Student Program in Costa Rica
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A learning and adventure exploration of Costa Rica's wildest and most remote peninsula.The EE Just Summer Environmental Leadership Institute in Costa Rica is a 19 day tropical adventure for high school students to explore the rainforest, gulf waters, and rural communities of Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula. The Osa Peninsula is considered by scientists to be an area critical for global rainforest and tropical marine conservation efforts. If you would like more information or a written brochure, please email info@eejust.org, or call #603-469-2071. Students… • explore and study the fundamentals of tropical ecology and culture through adventure as they trace the path of a drop of water - on foot, by horseback, and in kayaks- from mountaintop to deep ocean and through tropical rainforest and rural communities. • develop valuable scientific inquiry and research skills by conducting water sampling and biodiversity and land-use inventories with field biologists and local landowners in an effort to discover how social, political, and economic realities interact to endanger the area's coral reefs. • pursue leadership excellence as they design, plan for, and implement student-led research projects and community service activities. • immerse themselves in Spanish language and Latin American culture through homestays with Costa Rican families and collaborative research and community service activities with local students. • provide important community service by using GPS units and GIS technology to help landowners create maps of their rainforest trail systems. Students also plan, organize, and lead enrichment activities for local youth. • build life-long relationships with a diverse group of Costa Rican and American peers. |
Apply now and receive "early admission discounts!" ALL EDUCATORS attending any E.E. Just Institute are eligible to receive graduate credit! KUA is a 2006 recipient for the National Association of Independent School's “Leading Edge Award” for Environmental Sustainability! Read more! Read today's top environmental stories! |
