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The Big Yellow Bus Project Naturalist-led field trips are in season at Wompatuck State Park. Students, teachers and parents will study the environment, in the environment, using MA Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework. What's more, students create a living bond with the outdoors and each other. Help us reach out to tomorrow's environmentalists. ParksProject.org has provided free docent services for thousands of students across America. Contact us for field trip planning and in-school presentations. Greater Boston Teachers: We have two free school buses for field trips at Wompatuck State Park in Hingham MA. Contact us during October only. Two schools will receive a bus reimbursement of $250.00, thanks to a generous donation by Friends of Wompatuck. Requests will be accepted in the order received.  5th grade student comments: "I thought the trip was really fun. My favorite part was climbing on the extremely large glacial erratics." "I love the smelling leaves! I think the sassafras leaves smell like froot loops and lemonade. I wish that tree could be in my backyard." "Wompatuck was fun I learned a lot of new things that I never learned before. I like how we stopped and talked about the organisms." "I loved going to Wompatuck! The trails were beautiful with all the different color leaves, flowers, animals and many other things. I am definitely going back." "It was very fun hiking through the woods and seeing different species of trees and plants. Seeing the climbing some of the interesting rocks was really fun." "I loved the field trip it was fun looking at nature and learning new things." "It was interesting. I liked how you got to play the species game it helped me a lot because we were practicing kingdoms in science." "The field trip was amazing learning about species and all the rocks and all the glacier stories." "It was a good field trip it had a lot of walking and learning but fun." "I really liked Wompatuck State Park I also really like how a leaf smelled like lemons and root beer. I also like how you could climb some of the rocks it was really fun." "I thought it was a fantastic field trip. The children had some prior knowledge of the specimens because we studied the traits of living things and what they are before our trip. The presentation at the school by you prior to the visit was also great." - 5th grade teacher Again this year, public school students will be leaving school to learn more. During September/October, ParksProject.org, a nonprofit educational foundation, will continue the "Big Yellow Bus" Project at Wompatuck State Park, Hingham, MA. Hundreds of students will stretch their legs while they broaden ther minds. Press: "Contact Us" button to schedule a field for your school. Check out 5th Grade at Wompatuck on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnDVO8es41Q
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