Agriculture & Natural Resources

• 10th grade core course
• One semester each

-Agriculture

-Environmental Science

• Project-based with SCWIBLES fellows in class
• Focus on technology with probeware, biotech, software

Marine Biology

• Junior level core course
• A-G science credit
• WATCH program

-Aquarium employees, Packard funded

-4th year, 1st at WHS

-Project-based, off-site – Elkhorn Slough

-Summer program

Green Careers ROP / Environmental Science

• Senior level ESNR course
• Preparation for College and/or Careers in Environmental Science

-Environmental/Resource

-Conservation Alternative Energy (Solar, Wind…)

-Sustainable Agriculture

• Project-based component with SCWIBLES fellows in class
• Internships, Mentors and Job Placement
• Community Outreach component

SCWIBLES – Santa Cruz Watsonville Inquiry-based learning in Environmental Science

• Nation Science Foundation Grant
• $2.1 million over 5 years
• Imbedding UCSC graduate students in ESNR classes to facilitate professional level projects

-Academic exploration

-Experimental design

-Field research

-Profession quality presentation