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boathouse on the Charles

charles river reservation
 
For Teachers

The Charles River Museum of Industry in Waltham is on the National Register of Historic Places as America's first factory and offers group tours for schools. The museum's galleries are filled with exhibits of the Industrial Revolution and tell the story of America's tradition of innovation.

Project WET is a national water education program that features a highly acclaimed curriculum and activity guide for teachers. Trained facilitators offer WET workshops for educators, community leaders and natural resource managers.  The Massachusetts Environmental Education Society is the state sponsor of this program.

Project WILD is an international interdisciplinary environmental education program focusing on terrestrial and aquatic wildlife and ecosystems. The program provides students in K-12 with critical thinking skills through the use of hands-on interdisciplinary lessons. MassWildlife is the the state sponsor of this program; please contact Pam Landry at 508-792-7270 x 110.

 

Charles River Museum of Industry
School tours are offered at the Museum of Industry

project WET

project Wild