Education + Lesson Plans

The Freshkills Park Education team is pleased to offer virtual presentations for groups who are not able to visit the landfill-to-park transformation in person. Our virtual presentations, conducted through Zoom teleconferencing, include a powerpoint presentation followed by a Q&A with a Freshkills staff member, and an interactive activity for younger visitors.

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Freshkills Park is a useful example of how topics students learn in school translate into real-life. Educators are welcome to use these resources when teaching students about the park in the classroom....MORE

Field trips offer students the unique opportunity to visit sections of Freshkills Park that are currently closed to the public. Because it’s no longer a landfill but not yet a park, the land in these closed sections of Freshkills is at a turning point ripe for education. ...MORE

The Mobile Education Lab is a nature center on wheels. Inside are materials necessary for people of all ages to investigate the history, ecology and engineering of Freshkills Park....MORE