Cambridge Public Schools

Maynard Ecology Center at Neville Place
650 Concord Ave.
Cambridge, MA
617.349.6391

The Thomas M. Maynard Ecology Center is a Cambridge Public Schools science education resource located near the Fresh Pond Reservation in West Cambridge directed by Susan Agger. The Center is set up as an informal science-learning environment and is used as a base for students to explore the surrounding Fresh Pond Reservation and Black’s Nook Pond. Outdoor field investigations enhance and support the Cambridge science curriculum.

Curriculum Field Investigations by grade level:

• First Grade - Living Things
• Second Grade - Soils & Life Cycles
• Third Grade - Habitats Study
• Fourth Grade - Investigating Changing Earth
• Fifth Grade - Weather and Water
• Sixth Grade - Biology
• Seventh Grade - Diversity of Life & Dynamic Earth (in school field experience)
• High School - Environmental Science and Independent Study

All field investigations are aligned with the Massachusetts Science Technology/Engineering Framework.