Barrier Beach Dynamics 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:

Program Concepts	Covered	Did Not Cover
Geographic orientation
Composition, origins and properties of sand
Beach zonation and the importance of dunes
Human impact on the barrier beach environment
Identification, succession and importance of plant life on the beach
Coastal erosion
Marine debris (origins and impacts)
Common marine species of the barrier beach
Plant identification during trail walk
Shell talk and seashell identification
Coastal processes (wind, waves, currents, tides)
Beach profiling and its significance
Longshore current and its significance
Wave identification and their significance
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

Revised: