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.

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.

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.

Utilizing recirculating aquaculture systems to grow fish in the classroom.

A teen peer leadership program, BOLD (Breath of Life: Dorchester) TEENS, works with Dorchester Environmental Health Coalition & Codman Square Health Center to educate, prevent, advocate and seek policy to improve the environment in Dorchester.

Hands-on object based units on social studies, science, art, math and health.

Works with a whole school population and neighborhood-based programs to design, construct, and use school grounds as an educational resource.

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

Through the Community Foresters Program, graduate students work with community groups in underserved communities in Greater Boston to design and implement planting projects on sites the groups have identified.  The graduate students also lead workshops on tree planting and plant care and maintenance with their groups.

Custom designed per school/youth group.  We have a special mobile adventure, nature, farm program that can be done virtually anywhere contracted.  We have mini buses, canoe trailers, inflatable mountain, animals, project adventure mobile initiatives, mountain bikes, hiking, rockclimbing gear to run programs in situ.

An experiential education program that builds environmental awareness and pre-vocational skills.   While young people (ages 12 & up) earn a bicycle, they completely recondition themselves.  Environmental Ed activities include "The Great Commuter Race" and lots of field trips by bike.

The Earth Force program is a year long environmental initiative involving 250 girls and 30 volunteers who take part in community projects in which the girls will identify an environmental problem, take part in workshops to learn about the issue and finally create a plan to solve the problem.  The culmination of the program will be "Earth Week," where the groups will put into action their plan in their community, and present their projects at Camp Cedar Hill in Waltham at the first ever Girl Scout Environmental Awareness Fair.

Teaches students in high school how to make audio stories about environmental change.

At various locations around Boston, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay staff teach young people how to explore the marine environment in the field – using field guides, lobster pots, dip nets, fishing rods, etc.

Hand-on, inquiry-based education programs offered to any group (schools, scouts, etc.) for a fee.  Programs cover a wide variety of topics and are taylored to the age of the group.

Ten to thirteen year old girls build new, positive relationships to themselves, each other, their community and environment as they get physically active through bike-riding.

Urban teens create environmental science/nature newsletters for 3rd to 8th graders in an afterschool program. The newlsetters (in JR and SR editions) are distributed for free to 30,000 students in public schools in greater Boston.

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.

Summer camp for children grades 4-9.

Healthy eating is promoted through activities which are based on sound nutrition, eating 5 fruits and vegetables per day.

 

Physical activities are staff-led: jump rope, soccer ball dribbling, hopscotch, dance, self guided rock/wall climbing, indoor climbing, tunnel structures.

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.    

A carefully designed one-day experience which brings 6 to 15 young people from low income urban communities to a rural forest environment.  It introduces urban young people to the beauty and care of trees, builds bridges to careers in forestry and natural resources, and opens opportunities to develop further environmental programming, stewardship and leadership development.  The program was developed by Eagle Eye Institute

Semester-long program designed to engage students in the urban river environment in their community, learn quantitative skills and environmental stewardship.

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.

The Outdoor Classroom Program provides hands-on environmental education to Boston public school children by using schoolyard orchards and gardens as a learning space.

Outreaches: programs delivered for a fee in schools throughout the North East;  Overnights: for private groups (including scouts) at the Aquarium; Family Programs: for young children and families; Community Programs: free for afterschool programs and projects.

After-school environmental science provided to 9 sites. Programs create action projects.

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

Quarterly design based on Interactive Educational exhibit theme.

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

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.

Elementary school students come to our urban farms to plant, harvest, and cook food.  Focus is hands on learning so children experience gardening/science outside the classroom.

We work with specific partner schools to run their 6th grade outdoor education retreat, send their children to our 21 day Summer Camp and follow up 1x per month in their classrooms with asset development model outdoor education.

The conservation program is designed to incorporate throughout the Scouting program and activities an awareness and understanding of conservation as wise use of natural resources.

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.

For groups and individuals that find us, we provide a tour and a service learning program on the farm.  Topics of work and discussion include agriculture and farming, sustainable development and recycling, environmental justice, food and nutrition, homelessness.   Groups that use this program include girl scouts, camps, and the food project, as well as individuals.

The South Bay is a new development area in downtown Boston that is located adjacent to Chinatown and falls 2/3 within Chinatown zoning jurisdiction.  A community task force has been assembled to provide community input into this 10 acre develpment project, however, notably missing from this task force is the presence of youth.  The South Bay Youth Project is a branch of ACDC's youth program, the Young Leaders Network (YLN), that aims to represent the voice of area youth concerned about the project and its' impact upon the Chinatown community.

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.

BNC offers on-site weeklong, all day fun adventures and exciting learning opportunities.

We hire 50 teenagers, ages 14-16 and 10 crew leaders and assistant crew leaders, ages 17-24, to grow food on urban and suburban farmland for shelters, soup kitchens and farmers markets.  Youth go through a broad curriculum about land, food, community and personal development.

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.

Students learn about the concepts and importance of urban bird biodiversity and improve their research skills by quantifying bird biodiversity at a local field site. Through continuous observation and monitoring of urban bird biodiversity, students also help scientists to recognize potential problems in local ecosystems and to improve the overall health  of these ecological communities.

Urban Wilds uses volunteers to restore recently protected natural areas in the City of Boston. We introduce residents, schoolchildren, and others to these little known areas and offer educational programming in addition to volunteer opportunities.

Groups of middle-school students come for three to five days to work the farm with us.  They come as a class with their teachers.

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

Long-term monitoring of urban waterways enables scientists and students to determine the relative health of acquatic ecosystems. Through exposure to scientific research methods, students learn the importance of long-term field studies and generall become more aware of water quality issues.

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.

Individual or Unit award.  For distinguished service in conservation.