Rookery Bay educates an average of 3000 students through field trips annually. The three main field trip programs are briefly described here, and requests for other field trips should be sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Estuary Explorers:
This program is designed for fourth grade students in Collier County. The program involves teacher training workshops, classroom investigations, hands-on field trip activities, and all supplies. Please visit Rookery Bay’s field trip page for more information.

LIFE:
Living in Florida’s Environment is a program for seventh graders that includes multiple field-based studies for local middle school students. Please visit the LIFE – Collier County, Big Cypress Watershed website for more information.

Field-based Estuarine Studies:
This program is designed to educate high school and college students using field-based explorations. Programs are conducted while on board one of several Rookery Bay education vessels and are appropriate for classes such as marine biology, environmental science, oceanography, general biology, chemistry and more. Teachers are required to complete training and classroom-based investigations prior to trips. Collier County high school teachers should visit for more information.