BIOBOAT CORPORATION

What they do

BIOBOATS MISSION is to BUILD THE NEXT GENERATION of ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS THROUGH MARINE SCIENCE EDUCATION. IT is ESTIMATED THAT ONLY 30 % of SCHOOLCHILDREN LIVING IN NEW YORK CITYS FIVE BOROUGHS HAVE EVER VISITED THE WATERS EDGE, MUCH LESS EXPERIENCED THE DELICATE BALANCE of LIFE EXISTING BELOW THE SURFACE. BIOBOAT is DEDICATED to GETTING THESE FUTURE PROTECTORS of OUR WATER OUT ON THE WATER. USING A VARIETY of CHARTERED VESSELS, SCHOOLCHILDREN ARE GIVEN A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY to EXPERIENCE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WHILE NAVIGATING THE HUDSON RIVER, JAMAICA BAY, PELHAM BAY, and SURROUNDING ESTUARIES. TOO MANY SCHOOLS LACK THE RESOURCES and PHYSICAL LAB SPACE to PROVIDE EXPERIENTIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION to THEIR STUDENTS. HOWEVER, WITH A TEAM of DEDICATED EDUCATORS and VOLUNTEERS ABOARD A MOBILE CLASSROOM, DOCKING NEAR SCHOOLS, THE EXPENSES of BUS TRANSPORTATION, LABORATORY EQUIPMENT, and TECHNOLOGY ARE LESSENED. EDUCATIONAL TRIPS ARE DESIGNED to GIVE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY to COLLECT and