Jackson Hill Sunfield Campus (JH)

Some of the most spectacular views and landscapes within the Potato Hill Farm Outdoor Education Center (PHFOEC) are to be found at the Jackson Hill Campuses. The Sunfield Campus offers panoramic vistas of the Tug Hill Escarpment stretching to the west and of the Mohawk Valley extending to the south.

Jackson Hill Sunfield (JH) Campus offers the following activities:

  • Hiking
  • Mountain Biking

Curriculum Mapping by Grade Download complete curriculum map here

GRADE OBJECTIVE VOCABULARY LEARNING STANDARDS
4th
  • Identify 3 forms of flora
  • Identify and explain the visible signs of erosion
  • Explain the difference between indigenous and invasive species
  • Describe the interdependence of flora and fauna
  • Investigate a positive and negative effect of humans on habitat
  • Classify selected animals into their phyla

Erosion
Watershed
Predator / prey
Indigenous
species
Invasive species
Fauna

PE Standard 1, 2, 3
Health Standard 2
MST Standard 4
GRADE OBJECTIVE VOCABULARY LEARNING STANDARDS
5th/6th
  • Identify 4 forms of flora
  • Compare and contrast different habitat
  • Compare and contrast the canopy and understory
  • Sequence the transformation of a field to a forest

Understory
Canopy

PE Standard 1, 2, 3
Health Standard 2
MST Standard
GRADE OBJECTIVE VOCABULARY LEARNING STANDARDS
7th/8th
  • Describe the interrelationships between different populations
  • Describe human interference in an ecosystem and its effects on the environment
  • Recognize the importance of predators in the environment
  • Recognize how topography affects the watershed

Ecosystem
Carbon Footprint
Topograph

PE Standard 1, 2, 3
Health Standard 2
MST Standard

Directions: 7849 Jackson Hill Rd., Boonville, NY 13309

From North:
Route 12 north to Boonville.  Turn right onto Schuyler St. Stay to the left of the gazebo and go to the light.  Turn left at the light onto Post St. (Route 46).  Turn right onto Jackson Hill Rd. Telemark Campus is 2.3 miles up Jackson Hill Rd. on the left side of street.  Sunfield Campus is 3.7 miles up Jackson Hill Rd. on the right side of street.

From South (Utica and points west):
Route 12 south to Boonville.  Turn left onto Main St. (at the Nice N Easy). Stay to the left of the gazebo and go to the light.  Turn left at the light onto Post St. (Route 46).  Turn right onto Jackson Hill Rd. Telemark Campus is 2.3 miles up Jackson Hill Rd. on the left side of street.  Sunfield Campus is 3.7 miles up Jackson Hill Rd. on the right side of street.

From South (Rome and points west):
Black River Blvd. north (Route 46).  Follow Route 46 thorugh the towns of Frenchville and North Western. Pass Pixley Falls State Park.  Go (--) miles and turn left onto Jackson Hill Rd.  Telemark Campus is 2.3 miles up Jackson Hill Rd. on the left side of street.  Sunfield Campus is 3.7 miles up Jackson Hill Rd. on the right side of street.