On December 13, 60 fourth-grade science students, teachers, and parent volunteers took an hour-long field trip to the Shorewood construction site. The students were working on a science module about erosion so it was an ideal time to visit a rain-soaked construction site overlooking Puget Sound. They were able to trek through the mud in hardhats and see first-hand the challenges and methods for dealing with erosion. The visit was tied directly to the textbook materials. They were able to view holding dams and catchments, plastic tarps, pumps and pipelines, catch basins, interceptor swales, temporary ponds, and a huge underground storm water retention reservoir under construction. The students asked many pertinent questions and had the opportunity to see (from a safe distance) large construction machines and cranes working away.

General Contractor for the Shorewood project, Berschauer Phillips Construction, coordinated a series of demonstrations and experiences, with site work activities adjusted and managed to ensure safe observations and movement around the site.

Construction Project Manager Jay Garthwaite commented, "Hopefully there will be some young person out of that group aspiring to a future as an Environmental Engineer, Construction Worker, Scientist or Erosion Management Technician."