SBC-sLTER: An Ocean View of Marine EcosySTEMs

With the development of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) initiatives as the latest "weapon-du-jour" on science literacy in America, SBC sLTER has taken an ecosySTEMs approach to addressing this issue.   Our sLTER programs focus on transforming student content knowledge about science in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Kern, and West LA county K-20 students through a model of cooperative learning processes, learning progression teaching strategies and the utilization of real-world issues, to develop critical thinking skills key to their success in STEM-based careers, but that are also imperative for an environmentally literate society.