Project Description An Agriculture section has been added to the Biology, Geology and Environmental Science sections run at YMCA Camp Burgess in activity-based week-long focused sessions. One goal of the […]
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Pilot Compost
Project Description Nauset Middle School is one of the largest contributors to the Orleans landfill. The goal is to run a pilot composting program alongside the small amount of plant […]
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Gathering Up STEAM
Project Description STEAM is the integration of Art into traditional STEM education. In the 2016 school year we are piloting an interdisciplinary STEAM program the connects upcycling school waste to […]
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What A Relief!
Project Description The Maker Movement combines the “ingenuity ethos with modern technology and innovation.” Specifically, 3D printing brings visualization to difficult concepts such as scale, structure and function. Other difficult […]
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Vernal Pools: Restoring Wetlands Habitats
Project Description For the past three years, the Lawrence School 7th grade Science teachers have partnered with the Massachusetts Audubon Society to provide classroom instruction to approximately 250 7th graders […]
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Fishing for Life
Project Description -Promote service learning through fishing. -Explain and demonstrate fishing skills. -Explain and discuss the importance of the Recreation and tourism industry. -Research and discuss the importance of preserving […]
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Spadefoot Toad Citizen Science Project
Project Description The goal of the Spadefoot Toad Citizen Science project is to educate our students about local endangered species on Cape Cod. This project empowers young people to take […]
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SeaPerch Robotics
Project Description This request for funding will support a proposed Sea Perch project which will engage Middle Years Program (grades 5-8) STEAM students in the design, construction and operation/application of […]
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Aquaponics: It’s All About the Food
Project Description What better way to a student’s mind then through the belly? The goal of “It’s All About the Food” is to immerse 5th and 6th grade students in […]
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7Cs Greenhouse
Project Description Students will research, design, plan, and build a greenhouse out of recycled water bottles. While working on this project students will communicate effectively, work collaboratively, and demonstrate critical […]
Read moreClassroom Bivalve Aquaculture Project
Project Description Students will explore the mollusk life cycle by re-creating the conditions used by commercial hatcheries to grow and develop bivalve larvae. Students will explore seawater chemistry and make […]
Read moreSeaperch ROV Plus
Project Description The objective of our project is to have students build remotely controlled underwater vehicles that would use high quality probes, sensors and cameras to capture data in water […]
Read moreThere’s Something Fishy
Project Description The Freshman Biology classes at Bourne High School will be able to participate in the comprehensive, real world curriculum unit: “There’s Something Fishy – the Nitrogen Cycle.” Students […]
Read moreKids Care Composting Initiative
Project Description Parents and students with work together to learn and implement composting into our daily school activities. We will educate, collect and compost. In the spring we will utilize […]
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Eddy Elementary School 2 Farm
Our goals are to educate children at a young age the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling. It teaches them to be responsible and to develop vital habits that hopefully, […]
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The rain water collection project
Goals, objectives, and activities This project has three main goals. The first, to aid the students in providing clean, healthy vegetables for the school cafeteria. The second goal, to […]
Read moreWhale in the Classroom
Goals, objectives, and activities Whale in the classroom will enhance our mammal unit part of the Science Framework.The program is offered through the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and features […]
Read moreWater Bottle Greenhouse
Goals, objectives, and activities In the spring of the 2012-2013 school year, the fifth grade team started the Quashnet garden. The purpose of the garden is to give students […]
Read moreProject L.I.F.E.
Goals, objectives, and activities Project L.I.F.E. (Lessons in Field Ecology) was first created through a partnership between the Thornton Burgess Society and the Sandwich Public Schools in 1982. It’s […]
Read moreNatures’ Classroom
Goals, objectives, and activities The entire fifth grade class and fifth grade teaching staff from Nantucket Elementary School will attend Nature’s Classroom. Nature’s Classroom is a private, non-profit organization […]
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