Coastal Studies Summer 2025
For information and updates, please contact Ashley Gesner, Lloyd Center Education/Outreach Specialist
at Summer@lloydcenter.org.
Join the Lloyd Center for an exciting summer outdoors!
Animal collection, habitat investigations, and creature observation, are just a few of the activities offered through the 2025 Summer Programs. In its 44th season, the Lloyd Center's Summer Programs are designed to give motivated students an opportunity to explore different aspects of environmental science.
All sessions include field study, laboratory work, and fun!
Pre-registration is mandatory, and is first come, first served. To receive Member prices, participants must hold a current 2025 Family membership (or higher level).
Please contact Ashley Gesner, Education/Outreach Specialist, for more information about the programs or available scholarships, at Summer@lloydcenter.org.
Lloyd Center Cancellation Policy
Requests for refunds/cancellations must be made in writing to Summer@lloydcenter.org by June 13, 2025, for all Lloyd Center Summer Programs.
COASTAL ECOLOGY - 1 space left!
9 to 12 years old
July 7 - July 11, 2025 Monday - Friday
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Members $420 Non-members $470
Start your summer off with seaside discoveries! Explore the coastal environment while studying the salt marsh, estuary, sandy beach, and rocky shore. Emphasis is on environmental awareness, animal observations and skill development. Hands-on activities and outdoor adventures await!
FRESHWATER WETLANDS - This program is full. Please contact Ashley for wait list.
9 to 12 years old 
July 14 - July 18, 2025 Monday - Friday
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Members $420 Non-members $470
Investigate our local wetlands in this hands-on course. Learn how human use can alter these important habitats. Join us in visiting a restored wetland and discover the plants and animals that call it home. Get ready to get wet and muddy while venturing through marshes searching for amazing creatures! Take part in setting-up tanks and building terrariums to better observe the animals that we find on our wetland journeys. Start the summer off with a unique adventure!
COASTAL EXPLORERS* New Program!
July 28 - August 1, 2025 Monday - Friday
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Members $420 Non-members $470
Join us for an exciting week by the shore! We will explore coastal habitats and discover the abundance of marine life that inhabits our local waterways.
This program will include visiting field sites and collecting a variety of organisms. Hands-on activities and outdoor explorations await!
*While this program is open to all students, those who have participated in our Coastal Ecology or Marine Biology programs will find new activities and adventures in our new Coastal Explorers program!
WELCOME TO WILD WOODLANDS! - 4 spaces left!
9 to 12 years old
August 4 - August 8, 2025 Monday - Friday
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Members $420 Non-members $470
Do you have a passion for exploring your environment? This program focuses on the creatures of the forest and their habitats. Learn more about the trees that make up our own backyards and how they help support animal life. Take a trip to nature reserves around the south coast to observe unique environments and learn about the critters that live there. Fun, hands-on crafts and activities will be included to reinforce what we have learned on our expeditions. From chipmunks to salamanders, we will be learning about them all!
MARINE BIOLOGY - This program is full. Please contact Ashley for wait list.
9 to 12 years old
Lillian (left) & Shannon with Marine Biology kids getting ready to head to Woods Hole.
August 11 - August 15, 2025 Monday - Friday
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Members $425 Non-members $475
Come explore the magnificent, coastal marine ecosystems of South Coast MA. Learn about amazing adaptations of marine plants & sea creatures - large and small - by exploring our salt marsh and estuary. This program will include exciting off site field trips and collecting live specimens!
Daily trips to the Lloyd Center estuary will include weather & tide observations, as well as marine life collection and habitat exploration. Discovery-oriented, hands-on marine science activities will increase your child's awareness and understanding of the biology of our oceans and local coastal marine ecology!
Please contact Ashley Gesner, Education/Outreach Specialist, for more information at Summer@lloydcenter.org.
Member prices apply to those holding a current 2025 Family membership (or higher level).