Overview
The Coastal Ocean Science Academy (COSA) is a marine and environmental science summer day program that connects young people to local coastal habitats and ecology. Based at Northeastern's Marine Science Center in Nahant, we use the incredible natural classroom around us, hands-on learning, and plenty of fun to engage young people in coastal science and inspire lifelong natural and scientific curiosity.
COSA takes place at Northeastern's Marine Science Center at 430 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA 01908. Participants explore the rocky shoreline and tidepools, meet scientists and students, and tour science labs with our dedicated team of educators, then visit coastal habitat field sites nearby. Programs run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day. This is a drop-off program; participants should be dropped off at the check-in table inside the entrance gate to the MSC each morning (as early as 8:30am), and picked up at 4:00 p.m. each day.
$600 for the 5-day program. Program fees include all instruction, equipment, student materials, transportation to offsite field locations, entry for all fee-based field experiences, morning and afternoon snacks, and a COSA t-shirt. A 50% deposit ($300) is due at time of registration; the remaining fees will be due 2 weeks before program start date. We offer two types of scholarships and fee reductions; see Scholarship tab for details.
