Summer 2010 dates: July 8-Aug 1

Bringing Galapagos Teaching Back Home UA news, August 28, 2008 <http://uanews.org/node/21075> or pdf

Galapagos Marine Ecology (UA ECOL 496O/596O, 3-6 units) is an opportunity for secondary school science teachers from around the U.S. to study in the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. Other graduate students and undergraduates are welcome to join us. This approximately 23-day course includes a one-week service project on San Cristobal Island in a local school:mornings are spent with the childent exploring tidepools, collecting plankton and helping to re-forest native vegetation in the cloud-filled highlands. The rest of the time we explore the unique habitats of the Galapagos explore first hand to understand why these islands are famous as the birthplace of evolution and of Darwin's revolutinary idea of evolution. We snorkel with vast schools of fish, sea lions and marine iguanas, and see many of the unique land and sea organisms found only on the Galapagos Islands. Students work in pairs on small field research projects on a topic or organism of their choice. The last ten days are spent visiting several of the most fascinating islands in the archipelago. We visit blue-footed booby and albatross nesting sites, sea lion rookeries, a giant-tortoise sanctuary, and the volcanoes that gave rise to the islands. We also visit the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island.

All students must take the course for 3 units  minimum, and can opt to take it for more credit, with additional assignments available on request from the instructor. Graduate students must take the course for graduate credit. Undergraduates who are seniors in good standing (see UA rules) can opt to take the course for graduate credit.

Costs 2010 - approximately $5000, exact breakdown coming soon

2010 APPLICATION (MS Word file)

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