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Santa Cruz Sandhills Exploration

Santa Cruz Sandhills Exploration is an outdoor, experiential program for seventh graders that covers both scientific and historical concepts in an active, hands-on format led by trained docents of the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History’s Docent Program. This program investigates the unique characteristics of the Santa Cruz Sandhills habitat, including geologic history, biological significance, and the effects of human use over time.

STUDENT OUTCOMES

Students will:

• Be able to define and recognize the unique characteristics Santa Cruz Sandhills habitat.

• Understand how human impacts, both positive and negative, have had a great effect on the Santa Cruz Sandhills habitat.

• Identify the 7 endemic species of the Santa Cruz Sandhills.

• Identify common fossils of the Santa Cruz Sandhills.

• Understand how paleontologists use fossils to piece together geologic history

CALIFORNIA STATE CONTENT STANDARDS       

Life Sciences

Grade 7: 3.1, 3.3, 3,5

Earth and Life History

Grade 7: 4.a, c, d, e, f

The Santa Cruz Sandhills Exploration Program is FREE, thanks to funding from a generous local donor.

To sign up your 7th grade class or to learn more about the Santa Cruz Sandhills Exploration, call the Sandhills Exploration Programs Coordinator at 420-1168.

 

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