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K-12 Education at Harvard Forest

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The Harvard Forest offers a variety of informal and formal learning opportunities to local and regional schools.

Informal Learning

Formal Learning

  • Harvard LTER Schoolyard Program. Teachers are connected to professional Harvard ecologists in order to conduct field-based research at their schools. Formal training and project materials are provided to teacher participants.
  • Professional Development. Harvard Forest is certified by the Massachusetts Department of Education to provide workshops that offer teachers Professional Development Points (PDP's) required to maintain professional certification. We collaborate with the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Educational Collaborative (STEMTEC) at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and the Hampshire Educational Collaborative to offer professional workshops.
  • Internships. Opportunities for high school or community college students to participate in research projects.
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