Camp SEA Lab | Science, Education and Adventure

Surf's up teachers! Bring the ocean to your classroom and inspire your students, while meeting California content standards in Science, Math and Language Arts. Camp SEA Lab provides a complete support network to keep you and your students excited about ocean! Camp SEA Lab offers a variety of opportunities to get your class involved in marine science. Check out what we have to offer!

Teacher Workshops
Camp SEA Lab hosts a series of teacher development workshops that aim to give educators new ideas and training in kit-based curriculum that integrates content background and skills to involve students in hands-on, standards based marine science. Once teachers receive training with the activities, curriculum kits are available for check out and use in their classroom, free of charge. Teachers who plan to bring their class to Camp SEA Lab outdoor school are encouraged to attend.

For more information about participating in a workshop, please refer to the Camp SEA Lab Calendar of Events.

Outdoor School
Camp SEA Lab hosts a marine science themed outdoor school during the school year for grades 3-8. Both overnight and day camp programs are available, and expose students to a multitude of marine ecosystems, community building and stewardship. Please visit our Outdoor School page for more information.

Curriculum Kit Lend "Library"
Teachers who have participated in a Camp SEA Lab teacher development training and are interested in checking out a kit should contact the Camp SEA Lab office at (831)-582-5091 or email campsealab@csumb.edu.

The following kits are available for check out:

California Coastal Commission's Beach in a Pan: "Build a model of a beach and explore the forces that shape it. Is it a good idea to build a house on the sand or beach cliff? Find out!"

MARE's Current Trends: Students examine the relationship between temperature, salinity, and density. Cooperative student groups rotate through three different activities and experiments set up as stations.

MARE's Squid: Outside and Inside: In this activity, students work in pairs to dissect a squid. They investigate structure and function of the squid and how they are well adapted to live in the open-ocean environment. You provide the squid! Supplemental Squid Cook Kit: Students participate in a "Calamari Festival," that enables students to 'complete the cycle' and reinforces the importance of each organism in the web of life.

MBNMS LiMPETS -Rocky Intertidal Gives students training in scientific sampling of the rocky intertidal zone. Kit includes simulated quadrats for students to practice their species identification and sampling techniques. Pair this kit with a field trip with Camp SEA Lab to the tide pools!

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Camp SEA Lab
100 Campus Center, Bldg. 42
Seaside, CA 93955
Phone: 831-582-3681
Fax: 831-582-3691
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Camp SEA Lab inspired me to do what I wanted to do, not what other people wanted me to do!

-SEA Camper, 2003