A Mountain Classroom is a residential environmental education program that works with the community’s schools.  During one- to five-day sessions, students stay at AMC’s New Hampshire huts or lodges, and study curriculum such as Watersheds or Geology that includes how humans affect and are related to the natural environment.  Many of the program's concepts and activities are taught while on the trail.  There are also team-building exercises, games, and evening activities.

REEP's begins with a 4-5 month environmental justice curriculum that is delivered to more than 75 youth each year in 4 Roxbury public schools (5th-12th grade).  Through this once-a-week program, youth define their own priorities and then gain skills through a hands-on project in their community.  In addition, REEP does 15-20 workshops a year, engaging an additional 300-400 youth.  The most intensive level of involvement in REEP is our three-year youth leadership and organizing internships.  Five to seven teens participate in the internship program, gaining additional skills and developing into organizers and leaders.  REEP youth leaders work with ACE year-round earning a stipend and job skills.  They work on ACE's existing campaigns as well as their own initiatives.

The Youth Opportunities Program (YOP) works with urban youth agencies and schools to connect urban youth with the natural world through hands-on experiences in backcountry environments.  YOP provides the structure and support necessary to help Boston youth workers and teachers become comfortable taking their youth into the wilderness by providing leadership and outdoor skills training, equipment, trip planning support, and reduced rates for groups to stay at AMC lodging facilities. 

This program was designed to address 5th grade lifesciences standards. It looks at the changing hemlock population and asks students to predict how the ecosystem will change.

An experiential educational program that builds environmental awareness and pre-vocational skills.  While young people (ages 12+) earn a bike, they recondition themselves. Older teens are hired as assistant instructors.  Environmental Ed activities include the "Great Commuter Race" in which speed, environmental and social costs of a trip by bike, car and by "T" are considered.

Nine to eleven year old children attending all-day summer camps come to Bikes Not Bombs for 4-8 days to learn urban bike riding skills, learn about transportation and the environment, and have fun!  Older teens are hired as assistant instructors.

Collaboration with Greater Boston YMCA and South Boston Neighborhood House, Camp connects children from Boston's neighborhoods to downtown waterfront and harbor.

Hands-on exploration of salt marshes.

Launched in 1995 to promote and carry out a conservation Good Turn in their home communities.

Individual or Unit award.  For distinguished service in conservation.

An environmental curriculum with elements in each of the Five Steps of our Summer Youth Program, including activities such as Fishing 101 and Harborweek, done in cooperation with Save the Harbor/Save the Bay.

Public fruit tree plantings are installed and cared for by Earthworks and Volunteers.  These are theaters for learning and serve workshops on tree care and horticulture.

Park(s) tour with distribution of educational material and presentation of information on history, design, current conditions, etc.

Summer jobs in the park doing horticulture, forestry, landscape maintenance.

Park volunteer projects for community members doing everything from trash pick-up to landscape design.

GHB has combined efforts with Hale Reservation to provide environmental lessons to urban kids in outdoor summer camps.

 

For more information about this experience, please refer to the "Agency Camp Programs" program offered by Hale Reservation.

A pilot Nature/Environmental afterschool club held in school and led by a teacher with a GHP intern and using Greentimes materials and focus.

An outdoor adventure program that is full of challenges.  In High Flight teens are introduced to team building initiatives, hiking, indoor and outdoor rock climbing, camping, basic survival skills, social events, volunteerism and more.  Program activities encourage each teen to develop a sense of autonomy while gaining a better understanding of group dynamics and their responsibility to other participants.    

BEAN is an afterschool program focusing on environmental issues for urban teenagers 14 to 18. BEAN provides hands-on experience as well as career exploration, stewardship projects, college prep, environmental education, and community service outreach.  This program is implemented in collaboration with the National Park Service (see organizations).

Mass Energy provides support to schools interested in pursuing renewable energy projects.  We offer classroom presentations, resources for teachers, and assistance with project management.

Builds on an environmentally themed school with BNC and Haley educators as partners.  Over 300 students explore natural environments, carry out minds-on/hands-on extended investigations in science, and use a child centered and interdisciplinary approach to foster critical thinking strategies.

Quarterly design based on Interactive Educational exhibit theme.

In partnership with five other city organizations and Mellon City ACCESS and utilizing the internship model,  allows urban teens to work and learn during out-of-school time.  It integrates training in leadership, conservation, and civic involvement.  The teens provide directs service in implementing urban ecology programs and projects that will enable them to effectively share their science expertise and serve as ambassadors for BNC in their communities.

An educational partnership between commercial fishermen and K-12 classrooms.  Program goal is to have teachers utilize fishermen as a resource to teach about marine resources and life of a fisherman.

Building and utilizing an ROV (remote operated vehicle) for monitoring the environment.

Environmental education based on veterinary practice at the New England Wildlife Center.

Hands on activities for preschool children at Re-Vision House and Lena Park DayCare Centers.

All Access combines the history of Boston Harbor and the Harbor Islands with environmental education and hands-on learning to make sure youth have fun while learning.  Community groups from all over the Boston region meet at Fleet Boston Pavilion, participate in a history skit with Boston by the Sea and explore Georges Island with a National Park guide.

In the spring, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay takes 300 young people out into Boston Harbor to witness the seasonal migration of seals and porpoises.  For many youth, this is their first trip out on the water.

2,000 Volunteers per year work on our Lincoln and Roxbury Farms in spring and fall to plant, weed, harvest vegetables for shelters, farmers markets and our farm customers.  They learn about hunger and sustainable agriculture through a mini-curriculum.

Summer camp for children grades 4-9.

Individual classes come to the aquarium for tours.

B.U.S. is a hands-on community tree stewardship training program for middle and high school age youth.  The teens work with and learn from professionals whose job it is to care for and maintain the urban environment, especially public street trees.  It is a partnership with the Boston Parks Department.

Participants develop and learn techniques and skills for teaching others angling and aquatic ecology including water testing using biological and chemical indicators, fishprinting, macro invertebrate sampling, population dynamics, fish anatomy, identification and behavior.

50 Urban teens venture to outdoor sites in Boston, Vermont, the Berskshires, and Cape Cod, learning about ecosystems, participating in physically-challenging activities, and doing community service projects.

Education overnight programs offered to groups (scouts, school groups, other organizations, etc.) for a fee.

Educaton programs advertised in our member newsletter for ages 1 to Adults.  These programs have a hands-on inquiry based educational focus and are offered on a wide range of topics.