Learning came to life for the Beach Haven School’s second-grade students when Olivia Swanson’s class helped release 47 diamondback terrapin hatchlings through the Terrapin Nesting Project.

The hands-on experience gave students an opportunity to take their learning about wildlife, habitats, life cycles and conservation beyond the classroom. Each student had the chance to see and carefully hold a hatchling before the class visited a marsh in Barnegat Light, where they watched the tiny terrapins…