Summer Discoveries Summer Discoveries, a day camp for students in grades 4-9, provides an intensive experience in environmental science and conservation with regular field trips to the Harbor Islands and other Boston Harbor locations. Scholarships are available for Boston youth. Through a collaboration between the New England Aquarium and the Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center, the Outward Bound Environmental Leadership Program provides a two week summer course for high school students. Small groups of students explore the diverse habitats and wildlife of Boston Harbor, the effects of water and weather, and the many uses of ocean resources. They also learn seamanship and navigation, and take part in camping, ropes courses, and other Outward Bound activities.
Scholarships are available.
Teen Program Interns Youth aged 14-18 who qualify for the Mayor's summer jobs program can apply to work their 25 hours at the Aquarium. Selected teens complete the Aquarium Guide training class and work as interpreters for the Education Department as well as behind the scenes in the galleries. Youth in this program are also required to attend the career skills development course and to complete one major team project. Teen Ambassadors Teen Ambassadors are responsible for building connections between the New England Aquarium and communities typically under-represented in the Aquarium visitor population. Teen Ambassadors do outreach activities, host and tour visitors, and work as exhibit interpreters after school and on weekends.