LIFE - Savannas Preserve State Park

The LIFE – Savannas Preserve State Park program is a partnership between the Department of Environmental Protection and the St. Lucie School District. The program involves seventh grade students from Southport Middle School and field labs conducted at Savannas Preserve State Park. The field labs will address priority topics that have been identified by the participating teachers and will use the unique natural resources and ecosystems available in the park as examples to illustrate important concepts and principles in Life and Environmental Science. The LIFE – Savannas Preserve State Park program is supported in part from a grant from The Battelle Foundation.

Site News

• Photos from Palm Beach Post

Field Sites

• Savannas Preserve State Park

Program Implementation Team

• Tessa Sheridan
  Park Services Specialist, Savannas Preserve State Park; (772) 398-2779
  
• Christina Veresan
  Teacher, Southport Middle School. 2420 SE Morningside Blvd, Port St. Lucie, FL 34952. (772) 337-5900

Program Content

Program Scope and Sequence

Students participating in the program will conduct four field labs during the school year – one every nine weeks. In addition, the program will monitor water quality or vegetation changes in fire dependent ecosystems as part of a long-term study. Details of the programs scope and sequence are available in the LIFE-SPSP 2006/2007 Program Scope and Sequence Matrix.

Additional Resources

• Savannas Preserve State Park
• South Florida Water Management District
• South Florida Information Access (SOFIA):
• St. Lucie County Extension (Natural Resource Management Page)