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As California's population climbs and human pressure impacts our coastal environment, the Crystal Cove Historic District offers a perspective on beaches as recreation, beaches as a place for family, beaches as a place to live in balance with resources. Crystal Cove Alliance’s educational programs demand serious treatment of art, science, environment, and human relationship with nature. Our programs are serious and professional, however we would be missing the point if we overlooked the lighthearted and fun part of Crystal Cove's history, the part where people used the beach as a place to escape the increasing complexity of urban life, a place where visual artists bloomed and people celebrated sunsets as a community. Click here to register for current CCA educational programs Click on any of CCA’s Education Programs below for more information
K-12 and Public Educational Programs Park & Marine Research Facility (historic cottage #22)
PORTS (Parks Online Resources for Teachers and Students) Real-time Videoconferencing Program Library and Archival Collections
Education Commons Crystal Cove Alliance and Crystal Cove State Park are happy to welcome community members to the newly opened Education Commons. The restoration of the buildings is complete and we need YOUR help to bring the Education Commons to life! Come, enjoy reading, and playing board games in the Commons.
You are an important part of Crystal Cove’s community, and we hope to see you playing an exciting game of Yahtzee with your family or relaxing with a 1930s Agatha Christie book at the Education Commons this summer!
Rotating Exhibition Program The exhibitions are housed in historic cottage #46 and are offered free to the public. New themes are explored every four months and include both interactive exhibits and a full suite of supporting educational programs. Currently on exhibit :
Opens January 7, 2011
The Weird Rocks exhibit in Cottage #46 will give Park visitors the opportunity to learn more about Crystal Cove’s geology. A variety of geologic processes are responsible for the shoreline landscape at Crystal Cove. The weird rocks on the beach may be overlooked by Park visitors, but they tell part of Crystal Cove’s geologic story. Concretions, one of the most unusual rocks, can be used as an engaging way to increase Park visitors’ understanding of and appreciation for the geologic processes that formed Crystal Cove’s beach environment. This experimental exhibition - Weird Rocks - will be used to gather information about how to effectively use exhibit panels to convey scientific information to the public. This information will be used to develop a permanent geology exhibit at Crystal Cove State Park. Crystal Cove Alliance is grateful for the work of Janice Hansen and Jennifer Long from the UCI Department of Education, who have helped with the exhibit design and will provide evaluation services. Participate in the "Weird Rocks" scavenger hunt. Pick up a guide at the Park Interpretive Store and follow the instructions to get a free gift! Click below for printable brochures. Beach Geology by Merton Hill (can be purchased at the Park Interpretive Store). Beach Geology Brochure by Merton Hill
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natural, cultural, and historical resources. Scientists
also agree to contribute to the emerging educational programs
designed to involve K-12 and public audiences directly in
research. In just the first year of operation, the PMRF
boasts over a 12 new partnerships with University of
California, Irvine; Chapman University; Pepperdine University;
California State University, Fullerton; Scripps Institution of
Oceanography; Stanford University, and Orange Coast College.
Innovative educational programs launched in 2009 have include:
a new High School Ocean Acidification Lab, a Dolphin
Citizen Science Shoebox Science Kit that allows the public
to log observations
of
dolphin movements in the park; a Tidepool Research Walk
invites the public to count intertidal invertebrates; a new
Bioacoustics Lab Program invites after-school underserved
teens to help count endangered California Gnatcatchers, and a
MicroSurfscience Lab Program allows visitors can explore the
tiniest of organisms that live in the surfzone at Crystal
Cove.
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For as little as $50, you can become an official member of the Crystal Cove Alliance! Enjoy benefits such as discounts at The Park Interpretive Store, invitations to special events, the CCA quarterly newsletter and more...