The program combines hands-on academic exploration with professional insights and a leadership curriculum, allowing students to test-drive future careers while experiencing college life at a university campus.
The NSLC Environmental Science & Sustainability program offers high school students an immersive, hands-on experience to explore environmental science and sustainability. Participants delve into ecosystems, climate systems, and conservation strategies, investigating real-world solutions to global environmental challenges. The curriculum emphasizes how science and collaboration contribute to lasting environmental solutions. Students engage in experiential learning, including simulations and field trips to sites like Muir Woods National Monument, a Sustainable Innovation Tour, the Berkeley Seismology Lab, an Urban Farm Tour, and a Green Building Design Tour. The program also incorporates a leadership curriculum, focusing on skills such as personality styles, communication, listening, resilience, and empathy. Guest speakers from various backgrounds provide practical knowledge and real-world perspectives, offering insights into potential careers in environmental science.
A typical day involves a mix of classroom learning, hands-on simulations, guest speakers, and immersive field trips to relevant sites such as Muir Woods National Monument or an Urban Farm.
This program is ideal for high school students aged 14-18 who have completed at least one year of high school and demonstrate academic excellence and leadership ability, and are interested in exploring careers in environmental science and sustainability.
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