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ESF SCIENCE
Summer Camps Investigating Ecology in Neighborhood and City Environments
ESF Science Corps

Summer Positions Available for ESF Undegraduates: Information and Application Form

2009 Photos: Parks, Recreation & Youth Programs, Danforth School (SCSD), Expeditionary Learning School (SCSD)

In summer 2011, ESF Outreach partnered with the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) and the City of Syracuse Department of Parks, Recreation & Youth Programs to reach 135 middle and high school students through 6 weeks of ESF SCIENCE. The 2011 summer camps included a week with The Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central and a week with Nottingham High School, the two SCSD Smart Scholars, Early College High Schools that ESF is working with. This year's program highlights included fish surveys in Onondaga Lake, alternative energy projects, stream ecology, a program with NY State Parks, a program with Onondaga County Cornell Cooperative Extension, tours of ESF's green infrastructure installments and home green infrastructure planning with the Onondaga County Save the Rain program. The camps were made possible with financial support from HSBC Bank (for the second year in a row) and NY State Department of Education Grants with SCSD.

The ESF SCIENCE summer camp program achieves several of the targets outlined by the College's Vision 2020: A Better World Through Environmental Discovery and exposes Syracuse middle school students to science and environmental education. ESF SCIENCE, situated in local green spaces such as Elmwood Park and the Onondaga Creek corridor, helps students be more aware of urban environmental issues and motivates them to become involved in determining the outcomes of environmental problem solving. In addition, students are involved in service learning projects that promote environmental stewardship, as students take pride in maintaining and improving the environment for their communities. Students learn in local green spaces that are relevant to their lives, a critical key for cultivating and sustaining interest in science during the middle school years and beyond. Our goal is to enrich student science learning using inquiry, experiential, and critical thinking approaches in the urban environment.

In the past the ESF Science Corps has also partnered with CNY Works and City of Syracuse Department of Parks, Recreation & Youth programs to engage in a youth education and employment program entitled Stewards of Syracuse (SOS). SOS provides a six week ESF SCIENCE experience for 20 youth (14-15 yr olds) that focuses on environmental stewardship and science exploration.

 

ESF SCIENCE News

• Read Students get hands-on experience at ESF Science Camp from the Post Standard 7/15/10
• Watch High school students get their feet wet with free science camp from YNN 7/14/10
• Read A Different Way to Learn from the Post Standard, 8/6/09
• Read Izaak Walton League Active with Lake Fishing Events from The Post-Standard, 1/22/09
• Watch SUNY-ESF S.C.I.E.N.C.E. Camp from The Post-Standard/Syracuse.com, 7/23/08
• Read Backyard Science from The Post-Standard, 7/23/08
• Read "Something Fishy" Brings Teens to Onondaga Lake
  from The Post-Standard, 6/5/08 [Photos from the event]
• SUNY ESF Program Teaches Kids About Science and Nature on radio 570WSYR, 8/8/07
• ESF Science Corps and Girls Inc. of CNY Research Pollution at Elmwood Park
• Read Science Lessons from The Post-Standard, 8/8/07
• Read Turning over a Wasteland from The Post-Standard, 7/10/07
• Read Expanding the Environment from The Post-Standard, 8/6/06