Everglades

Help your class see the Everglades as a living water system—not a quiet empty marsh

This virtual field trip helps a grades 6–12 class understand the Everglades as connected water, wildlife, and human decisions. Students follow freshwater sloughs, marl prairie, hammocks, mangroves, Florida Bay, and coastal islands—and practice explaining processes that are easy to miss on a flat landscape.

Stops include Royal Palm / Anhinga Trail, Shark Valley, Pa-hay-okee Overlook, Mahogany Hammock, Nine Mile Pond, Florida Bay at the Guy Bradley Visitor Center, and the Ten Thousand Islands area. Sheet flow, fire, slight elevation change, brackish transitions, Indigenous coastal engineering, and restoration choices stay concrete.

Built for grades 6–12. Use it in life science, earth science, environmental science, Florida studies, or conservation units.

At each stop, students explore real places on the map, study gallery images, listen to the stop audio, follow along with the transcript if they need support, and discuss water, wildlife, and restoration. Plan roughly 45–65 minutes with discussion, depending on how long you pause for maps, galleries, and talk.

Try the free preview of Stop 1 (Royal Palm / Anhinga Trail) to see the format with your students. When you are ready for the full trip, purchase the lesson to get an unlock code. After you unlock, you can share a student link for whole-class projection or 1:1 devices. The printable teacher guide, worksheets, and answer key come with the Shopify purchase—you receive them with your order, separate from the online trip.