Brilliant idea by CUE. Give students something fun, informative, and potentially life-changing to do during their school vacations. And give parents the break of needing to worry about what to do with the lil ones in that time off. Check out this program:
If your children are interested in the environment or sustainability—the Center the Urban Environment has a great new program for urban explorers called CUE Labs. The program is designed to help fill a critical niche in the academic year—the holiday break. With one soon approaching, CUE is launching the program this February (2/16 – 2/20) and plans to continue it in the spring and summer recess as well.
“People are always looking for an exciting way to spend their school vacation,” said Doug Pereira, Director of Education and Community Initiatives at the Center and organizer of the program, “and CUE Labs offers kids the opportunity to learn amazing things about their urban environment through exploration, field-trips, hands-on activities and science experiments.”
CUE Labs scientists will enjoy educational games, arts activities and model building in programs like City Critters where children from 5-7 explore the lives of worms and pill bugs or Eco-Defenders, where older kids investigate human impact on the environment and consider issues of reuse and conservation in relation to their habits and community.
If you’re interested in offering your child a dynamic science experience at a local, leading environmental center, please call 718-788-8500 and ask for Peachy Cao to get more information or to register your child.