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Summer Workshops for Teachers

The Chumash: A Changing People, A Changing Land- 3rd-4th grade

Parks as Laboratories: Studies of Land, Water, and Air- Middle School

National Park Labs: Studies of Wildland Fire Ecology-High School

EcoHelpers- Middle and High School

National Park Legacy- 1st through 12th Grades

Struggle and Opportunity: A California Cultural Journey- 3rd through 5th Grades

Internships College Students

Education Programs for
Teachers and Students

Teachers participate in delivering and learning from teacher workshops.Summer 2008 Workshops for Teachers

Biodiversity: From the
Santa Monica Mountains
to the World. 

July 22, 23, & 24.

The course will focus on the concept of Biodiversity and how the health and diversity of all life on earth is threatened by human behavior.  The course will explore the introduction of exotic species, the loss of native species; and the effects of pollution, global warming and habitat loss.  The course will also explore human cultural attitudes and perspectives on non-human species.  The course will also address possible solutions to reverse our loss of Biodiversity. more>>

 

 

 

Programs for Students at the Park

Students follow a ranger out of an Ap and to a hike in the mountains.The Chumash: A Changing People, A Changing Land
3rd or 4th Grades

Students explore Satwiwa with a ranger and learn about how biodiversity plays an important role in the health of ecosystems. more>>

 

EcoHelpers
Junior High and
High School Students

Students learn about the outdoor world, enjoy a guided hike, and assist rangers with a vital restoration project. more>>

EcoHelpers are students who learn what they can do to help the environment.

 

The Fire Ecology gives students the opportunity to work with hands on science. t

 

Fire Ecology
High School Students

Students engage in hands-on experiments and activities that teach about the importance of fire ecology in the Mediterranean-type ecosystem. more>>

 

Students get hands on experience in real environmental science.

Parks As Laboratories:
Studies of the Land, Water, and Air
Middle School

This hand-on program requires teachers participate in a workshop where they learn how to assist with the program and they get the equipment that is necessary to conduct experiments with their students. more>>

 

Programs for Students in the Classroom

Struggle and Opportunity: A California Cultural Journey
3rd through 5th grade, Teacher-led traveling trunk program

This Cultural Heritage program is a teacher-led traveling trunk program that compares and contrasts past cultural periods that existed in Southern California and in the Santa Monica Mountains area. more>>

 

 

Objects in the traveling trunk make learning about culture a real hands on experience.

National Park Legacy
1st through 12th Grade, Teacher-led Program

This program offers an opportunity for students to explore our heritage through the exploration of our National Parks. more>>

 

Internships for College Students

Interns from all over the world find that they can get on-the-job experience in the National Park.

The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area offers internships in a variety of National Park Service fields to college students. more>>