Accokeek MD – This school year, the Alice Ferguson Foundation is engaging schools and students in science-based learning through its virtual field trips and online academic programs.
“Though our gates are closed to school visits, we are doing our part to bring science and nature to life for students across DC, Maryland and Virginia,” said Theresa Cullen, Alice Ferguson Foundation’s Executive Director. “Supporting teachers during this virtual transition and continuing to provide quality environmental and STEM-based experiences is of the utmost importance to our team.”
While executing nine exciting weeks of virtual summer camp, educators spent the summer creating lesson plans and piloting online versions of our programs in our newly designed virtual studio space for the upcoming school year. Virtual programs can include a visit to our barnyard, discovering the macroinvertebrates found in our rivers and streams, or observing birds up close.
Virtual programs include a variety of activities ranging from 30-minute lessons to 3-hour block interactive learning activities which are all closely aligned with learning standards to provide the most value to teachers and students.
To learn more about Alice Ferguson Foundation’s program offerings, visit old-ferguson.lndo.site/virtual-programs/
For more than 65 years, the Alice Ferguson Foundation has shared the wonder and excitement of outdoor hands-on learning with students and residents of Virginia, Maryland, and Washington DC. Located on 330 acres of working farmland, emergent wetlands, and the longest, freshwater Living Shoreline in the nation, the staff and educators of Alice Ferguson Foundation have provided transformative environmental education experiences for nearly half a million area students since 1954. Alice Ferguson Foundation’s team of educators are a critical provider of equitable access to learning that builds environmental literacy skills and connects over 8,000 students to the wonders of their local watershed, and their role in stewarding it. Learn more at old-ferguson.lndo.site.