Register: https://bronxzoo.com/learn/professional-development/on-site/urban-ecology

Join WCS's 45 hour P-credit course exploring Urban Ecology and Urban Planning, Monday, August 17- Saturday, August 22, 2026, 8:00am - 4:30pm each day. Through this course educators will dig into the historical design and long-lasting impacts of urban planning within New York City, examine urban development decisions from colonial to modern times and discuss the equity issues that can arise from urban planning and decision making. In addition to classroom and aquarium grounds explorations covering topics including woodlands ecosystem ecology, water cycles, carbon cycles, and species adaptation to urbanization, one full day of the course will be a walking and learning tour of Lower Manhattan.

Part of an afternoon will be spent on site at Coney Island Creek Park with the RiSC program.

National Wildlife Federation session: August 20, 2026, 3:00pm-4:00pm

Come and learn about NWF's Resilient Schools and Communities (RiSC) habitat restoration initiative at Coney Island Creek Park during an in-person Professional Learning Day on site. We'll introduce educators to the ecology of the estuary, the climate impacts that the area is facing, and the nature-based solutions being implemented by students, teachers, and community volunteers at the site to combat erosion, sand migration and coastal flooding.

Price: $250 

45 CTLE Hours & 3 P-Credits or A+ Credits available.

NYC teachers interested in earning "P" or A+ credits for one of the multi-day courses, must register with WCS and then also visit the ASPDP website.