offers a variety of marine and environmental short courses, lectures, tours, field trips, interpretive programs, camps, and training opportunities for people of all ages.
URI's outreach scientists lead educational field trips at a variety of locations within southern Rhode Island. Field trips explore local flora and fauna of the locations and offers participants a chance to become field scientists.
URI's outreach scientists lead educational interpretive programs featuring a variety of marine and environmental science topics. Interpretive programs can be presented at your school or location or at URI's Narragansett Bay Campus.
Educators can earn graduate credits by taking Oceanography for Educators (OCG 507, Fall semester) and/or Global Environmental Change Education (OCG 508, Spring semester). Courses include marine science and global change content in addition to developing inquiry-based curriculum materials.
The Office of Marine Programs holds educator trainings that involve curriculum development and marine and environmental science content training.
Oceanography Explorer Day Camp
Youngsters entering grades 6-8 can participate in a unique and fun opportunity to learn oceanography during the summer. During this
week-long day program, URI Outreach Scientists introduce campers to the basics of marine science and take them into the field each day to learn firsthand about our coastal environment. Camps meet at URI's Narragansett Bay Campus and each fun-filled day includes a field trip
to a coastal area in southern Rhode Island. Campers will examine marine life from microscopic to macroscopic and experience a trip aboard a coastal research vessel.
Join URI Marine Outreach Scientists on a summer day at low tide for a two-hour beachwalk. Explore Fort Getty, one of Rhode Island's unique coastal beaches. This program gives young people a special chance to have their questions answered about the plants, animals, and minerals found on the beach. These Beachcombing events are free and open to the public.
Enjoy popular one-hour interpretive walks featuring the historic South Ferry area. Led by Wayne and Bernice Durfee, the program begins with a half-hour presentation of historic photos at the Coastal Institute Visitor Center. The walk then ventures down to the site of the old ferry landing, near the remains of WWI military bunkers overlooking Narragansett Bay, and through the campus of the Graduate School of Oceanography. The walking tours are Free and are designed for adult audiences.
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