Tropical Ecology in Costa Rica
Insights School of Experiential Learning
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Location:
| *Various Cities* - Costa Rica | |
Highlights:
| Insights combines the best elements from international adventure programs, academic courses, immersion trips and community service to create ... | |
Term(s):
| Summer | |
Language:
| Spanish | |
English Instruction:
| Yes | |
Academic Credit:
| (3 - 3) | |
Subject Area(s):
| Ecology, Environmental Studies | |
Included:
| Housing, Internships, Textbooks | |
Accommodations:
| Dormitory, Other | |
Participants:
| HS-Freshmen, HS-Sophomores, HS-Juniors, HS-Seniors, HS-Grads, Undergraduates | |
Description:
| Insights combines the best elements from international adventure programs, academic courses, immersion trips and community service to create five-week expeditions that will change the way you view the world. Inherent in our adventures are exploration, fun and friendships, but our ultimate goals are greater. High school juniors through college sophomores grow and learn through a progression of hands-on experiences and challenges, building skills they will use both in college and beyond. On each course students explore unusual environments and learn and apply an academic field of study while earning college academic credit...............................
Phase 1: The Adventure Phase. A physically challenging wilderness adventure provides the ideal setting for the group to bond and learn the importance of both leadership and teamwork. Problem solving abilities, confidence, determination and cooperation grow as participants come together as a team to overcome obstacles. We rise early each day to explore the earth’s natural playgrounds. Your muscles burn after a long day backpacking through the Verda and Pacuare valleys, but the stunning landscape and satisfaction of completing a difficult task rewards your efforts. The seeds of lifelong friendships are sown as we work together to achieve our goals. The tone for the journey ahead is set...............................
Phase 2: Academic Insight. We focus more formally on tropical ecology with hands-on learning and activities that capitalize on the program’s location and community. Each area we visit possesses unique resources for academic achievement. Students are fully immersed in their course’s subject from morning until night, learning in traditional classroom settings as well as through experiential and expeditionary methods outside the classroom. Students may spend the morning in a classroom setting, the afternoon putting their skills to work collecting specimens in the rain forest, and the evening visit the serpentarium for a look at the local snakes...............................
Phase 3: Service Learning. We practice and further develop skills learned in the previous phases by participating in a project with the local community, earning a minimum of 50 hours of community service credit. Our goal is to do much more than build trails. The projects chosen give Insights participants the rare opportunity to truly experience what it means to work in the park systems of Costa Rica Interwoven in this powerful cultural learning experience are the themes of teamwork, leadership and understanding. A minimum of 50 hours of community service is earned...............................
Phase 4: Transitional Reflections. This final segment has the potential to be the most significant because Insights participants take the time to look back on their journey and explore what it meant to them personally. Students focus on what they have learned and how they can apply these lessons to th | |
URL:
| http://www.broadreachinsights.org/ |
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