Blue Economy Field Trips Offer Career Insights
Introduce your students to coastal career options on a GenSea field trip. We take your students to work at sites across Mississippi’s three coastal counties. More information on field trip partners and sites can be found here.
What to know:
Field trips are 100% free of charge, include lunch, and accommodate 15-30 high school students and a minimum of two chaperones.
High school field trips should be booked through our online calendar. Here is an instruction sheet for booking a trip.
Teachers can only sign up for one trip per semester. Confirmation of the date you select is required within three days or the trip is offered to another educator.
Field trips are typically 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., with some flexibility for distance or restrictive bus schedules.
Mileage reimbursement is available to classes that bring at least 15 students, fully complete all pre- and post-tests, and submit reimbursement paperwork within 10 business days of the trip.
Field Trips Across the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Hancock County
Did you know that Stennis Space Center* is 88% blue economy jobs? Our field trips get students through security and into the following facilities: USM’s Division of Marine Science, Navy Oceanographic Command (NAVOCEANO), NOAA National Data Buoy Center, NVision Solutions, Aerojet Rocketdyne, and more.
*Stennis requires all attendees be U.S. citizens or possess green cards and show a photo ID for entry.
Harrison County
Did you know that in addition to being a logistics hub, Mississippi’s coast is emerging as a center of development for underwater robotics? Classes tour the following public and private companies, labs, and facilities in Gulfport and Long Beach: USM’s Gulf Park campus, Keesler Air Force Base, the Mississippi AVCRAD* (Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot), Mississippi Land Trust for the Coastal Plain, the Port of Gulfport, and Ocean Aero.
Jackson County
Pascagoula may be famous for shipbuilding, but the whole county offers opportunities to learn about a variety of blue economy careers. Visit the following sites: Bollinger Shipbuilders*, NOAA Fisheries Research Center, Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR), Port of Pascagoula, Moss Point CTE Aquaculture, and Ingalls Shipbuilding*. *Some sites require all attendees be U.S. citizens/possess green cards with photo ID.
