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High School Science & Service
Learning
Affordable field trips to the Marin Headlands,
just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, bring science and community
service to life! Curriculum packets provide pre and post trip
classroom learning for integration into your science curriculum.
Bring your students back into nature with the following real-world
investigations:
Pacific Mole Crab
Monitoring
Bring your students to the
beach for hand-on science in the sand! in partnership
with the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association (FMSA) LiPETS
program, our naturalists lead students in an ongoing effort to
monitor the population of Pacific Mole crabs (aka sand crabs,
Emerita analoga) along California's
coastline.
Students get their hands wet and sanding
looking for sand crabs with specially designed
equipment. Using their field observation and data collection skills, students
use an
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established protocaol to
ID and survey the distribution and abundance of sand crabs on our local beach. This authentic data will
be logged on data sheets and added to the FMSA online Pacific Mole crab database, used to assess ecological
damage after events like our recent oil spill.
Classroom and Field Trip Resources:
Pacific Mole Crab Monitoring Teacher's Curriculum Packet
Pacific Mole Crab Monitoring Student Packet
Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association LiMPETS Program website
Pond Study &
Water Quality Monitoring
This hands-on study begins by assessing
the health of our fresh-water pond using biological
indicators. Students collect, observe, identify, and record the various invertebrate species living in
Rodeo Pond, gaining a larger understanding of the importance of biodiversity. Students then use a non-toxic chemical
water quality testing kit to measure and record the physical and chemical properties of the pond.
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Our
naturalists also help students to interpret the results, prompting
students to identify potential casues of pollution and ways to avoid
it, as well as its consequences on ecological and human health.
Students' results are aggregated in an ongoing study being conducted
by the GGNRA!
Classroom and Field Trip Resources:
Pond Study & Water Quality Monitoring Teacher's Curriculum Packet
Pond Study & Water Quality Monitoring Student Packet
Habitat Restoration
Help the National Park Service in its master plan to restore native habitats! Students learn about the
natural history of the GGNRA, comparing the present species population makeup with that of the past.
Visits to undisturbed areas demonstrate how native habitats support native biodiversity. Students make
comparisons with disturbed areas, where introduced species dominate the landscape, gaining an understanding
of the ecological effects of invasive plants. Then, students take action, getting their hands dirty and
using some muscle to remove non-natives!
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Classroom and Field Trip Resources
Habitat Restoration Teacher and Student Overview
Program
Rates: $35 per hour up to 15 students, $70 per
hour up to 30 students, $105 per hour up to 45 students. Price
does not include transportation to the Marin
Headlands. Minimum program time is generally four
hours. Program and transporation scholarships are
sometimes available for schools in need.
For
more information or to schedule a visit, contact Jesse Wernick or Kyyio Cecil-Raditz at
(415)331-9622.
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