Overview: Students will learn about living shorelines and how they are beneficial to our coastal habitats. Trip Description: Students will explore different examples of living shorelines and what animals call them home, including filter feeders. Students will create their own models to better understand how they help our coast and observe filter feeders up close. Learning Outcome: Students will learn why filter-feeding organisms are impactful to their habitat, and how to help keep those habitats thriving in a changing climate. Ocean Literacy Principle #2: The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features of the earth Ocean Literacy Principle #6: The ocean and humans are inextricably connected
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