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Educational Programs for School and Youth Groups

All LEJ programs are free to public school and youth groups and include the following elements:

  • A project planning meeting with teachers and students
  • In-class lesson(s) to contextualize the issue in focus
  • Field research/investigations
  • An action project
  • Evaluation
Students explore challenging social and environmental issues while they learn they can do something to improve our world right now. Often, teachers combine a trip to Heron's Head Park with a neighborhood Toxic Tour through Hunters Point. Projects may last anywhere from a day to a year.

LEJ's hands-on learning programs at Heron's Head Park include:
  • Introduction to salt marsh habitats
  • Discovering biodiversity
  • Ecological stewardship
  • Bird identification
  • Native plant identification
  • Native plants propagation
Some examples of past projects at HHP include painting a mural of wetland species, creating informative signage for the park pathways to encourage park users to use the park responsibly, wetland advocacy, including youth-led letter-writing campaigns, and hands-on habitat restoration.


To schedule an educational program, please complete this Program Request Form (PDF) and fax or email it back to us. For more information about the Heron's Head Park program, contact HHP Ecologist Myla Ablog.