![]() ![]() PS 54 removes stormwater debris from around their school block IS 7 cleans Wolfe’s Pond Park’s beach This fall we also joined PS 54 for a cleanup around their school grounds to combat stormwater debris. Partnering with NRPA, we cleaned Wolfe’s Pond Park with both the 20 sixth grades from IS 7 and provided lessons about marine ecosystem protection. Students from Central Park East High School showcase their GIS-rendered StoryMaps Fifth graders at PS 376 take to the streets to remove litter from street gutters and storm drains Students in the WHEELS afterschool program collect litter and debris along 182nd Street in Washington Heights to create the “Clean Air Green Corridor”Ĭombining education and stewardship, NYC H2O was delighted to host three school cleanups in 2022. Throughout these projects students also become ambassadors for change by participating in street-level cleanups, advocacy, and activism. Students are using these tools to perform hands-on research on topics such as sustainability and environmental resilience in East Harlem, stormwater flooding and litter in Bushwick, and access to green and open spaces in Washington Heights. NYC H2O educators visit our partner schools once a week to deliver lessons on mapping technologies and urban ecology. Now in its second year, our mapping program has grown to include three high schools- Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School, Central Park East High School and EBC High School for Public Service Bushwick, and one elementary school- PS 376, totaling over 90 ongoing student projects. NYC H2O extends our passion for mapping and environmental science to NYC classrooms through mapping education where students learn to wield geographic information systems (GIS) to research local environmental and social issues. PS 161 fifth graders race to indentify trees at Basiley Pond PS 30 find their location at Silver Lake Reservoir on NYC’s Watershed map Fourth graders at PS 161 discover seed plumes at Baisley Pond PS 230 giggles while building aqueduct models at Ridgewood Reservoir School of the Future Brooklyn’s enjoys a summer program at Plumb Beach PS 52 seines for marine wildlife at Plumb Beach ![]() ![]() NYC H2O field trips, led by trained field guides with dual skill sets in teaching and in environmental science/STEM, encourage students’ natural curiosity and prompt them to ask thoughtful questions about what they observe in both the natural and built environments at the following greenspaces:Įighth graders at PS 36x compete in the aqueduct challenge at Central Park Reservoir Middle Village Adult Center enjoys a fall tour of Ridgewood Reservoir PS 115 explores new areas of Canarsie Park PS 100 locates NYC’s water system on a watershed map at Jerome Park Reservoir PS 87 2nd graders learn to identify leaves at Central Park Reservoir PS 42 finds a hawk birdwatching at Central Park Reservoir Learning Tree Cultural Prepatory School makes etchings of the High Bridge High Schoolers at BSSJ learn about their local wetlands at Ridgewood Reservoir. Our trips and lessons seek to broaden these students’ outdoor learning and STEM exposure through providing socio-ecological guidance, historical context, and new perspectives to explore historic NYC greenspaces and waterways. ![]() The majority of the students who participate in our water ecology and engineering STEM programs are from Title I & Title III schools with limited access to local urban natural areas and STEM lessons due to income resource gaps. All in all, 2022 was a prolific year of growth with 312 lessons provided for 8,131 students at 106 schools. STEM and Water Ecology Trips and Virtual LessonsĪlthough it was a particularly rainy autumn, NYC H2O still managed to lead 84 field trips and 30 virtual lessons. We remain extremely grateful to the New York City Council, our Board of Directors, donors, foundations, H2O members and thousands of volunteers and students who made our work in 2022 possible. Depending on the day, you might have found us in the Bronx running community litter cleanups, at Canarsie Park showing students how to identify a sweetgum tree by its unique seed pods, at the Greenbelt Nature Center building spotted lanternfly traps, or dressing up as zombies to deliver frightful Halloween fun at the Ridgewood Reservoir. With the city making a steady recovery from the pandemic this year, NYC H2O’s educational programs and community events were back in full swing this year with a number of new offerings in the fall season. ![]()
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