Future Environmental Education Center

Education and Recreation Offerings

The Quinnipiac Environmental Education Center will increase awareness and understanding of our environment by providing a hands-on-learning experience for grades pre-K through 12 that will help youth and families understand and appreciate the natural world. The center will create programs that will engage teachers and students alike while addressing the Connecticut Department of Education standards for interdisciplinary, open-ended investigations that promote inquiry processes describe in the 2004 Core Science Curriculum Framework.

With a large classroom/assembly area for formal learning, a natural history library, displays, and convenient access to Hanover Pond, the Quinnipiac River, and Quinnipiac Gorge, plus other natural areas reachable by a short bus ride, including forested Hubbard Park, Giufridda Park, Black Pond and a floodplain forest and salt marsh 20 minutes away, the center is well suited to deliver programs on Pond and Stream, Quinnipiac Habitats, Life of the Algonquians, Watersheds, Renewable Energy, Plant and Animal Life and Conservation. The center can help boy and girl scouts develop an active appreciation for nature through our tailored programs and service projects. From badge programs to service days, QRWA offers many options to help scouts achieve their goals.

Today’s kids, facing a shortage of open space and unstructured time, and an increased use of electronic amusements are losing their contact with nature. We envision the Quinnipiac Environmental Education Center as a place where every child in the watershed-and beyond-has an opportunity to experience the river, outdoor recreation and wildlife.  The Center will be the staging area for our efforts to get kids and their families outside through exploration, boating, wildlife observation, healthful exercise, and fishing.

The site on Hanover Pond and the Quinnipiac River is near Wilcox Regional Technical School, Platt High School, Lincoln Middle School and Hanover Elementary School. Our development plans include securing transportation funds to allow any student to participate regardless of income or available transportation.

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