[CINC] Last week's CINC outreach events

[Pam Yerger]

Several CINC volunteers have been involved in some outreach events in the past week.  The Park Service hosted 2 live dive classrooms at the Visitors Center on Wed May 16 and 18.  Each day had about 60 students from 4th to 6th grades from both Balckstock and Sheridan Way schools.  Students were rotated through 4 learning stations including a scuba dive station, an island fox station or a latitude/longitude and charting station, a food chain station and a tour of the visitor center and gardens.  On Wednesday Pam Yerger and Debra Herring lead the visitor center tours.  On Friday Pam Yerger led the visitor center tours and Cal and Peggy Meuser led the lat/long charting station.  After lunch on the patio, and some safe wildlife viewing instructions, kids were able to use binoculars to view the numerous California sea lions on the docks.  Tyhe grand finale was when the kids entered the auditorium for a 20 to 30 minute live dive session with Carol Peterson and diver Andrea.  The kids had good questions and good answers to the questions posed from the "deep".  On Friday we handed out about 50 Junior Ranger Badges to students from Blackstock School.  Debra Herring had read and corrected each students ranger booklet, which was no small task...THANKS DEBRA!!!
On Thursday, Debbie Shelly and Pam Yerger attended the Washington School science night in Santa Barbara.  Kids and parents of all ages passed through our room to learn about whales, dolphins and the islands and to play the match game.  Posters of the islands were earned by good questions, good answers and a demonstration of genuine interest in our exhibit.
It was a busy week off the water!!
Pam Yerger

 		 	   		  
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