Eco-Discovery

Program name: Eco-Discovery

Field station name: Sitka Sound Science Center

Outreach program type: Data collection & sharing (e.g., citizen science, BioBlitz), Special event/s, Guided tour(s)/walk(s), Field trip(s), Open house(s), Internship/youth development

Years active: 2 years

Frequency: Monthly

Course credit: No

Wiki Table of Contents

Outreach program characteristics

[✓ = applies to this outreach program, ✗ = does not apply to this outreach program]

Outreach Goals

  • ✓ Build community
  • ✓ Disseminate place-based knowledge and/or skills
  • ✓ Encourage conservation or environmental stewardship
  • ✓ Inspire curiosity
  • ✗ Make field station resources available to the public
  • ✓ Promote STEM careers
  • ✗ Raise awareness of the field station's work
  • ✗ Raise money
  • ✓ Reach a particular audience
  • ✓ Teach about the environment generally
  • ✗ Teach researchers how to communicate with the public

Approaches for Learner Engagement

Strands of Informal Science Learning

Outreach Content

All topics are directly tied to the place where the program is situated.

  • ✓ Animals
  • ✗ Archeology
  • ✓ Art
  • ✓ Astronomy
  • ✓ Biodiversity
  • ✓ Biology
  • ✓ Botany
  • ✓ Chemistry
  • ✓ Climate
  • ✓ Conservation
  • ✓ Ecology
  • ✓ Ecosystems
  • ✓ Engineering
  • ✓ Environment
  • ✗ Environmental Philosophy
  • ✗ Evolution
  • ✓ Field Science
  • ✓ Fungi
  • ✓ General Science
  • ✗ Genetics
  • ✗ Geographic Information Systems
  • ✗ Land management
  • ✗ Leadership
  • ✗ Learning about Technology
  • ✓ Limnology
  • ✓ Marine Science
  • ✗ Mathematics
  • ✗ Microorganisms
  • ✗ Natural History
  • ✓ Paleontology
  • ✗ Physics
  • ✓ Plants
  • ✗ Preservation
  • ✗ Science Communication
  • ✗ Social Sciences
  • ✓ STEM Career Awareness
  • ✗ Using Technology
  • ✓ Water
  • ✗ Other

Outreach program implementation and planning

People Involved

Leaders

2 program leader(s):

  • ✓ Professional scientists
  • ✗ Graduate students
  • ✗ Professional educators
  • ✓ Field station staff
  • ✗ Volunteers
  • ✗ Other

Scientists have the following roles:

  • ✓ Organizers
  • ✓ Teachers/Facilitators
  • ✗ Participants
  • ✓ Guest speakers
  • ✗ Content reviewers