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High School
Marine Biology Course

Wednesdays

2:00 - 4:00 pm

Grades 9 - 12

$500 per student

Expanding curriculum at the High School Home School Level

The a-g Marine Science course combines labs, hands-on lessons, live animal touching, field trips, bookwork and homework to create an integrated and engaging learning opportunity.

Forms and Information

*This link will direct you to our registration site, away from our webpage

Textbook is required:  ISBN 13: 9780076929092  Castro, Marine Science, 2019, 2e

You are welcome to buy or rent them at the vendor of your choice. Click here for a vendor that offers a premium bundle, which includes a print student edition, lab manual with 42 labs, and an online student edition subscription for one year. Lab manual is not required.

Students interact with and learn about the animals that live in the San Francisco Bay Estuary and local Pacific Ocean habitats. They have the opportunity to use professional grade scientific equipment and handle live animals. Students will work on a final project all semester. There will be weekly homework assignments. Students will have a field trip to Stulsaft Park in Week 3.

 

There is an optional on-the-water 2-hour field trip aboard the R/V Robert G. Brownlee at the end of the semester. This requires separate registration. Family members who are 5+ years old can also join (separate registration required). More information to come. 

Semester 1 curriculum structure:

  • Week 1: Unit 1 Ocean Environment

  • Week 2: Unit 1 Ocean Environment

  • Week 3: Creek Study Field trip (Stulsaft Park)

  • Week 4: Unit 2 Waves, Tides, and Atmospheric Circulation

  • Week 5: Unit 2 Waves, Tides, and Atmospheric Circulation

  • Week 6: Unit 3 Organisms of the Sea

  • Week 7: Unit 3 Organisms of the Sea

  • Week 8 Unit 4 Marine Animals

  • Week 9: Unit 4 Marine Animals

  • Week 10: Ocean Lab

Questions? Contact programmanager@sfbaymsi.org

Marine Science Institute needs your support. Creating affordable, high quality, and engaging curriculum is only possible because of our amazing donors. Join our cause and make your tax-deductible donation today!

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500 Discovery Parkway

Redwood City, CA 94063

info@sfbaymsi.org

Tel: (650)364-2760

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Inspiring respect and stewardship for the marine environment through hands-on adventure learning

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