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Cabrillo National Monument protects a unique and diverse landscape thriving with life. Follow our science teams into the field and discover the stories of our park’s natural resources and beyond.

City Nature Challenge at Cabrillo National Monument – A Celebration of Science for the Entire Community

May 15, 2019 Posted by: Samantha Wynns

With the growing popularity of citizen science National Park Service scientists are employing the power of the people to help them solve the problems they face. Read on to learn about one such project that just concluded at Cabrillo National Monument.

Bioblitz, City Nature Challenge, iNaturalist, Cabrillo National Monument, National Park Service, Citizen Science, Community Science, Find Your Park, Biodiversity, Global Biodiversity Information Facility, GBIF

 

California Science Education Conference

December 13, 2018 Posted by: Nicole Ornelas

The California Science Teachers Association hosts the California Science Education Conference on an annual basis to gather teachers, informal educators, institutes, and everything in between to learn effective Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) strategies that are used to foster students’ love of science and three dimensional learning. Cabrillo National Monument was able to attend this year!

California, Science Education, Informal Education, Teaching, Community Science, NGSS

 

Strange Birds Caught by Observant Community Scientists

August 22, 2018 Posted by: Samantha Wynns

Field scientists do their best to observe and catalogue every species on the Earth, but there just isn’t enough of them to be all places at all times.  Because of this, community scientists are playing an increasingly vital role in keeping track of the world’s organisms – are you one of them?

Birds, Summer Tanager, Community Science, eBird, iNaturalist, Science Explorer’s Club, Cabrillo National Monument, National Park Service