School Programs

Reserve your Fall Programs, including seining field trips. Email info@ceedli.org for more info.

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Nature Survival Class Series

Learn to survive using nature’s bounty and your own skills. Next up, how to make fire with sparks!

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Seasonal Family Festivals

Our Fall Festival is Saturday, September 21!

Art and Craft Programs

To register for Indigo Dying, click here. To register for Watercolor Seashells, click here. Check back for future workshops.

Nature Classes and Workshops

Learn about specific topics of nature and science: birding, mushroom foraging, astronomy, turtles, and more.

Nature Adventure Camp

We had another wonderful year of summer camp in 2024. Check back in January for early enrollment for summer 2025!

Raising Quail for Release

Raising quail in classrooms and libraries is better than raising chicks … and you can help rebuild Long Island’s quail population! Contact us about including quail in your classroom. info@ceedli.org

Wellness in Nature

When we connect to nature, we can improve our emotional and physical wellness.

CEED’s mission is to connect people to nature, and gardening is a wonderful means to that end. To put this into action, we have established a Garden Club where volunteers can help plant several garden beds that will each have a different purpose and function

Learn to Connect

The Center for Environmental Education & Discovery, or CEED’s mission is to connect our community to nature and science with creative use of discovery, art and education. CEED serves children, youth and adults through public nature programs and events, school and community-based environmental education, conservation projects, live animal ambassadors and more!

Upcoming Events

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Fall Festival 2024 – Sept. 21

A - Upcoming, Community Programs, Events, Fall Nature Festival, Nature Center, Washington Lodge

Saturday, September 21, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Join us for our 2024 Fall Equinox Festival with music, vendors, fun, and food! Listen and learn the art of Taiko drumming with Ryu Shu Taiko Drums, then enjoy acoustic music by Jason Dorsa. Let’s celebrate together the...

Save Your School Money

A - Upcoming, Children, School Programs

Last Year’s Pricing Through Sept. 30! Booking a CEED in-school or field trip programs before Sept. 30 at last year’s pricing saves your school money and helps your students connect with nature. September and early October are great for seining field trips. We have...

Your Students Catch Tropical Fish off Long Island Beaches

A - Upcoming, Children, School Programs

A seining field trip to one of our local beaches is an experience your students will long remember. And fall seining trips are the best! The Gulf Stream carries tropical fish larvae to Long Island in the spring. These tiny fish grow and mature over the summer, and we...

Famed Children’s Book Author Elizabeth Shreeve to Your School

A - Upcoming, Children, Nature Talks, School Programs

CEED is partnering with award winning author Elizabeth Shreeve to offer two special in-school programs in January and February 2025. Elizabeth will talk with your students about being a science writer. She’ll also discuss her book titled The Upside-Down Book of...

To Build a Fire with Sparks

A - Upcoming, Adult, Community Programs, Nature Center, Washington Lodge

Saturday, September 7, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Join Ranger Eric for the 9th of 10 adventures on survival. The ninth workshop in the survival series is about fire making with sparks. Elevate your fire-making prowess with our Spark-Based Fire Making Workshop, a...

24 Hour Survival Challenge

A - Upcoming, Community Programs, Don't post, Nature Center, Washington Lodge

Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 12:00 PM until Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:00 PM Join Ranger Eric for the final adventures on survival. An overnight stay to test all skills! This immersive experience is designed to put the skills you've honed in our Workshop Series...