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Channel Islands Links
Channel
Islands National Park Find out about camping and hiking opportunities
and educational programs at the Channel Islands National Park.
Educational
Institutions
Cabrillo
High School Aquarium A non-profit aquarium and educational facility
operated out of Cabrillo High School in Lompoc that offers tours for student
groups.
Santa
Barbara Maritime Museum The museum preserves and presents
to the public the maritime history of California's Central
Coast, while providing an ongoing educational platform to
study and record human interaction with the marine environment.
Santa
Barbara Museum of Natural History The Museum offers
a close look at the story of the region's birth, geology and
minerals, native wildlife, rich marine life and the culture
of the Chumash Indians.
Santa Barbara
Museum of Natural History Ty Warner Sea Center
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Ty Warner Sea
Center is a fun, engaging, interactive marine education facility
located on Stearns Wharf.
Education
Partners
Center for Image Processing
in Education
Channel
Islands National Park
UC
Santa Barbara Marine Science Institute
Education
Resource Sites
National
Geographic Society's Sustainable Seas Expeditions Sustainable
Seas Expeditions is a five-year project of ocean exploration and education
to America's national marine sanctuaries, lead by Dr. Sylvia Earle.
NOAA
Sustainable Seas Expeditions Follow the Sustainable Seas Expeditions
with the Deepworker submersible to national marine sanctuary sites around
the country
BRIDGE
An online Ocean Teacher Resource Center with lesson plans, links to online
data and much more.
The
National Marine Sanctuaries are now working with the JASON
PROJECT Visit their exciting interactive website.
NOAA
Sites
National
Marine Sanctuaries Visit the 13 national marine sanctuaries around
the United States.
Online Data
The
American Cetacean Society, a nonprofit organization,
protects cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) and their
habitats through public education, research grants and conservation
activities.
The Santa Barbara-Ventura chapter was founded in March 2003.
Journey North An annual Internet-based learning adventure
that engages students in a global study of wildlife migration
and seasonal change.
REEF
Environmental Education Foundation Access marine fish species
distribution and abundance data for coastal U.S. waters or view data summaries
for the Great American Fish Count.
WhaleNet's
STOP (Satellite Tagging Observation Program) Data, Maps & Observations
Easy to obtain data from current and archived tagging projects on whales,
porpoises, seals, and turtles plus questions and activities to help use
the data in the classroom.
Visiting the Channel Islands
Island
Packers The Ventura-based Authorized Concessionaire to the Channel
Islands National Park - invites you to come aboard for an exciting and
educational Nature Discovery tour of the Channel Islands National Park
and Marine Sanctuary. A Variety of trips are available year round giving
visitors a rare opportunity to witness the seasonal ebb and flow of life
in a marine wilderness.
Truth
Aquatics The Santa Barbara-based Authorized Concessionaire to
the Channel Islands National Park. Trip options include hiking, kayaking
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