SeaAggie Field Trips

Duration: 3 hours
Maximum # of participants: 24
Price: $730.00
Vessel Departure times: 8:30a.m. & 1:30p.m.

Students learn physical, chemical and biological oceanography aboard TAMUG’s 42-foot Research Vessel Earl L. Milan. Sort and identify finfish and shellfish from shrimp otter trawl Sieve mud sampled by a Ponar-type benthic grab for annelid worms and other bottom dwellers. Observe our local marine mammal - the bottlenose dolphin. Life jackets included. Trip includes a licensed captain, deckhand, and our
outreach biologist.

Duration: 3 hours
Maximum # of participants: 40
Price: $950.00
Vessel Departure times: 8:30a.m. & 1:30p.m.

Learn physical, chemical and biological oceanography aboard our 68-foot R/V Trident. Sample water quality for a handful of critical hydrographic parameters, e.g. water
temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and pH, and understand their impacts to estuary biota. Sieve mud
sampled by a Ponar-type benthic grab for annelid worms and other bottom-dwellers. Observe our local marine
mammal - the bottlenose dolphin. The R/V Trident is suitable for educational-based fishing trips to the Galveston Jetties and inshore bay sites proximate to our campus (definitely a 4-hour commitment). Life jackets included. Trip includes a licensed captain, deckhand and one to two outreach biologists.

Duration: 2 - 3 hours
Maximum # of students: 50
Price: $13.00 per student

Wade waist-deep into our local salt marsh getting wet and a little muddy. Seine for inch-long red drum, southern flounder, spotted seatrout and other finfish species too numerous to name. Capture brown shrimp, blue crabs, and sea snot! Learn of the Galveston estuary, its ecology and the critical functions of the Spartina salt marsh.

A closed-toe, lace-up tennis shoe, preferably two, is a must!

Duration: 1 hour
Maximum # of participants: 80
Price: $5.00 per student

Explore sea turtle biology and ecology. Learn the seven species of sea turtles, all of which are listed as threatened or endangered, and which of these species occur in the Gulf of Mexico. Discuss the differences and similarities between freshwater turtles and sea turtles.

Nesting Ecology can be added to the Sea Turtle Experience for $2 extra per student and would be an additional hour of activity.

Duration: 2 hours
Maximum # of participants: 80
Price: $5.00 per student

Activities offered include oyster reef ecology, oyster anatomy, oyster restoration, and microbiology related to oyster disease. Students will learn the importance of oyster reefs and get a hands on look while helping us evaluate the quality of our oyster restoration at Texas A&M Galveston Campus. Students will explore oysters and identify native & invasive species while exploring the oyster food chain in their oyster sample. These animals include oyster toad fish, boring sponge, clam worms, various species of crabs, and live oysters. Instruction and workshops planned for the center include invertebrate zoology, coastal plant and wetland ecology, pollution biology and coastal erosion.

Duration: 2 hours
Maximum # of participants: 80
Price: $5.00 per student

Activities offered include blue crab biology & crabbing for blue crabs. This field trip allows students to explore our wetlands at Texas A&M Galveston Campus while searching for crab species including blue crabs, lesser blue crabs, and green striped hermit crabs. Students will be provided bait and a net and instructed how to identify the different crab species. Instruction includes invertebrate zoology, coastal plant and wetland ecology, and invertebrate anatomy.

Students must wear closed toe shoes.

Duration: 2 hours
Maximum # of participants: 80
Price: $10.00 per student

Jump into shark-infested waters, figuratively, with this introduction to cartilaginous fishes. Learn the differences between sharks & rays and bony fishes. Hands-on instruction in characteristics distinguishing the more than 360 species of sharks to their eight orders including the bull shark, shortfin mako, horn shark and Atlantic nurse shark. Dissect a dogfish shark with your classmate including stomach contents, the shark.

Duration: 1 hour
Maximum # of participants: 80
Price: $5.00 per student

Peek inside TAMUG’s teaching collection of sharks and explore the differences between sharks and bony fishes including adaptations reflecting their ecological niches. Learn the differences between sharks & rays and bony fishes. Hands-on instruction in characteristics distinguishing the more than 360 species of sharks to their eight orders including the bull shark, shortfin mako, horn shark and Atlantic nurse shark.

Duration: 2 hours

Maximum # of participants: 80

Price: $5.00 per student

Examine a half-dozen fish species -all slimy-exploring their specific adaptations related to their habitat and feeding behaviors. Dissect a scaly critter to better understand its similarities, and differences, with ourselves and other vertebrates.

*fish printing may be added to this field trip

At this time, Sea Camp will not be offering Campus Tours or dining in our campus cafeteria in order to not overwhelm our on campus community. 

$35 per hour of virtual classroom supplemental instruction for schools!

Are you an educator in need of supplemental instruction? Invite us into your classroom today! We’ll provide the science content while you learn along with your students! These virtual experiences include custom hour long virtual classroom supplemental instruction for schools. Created with K-12 educators in mind, our virtual classroom is designed to encourage students to learn and discover through STEM education. Paired with our FREE pre-recorded videos available on YouTube, students may explore the marine environment and have their questions answered or experience a custom program through Sea Camp.

Request a Virtual Field Trip today!

Subjects Include:

• Sharks & Fish
• Marine Mammals
• Sea Turtles
• Beach and Salt Marsh Plants
• Marine Biology Careers
• Oysters & Invertebrates
• Conservation

*This program is not designed for individual students or families.

*Custom programs may be subject to additional cost.