Science League Science League, a pilot project modeled after youth athletic leagues, is a collaboration between eight New England science museums and Hampshire College to provide hands-on enrichment programs in science and math for sixth and seventh graders. Participants are organized into regional teams of two or three museums that meet bi-weekly at home museums. The teams travel to other team museums every three or four months for special overnight activities sponsored by the host museum. The Oceans project is teamed by the New England Aquarium and The Children's Museum. 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.