About This Item

  • Call NumberGEHP_0206
  • SummaryIn preparation for participation in Billion Oyster Project, 7th grade students study oyster restoration by visiting Governor's Island oyster beds. As part of their orientation to the project, students record their observations and questions Students meet with outside experts, talk with students who are veterans to the project and attend student presentations.
  • Date2018-03-01
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPG
  • CreatorWalker, Fai
  • Cite AsGreenpoint Environmental History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatstill image
  • Genrecolor photographs
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Original document digitized on July 1, 2018, as a JPG. Donated for capture by Fai Walker of the Greenpoint Eco-Schools through the Greenpoint Environmental History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
  • SubjectGovernors Island (New York County, N.Y) ; oysters ; Environmental education
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleMS 126 7th graders visit Governor's Island and climb on oyster shells