The Billion Oyster Project is a collaborative community of students, teachers, scientists, volunteers, businesses, and local organizations working together to restore New York City’s once world-famous oyster population, and cleaning up New York Harbor in the process. The initiative is providing New York City public school students the opportunity to build unique STEM education skills in a real-world learning environment, thanks in part to an ongoing National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that has been awarded in part to a team of educators at Pace University.