Environmental Education Programs

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Logistics

Group and Activity sizes:

Maximum Group size per visit: 90 students
Minimum Group size: 6 students
Maximum Activity size: 15-30 students (activity dependent)
Minimum Activity size: 1:12 adult to student ratio

Program run times:

Wednesday through Friday
Fall (September - October) and Spring (April - May)
Maximum daily run time: 6 hours
Minimum daily run time: 1 hour

Age and Grade ranges:

Currently offering programming for 5th (age 10) through 7th grades (age 13)
Looking for pilot groups for 8th (age 14) through 12th grades (age 18)

May contain: bench, furniture, wood, desk, table, nature, outdoors, and scenery

Standards based Healthy Habitats

A standards based, scientific approach is used in our programming at this time.

Habitats/Ecosystems available for place-based learning: (Riparian, Wetland, Aquatic & Floodplains, Grassland, Oak Woodland, Wildland and Urban Interface, Watersheds)

Grades 5-8:

Focus on acquiring hands-on naturalist knowledge that develops skills for measuring ecosystem health by identifying living and non-living components in our environment.

5th grade: Food Web - Living components of an ecosystem
6th grade: Micro-climate - Non-living components of an ecosystem
7th grade: Biodiversity - Living components of an ecosystem
9th grade: Pollution - How non-living components affect living components in an ecosystem

Grades 9-12 Healthy Habitats:

Focus on acquiring hands-on naturalist knowledge to identify the health status of a habitat and how natural and human impacts can sustain biodiversity and preserve our local habitats for ecosystem functioning.( (Restoration of Floodplain Ecosystems, Wildland and Urban Interface (WUI)).

Outdoor Education

A relaxed paced adventure at a District park that will guide you through a park orientation that introduces best practices to protect and preserve the natural and cultural history of our parks.

Activities include: How to read a map, identifying key native species, history of indigenous use of natural resources, trail etiquette, protecting natural areas, outdoor safety, hiking, sensory engagement.
Parks: Palo Corona Regional Park and Garland Ranch Regional Park

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If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at (831) 372-3196

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

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Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

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