In cooperation with local colleges, Laughing Brook is able to offer professional development programs for academic credit. Prices subject to change. Tour of retail department, explanation of optician's measurements, tour through lab showing fabrication of eyeglasses from start to finish including proper fitting. Offers a series of dynamic educational presentations about animal and environmental issues for third grade through college. LivingEarth also provides materials for student groups dealing with animal and environmental issues, student leadership trainings, and an extensive video loan library.
All services are free of charge.
Focusing on technology, mass production of goods, capital, transportation, engineering, and power. Teacher workshops are conducted on designing a unit around Lowell themes and resources. Off site travel is limited to a 60 mile radius of Lowell for student programs, but teacher workshops are offered state wide. In addition to presentations by rangers, a large selection of video and slide programs, materials, and primary documents are available on a mail-out basis. All programs must be reserved well in advance.