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Join us in becoming a water scientist for a day! Learn what it takes to be a water scientist and help with citizen science climate change migration impact data collection at Masonville Cove! Registration required. Water Quality Science / Journey North Join us in becoming a water scientist for a day! Learn what it takes to be a water scientist and help with citizen science climate change migration impact data collection at Masonville Cove! Registration required.

City Nature Challenge is an annual community science competition for cities to find and document plants and wildlife found in urban areas. As Partners with the National Aquarium, we are calling on everyone to join us in exploring, identifying and documenting the wildlife around you! City Nature Challenge City Nature Challenge is an annual community science competition for cities to find and document plants and wildlife found in urban areas. As Partners with the National Aquarium, we are calling on everyone to join us in exploring, identifying and documenting the wildlife around you!

Join us for an in-person craft inspired by nature! We will share stories and learn about the winter birds and waterfowl at Masonville while making our own creative binoculars. Enjoy the great outdoors on a walk with us afterwards and take a moment to appreciate these animals! Registration required. Nature for Kids: Wonderful Waterfowl Join us for an in-person craft inspired by nature! We will share stories and learn about the winter birds and waterfowl at Masonville while making our own creative binoculars. Enjoy the great outdoors on a walk with us afterwards and take a moment to appreciate these animals! Registration required.

Fill out a field trip request form to start planning your hands-on educational experience at Masonville Cove. SCHEDULE A LIVING CLASSROOMS FIELD TRIP Fill out a field trip request form to start planning your hands-on educational experience at Masonville Cove. SUBMIT A FIELD TRIP REQUEST The Living Classrooms Foundation is offering in-person field trips and currently booking for the school year. Click here to read descriptions of each of our field trip programs. See below for more information or email nhouston@livingclassrooms.org . To schedule, please submit the form below. How would you prefer to be contacted? Email Phone Program Themes I'm Interested In Birdy Bonanza Budding Botanists Erosion, Weathering, and Landslides, Oh My! Exploring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Hidden Hibernators Insect Encounters Island Fever Stream Study: Baltimore's Water Quality Terrapin Tales Tracks and Scat Who Killed Rocky Rockfish? Wonders of Wildlife! Customized Lesson Themes SUBMIT Thanks for reaching out to us! You will receive an email confirming your field trip request, and someone will get back to you shortly.

Hands on Environmental Education programs ideal for homeschool families and all students on days off of school! $20 per participant. Registration required. Drop In Field Trip: Stream Study Hands on Environmental Education programs ideal for homeschool families and all students on days off of school! $20 per participant. Registration required.

Adventure awaits at Masonville Cove! Keep on the lookout for these exciting missions and learn more about the environment. AGENTS OF DISCOVERY ABOUT AGENTS OF DISCOVERY Love learning about nature? Love doing things outdoors? Love playing games on your smart phone? We’ve got just the thing for you! Agents of Discovery is an augmented reality, geo-triggered app that gets you outside, active, and engaged in the world around you. With Agents of Discovery, you become a top-secret Agent, dedicated to solving the mysteries of science, culture, technology, and nature. Download the app from Google Play or the App Store . BE PREPARED! Before you get here, you need to download the Agents of Discovery free app from the app store that you use for your smart phone. Signal on campus varies but you are welcome to use our building's guest WiFi to download the app. After the app is installed, open it and click the Missions button, then Search for “Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership”. Tap the DOWNLOAD button to save the Mission. The game uses the GPS in your phone, so you’ll need to have Location Services turned on. MISSIONS AT MASONVILLE Be one of our secret agents while you learn about nature! Your Mission is to locate hidden Challenges and discover new and exciting facts about the country's first urban wildlife refuge partnership! Agent Eagle is your animal field agent that can give you help finding your Challenges. Complete all the challenges, and you get an awesome prize back at the Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center. Please stay on the marked trails while you explore. Make sure you sign in at the Environmental Education Center, grab a trail map, and get the latest information on any trail closures. We look forward to seeing you here, and best of luck on your missions! More Resources Agents of Discovery at Patuxent Research Refuge

Have you ever wondered who is swimming in the Cove? Spend time on the pier and enjoy guided fishing lessons for those wanting to learn how to fish! All fishing supplies and snacks will be available for free. Rescheduled Family Fishing Have you ever wondered who is swimming in the Cove? Spend time on the pier and enjoy guided fishing lessons for those wanting to learn how to fish! All fishing supplies and snacks will be available for free.

Mindfulness in Nature with Katie Detrich! A day of relaxation, self-discovery, and physical well-being through yoga, meditation practices, art therapy and sound bath healing. Activities will take place on the deck, beach, pier and we will explore the gardens. Free registration required.  May Yoga & Mindfulness in Nature Retreat (5/16) Mindfulness in Nature with Katie Detrich! A day of relaxation, self-discovery, and physical well-being through yoga, meditation practices, art therapy and sound bath healing. Activities will take place on the deck, beach, pier and we will explore the gardens. Free registration required.

Join your neighbors and community partners to clean up the stream and living shoreline that connect Brooklyn and Curtis Bay to Masonville Cove. Get outside and make a difference in your community while learning about the causes and effects of marine debris and how you can help! Registration required Earth Day Clean Up Join your neighbors and community partners to clean up the stream and living shoreline that connect Brooklyn and Curtis Bay to Masonville Cove. Get outside and make a difference in your community while learning about the causes and effects of marine debris and how you can help! Registration required

Masonville Cove is proud to be one of the host sites for 2022 Celebrate Trails Day. Register for the 10AM mindfulness walk with Nature WoRx or take your own walk and complete a trail scavenger hunt to win a prize! Check out Nature WoRx here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWU89jz8G0g Nature WoRx Walk: Celebrate Trails Day 2022 Masonville Cove is proud to be one of the host sites for 2022 Celebrate Trails Day. Register for the 10AM mindfulness walk with Nature WoRx or take your own walk and complete a trail scavenger hunt to win a prize! Check out Nature WoRx here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWU89jz8G0g