FIELD NOTES

Opportunity to Learn from ecologik Campers

COME ONE, COME ALL…TO SUMMER CAMP EXHIBITION DAYS!

Campers from this year’s free STEM Summer Experiences for girls will be exhibiting what they learned over two weeks of immersion and exploration at Cabrillo. From San Diego biodiversity to climate change to tracking animals with radio signals, these youth will practice their science communication skills on the public - and you’re invited!

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San Diego Foundation Continues Partnership with EcoLogik

The EcoLogik Institute is honored to receive continued funding for the 2024-2025 year from the San Diego Foundation’s Opening the Outdoors Initiative. This funding will be utilized to support the EcoLogik Summer Experiences and Workshops.

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WELCOME 16 NEW YOUTH APPRENTICES!

This spring, the EcoLogik team welcomed 16 new youth apprentices, ages 13-18, to the Leadership Academy where they’ll practice the scientific method, contribute to real research, learn how to effectively communicate science, and give back to their national park and their communities beyond. Welcome aboard, ladies! We can’t wait to work with you.

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Follow Our Adventures on Instagram!

ARE YOU ON IG? THEN FOLLOW THE ECOLOGIK INSTITUTE’S NEW ACCOUNT (@THEECOLOGIKINSTITUTE), WHERE THE CESAP APPRENTICES WILL PRACTICE THEIR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION SKILLS BY BRINGING YOU COOL ANIMAL FACTS, INTERVIEWS WITH SCIENTISTS, AND SO MUCH MORE.

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Ranger Sparks for Write Out - Riddle Me This

In this short video, youth Conservation and Environmental Stewardship Apprentices teach you about local species at Cabrillo National Monument and challenge you to create a riddle about species you find in your neighborhood. This video is part of Write Out, a collaboration between the National Park Service and National Writing Project.

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Our Origin Story

Started in 2017 at Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego, California, the EcoLogik Project is a free and unique program that fuses ecology and technology and connects young, underrepresented female explorers and scientists (ages 10-16) to the natural resources and science of America’s National Parks. EcoLogik participants learn and incorporate technological advances and knowledge of the environment to collect natural resource data (community science), create 3D printed biomodels, learn basic coding and programming, and much more!

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