Marsh and Ocean Program Evaluation Form

Dear Educator:Please complete this online evaluation form. This enables us to maintain and grow a field trip program that meets (and, we hope, exceeds!) your expectations and science education needs. Thank you in advance for your time.

Date of Program: School Name:

Your NJMSC/NJSG Instructor: Your Name:

Please Evaluate Your NJMSC/NJSG Field Trip Experience

Program and Instructor Quality	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Overall quality of program delivered
Preparation and organization of NJMSC/NJSG Instructor
NJMSC/NJSG Instructor's rapport with group
Relevance to your curriculum
Appropriateness of presentation for your group
Quality of NJMSC/NJSG Instructor's responses to questions

Your comments regarding your instructor:

We aim to cover a number of key concepts during each presentation. Tides, weather, time constraints may prevent your guide from making all points. Indicate below if your guide covered the following:

Marsh Concepts	Covered	Did Not Cover
Geographic orientation
Structure, function and importance of an estuary
Structure, function and importance of a salt marsh (as habitat)
Human impact on the bay and marsh environment
An overview of native salt marsh plants and animals
An introduction to the watershed concept
Marine food webs (producer, consumer, predator)
Orientation to salt marsh area
Plant identification during trail walk
Benthic sampling
Ocean Concepts
Geographic orientation
Formation, structure, function and importance of barrier beach
Beach processes (waves, currents, tides)
Human impact on barrier beaches (debris, development)
An overview of barrier beach plants and animals
Identification of seashells and other shoreline "finds"
Other
Historic overview of Fort Hancock

Please Evaluate Your Pre-Trip Experience

Pre-Trip Booking Experience	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Ease of booking field trip
Usefulness of pre-trip mailing
Courtesy of NJMSC/NJSG staff
Did you use on-line lesson plans to supplement your field trip?	Yes No
If yes, rate quality

What pre-visit materials would be most helpful to you?
Include specific delivery methods and topics.

Other suggestions to improve your pre-visit experience.

Did you use on-line lesson plans to supplement your field trip? Yes No
If no, please state reason.

Are there any other topics you wished your guide discussed during your program?

How did you hear about us?

Come to NJMSC/NJSG annually Teacher's Convention Website
Mailing Word of Mouth Other

Would you recommend our program to other schools? Yes No

Additional Comments/Suggestions

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