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Field Trip Options
Classrooms have the option of participating in a culminating live field trip Expedition out to one of the Channel Islands. Classrooms in the greater Los Angeles and inland high desert area are invited to join the camp for an Expedition out to Santa Catalina Island/ Classrooms in the Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo County areas are invited to join the Camp for an Expedition out to Santa Cruz Island.
These trips are currently being scheduled for the tentative period of the first two weeks of June. Activities on Santa Catalina include visits to historical, environmental and science museums and education centers for hands-on learning about the Channel Islands. Students will be asked to a participate in Internet text, audio, or video broadcasts live from the Islands - sharing their immediate experiences with classrooms nationwide.
Teachers and parent chaperones will be invited to attend with each classroom; each activity will be lead by experience museum or science center staff. There are scholarships for selected participants from CTAP Region 10 and Region 8, and other participants can also reserve space on the Expedition program.
Cost for participation is $100 per person, plus transportation and food to and from port.
Other recommended sites for field trips in the region include :
Santa Barbara Museums of Natural History
The Southwest Museum
The Ventura Historical and Art Museum
The Santa Barbara Historical Society Museum
The Chumash Interpretive Center, Thousand Oaks
The Channel Islands National Park Headquarters, Ventura
Mission San Gabriel
Mission Santa Barbara
Aquarium of the Pacific
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