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Exploring your world with
Eco-Investigations
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    What makes Eco-Investigations so Special?

    Ecology
    "Eco" comes from the Greek word oikos which means
    home.     In Eco-Investigations, we investigate our home,
    the California Bay Area.  We study Ecology, which is the
    branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of
    organisms and their environments. Through exploration
    and investigation, we will gain knowledge and
    understanding of our "home."  

    Inquiry
    The process of inquiry enables us to better
    understand ourselves and the world around us.  
    We learn to engage the powers of our
    mind to inquire about the things that we
    discover during our explorations.  
    Inquiry enables us to learn about
    the environment and discover
    things about ourselves in the process.

    Stillness
    Our busy world does not give us much
    time for stillness and quiet.  We rush from
    one place to the next barely noticing the
    plants and the animals that live around us.
    In order to investigate we need to slow down, to find the
    quiet that exists, and to engage our senses to fully know
    our world.                     

    Science
    In Science, we gather information through observation,
    asking questions, making predictions, gathering data,
    and analyzing what we have discovered.  Science requires
    lots of curiosity, a sense of discovery, and  a desire to
    learn more.  After gathering lots of information, we put
    the pieces together, kind of like a puzzle to create a
    picture of what we have discovered.  Everything is
    interconnected.  We are a part of the puzzle!

    Eco-Investigations are hands-on,
    inquiry-based activities in natural
    environments that help us to
    discover for ourselves the
    interconnected-ness of all things.

    During Eco-Investigations we
    learn about ourselves while we
    investigate the nature of the
    world. Eco-Investigations occur in
    different environments that
    encompass the beauty of the
    California Bay Area and are
    tailored for different groups:
    youth, families or adults.
Eco-Investigations