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Pacific

Environmental Education

Center

Executive Director: �Kylie ‘Koala’ Galliani

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About PEEC

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  • Offers 3 to 5 day residential environmental education programs for students primarily in grades 4-8
  • Students visit from schools in Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, Placer, Glenn, and El Dorado counties to take part in our comparative ecology program, while staying at MacKerricher State Park

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Where Will You Stay?

PEEC is in the Cleone Campground in the MacKerricher State Park Campground!

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A Closer Look �at Our Camp Loop

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Where Will You Sleep?

  • 7 cabins in our loop
    • 2 wooden cabins
    • 5 tent cabins
  • 6 bunk beds in each cabin
    • 12 beds total

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What Will You Eat?*

  • Breakfast
    • French Toast, Eggs & Potatoes, English Muffins, Bagels, Fruit
  • Lunch
    • Turkey & Cheese Sandwiches, PB&J Sandwiches, Fruit, Chips, Veggie Sticks & Ranch, Lemonade
  • Dinner
    • Spaghetti & Garlic Bread, Tacos, Hot Dog Cookout

*Example meals, subject to change

Our Dining Hall!

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What To Bring!

PLEASE DO NOT BRING:

Cell phones, mp3 players/iPods, portable video games, other electronics, food, gum, candy, hairdryers, aerosol cans, makeup, expensive cameras

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Where Will You Explore?

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Forests

  • Redwood Forests
  • Pygmy Forests
  • Ecological Staircase Hike at Jug Handle State Reserve

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Coastal Headlands

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Tide Pools

  • MacKerricher State Park

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Sand �Dunes

  • Ten Mile Sand Dunes

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Activities

For more information about our study sites, see our website!

3-Day

4-Day

5-Day

Coastal Headlands Hike

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Tide Pool Study

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Second Tide Pool Study

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Sand Dune Exploration

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Night Hike

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Redwood Forest Hike

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Pygmy Forest Hike

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Beach Cookout

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Stations (Marine Mammals, Adaptations, Salmon Lifecycle)

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Second Campfire Night (with Ecological Student Skits)

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Swimming at C.V. Starr Center*

*additional fee for 4-day groups, replaces second campfire

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Sample 3-Day Schedule Click here for Sample 3-Day Menu

Day One

Day Two

Day Three

2:00 Arrival***

2:15 Move-In

2:35 Orientation

3:00 Intro-Hike

5:00 Recreation**

6:00 Dinner

7:45 Campfire

8:20 Tide Pool Slideshow

9:30 Lights Out

7:30 Wake Up

8:00 Breakfast

9:15 Tide Pools (Low Tide -0.45ft @ 11:04am)

12:00 Lunch

1:15 Sand Dunes

3:30 Showers & Recreation**

6:00 Dinner

7:30 Night Hike

9:30 Lights Out

7:00 Wake Up

8:00 Breakfast

9:15 Closing Hike

11:00 Closing Circle

11:30 Departure***

**PEEC Naturalist Break Times

***These are proposed arrival and departure times, but please let PEEC know ASAP if changes need to be made! Earliest arrival is after 12pm, and the latest departure is 12pm

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Sample 4-Day Schedule Click here for Sample 4-Day Menu

Day One

Day Two

Day Three

Day Four

2:00 Arrival***

2:15 Move-In

2:35 Orientation

3:00 Intro-Hike

5:00 Recreation**

6:00 Dinner

7:45 Campfire

8:20 Tide Pool Slideshow

9:30 Lights Out

7:30 Wake Up

8:00 Breakfast

9:15 Sand Dunes

12:00 Lunch

1:15 Tide Pools (Low Tide 0.37ft @ 2:03pm)

3:30 Showers & Recreation**

6:00 Dinner

7:30 Night Hike

9:30 Lights Out

7:30 Wake Up

8:00 Breakfast

9:15 Ecological Staircase Hike

(Lunch on Trail)

4:00 Beach Time**

5:30 Beach Cookout

6:15 Back to PEEC

7:30 Campfire OR Pool Time*

9:00 Lights out

7:00 Wake Up

8:00 Breakfast

9:15 Closing Hike

10:15 Farewell Circle

10:30 Departure***

*Parent/Chaperone Break Times; pack a shower bag with fresh clothes if you want to shower during pool time if applicable

**PEEC Naturalist Break Times

***These are proposed arrival and departure times, but please let PEEC know ASAP if changes need to be made! Earliest arrival is after 12pm, and the latest departure is 12pm

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Sample 5-Day Schedule Click here for Sample 5-Day Menu

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

2:00 Arrival***

2:15 Move-In

2:35 Orientation

3:00 Intro-Hike

5:00 Recreation**

6:00 Dinner

7:45 Campfire

8:20 Tide Pool Slideshow

9:30 Lights Out

7:30 Wake Up

8:00 Breakfast

9:15 Tide Pools (Low Tide -0.45ft @ 11:04am)

12:00 Lunch

1:15 Stations*

3:30 Showers & Recreation**

6:00 Dinner

7:30 Night Hike

9:30 Lights Out

7:30 Wake Up

8:00 Breakfast

9:15 Sand Dunes

12:00 Lunch

1:15 Tide Pools (Low Tide -0.17ft @ 1:03pm)

3:30 Showers & Recreation**

6:00 Dinner

7:30 Campfire

9:30 Lights Out

7:30 Wake Up

8:00 Breakfast

9:15 Ecological Staircase Hike

(Lunch on Trail)

4:00 Beach Time**

5:00 Cookout

6:00 Head to CV Starr

6:30 Pool Time*

8:00 Snack @ Camp

9:00 Lights out

7:00 Wake Up

8:00 Breakfast

9:15 Closing Hike

10:15 Closing Circle

10:30 Departure***

*Parent/Chaperone Break Times; pack a shower bag with fresh clothes if you want to shower during pool time if applicable

**PEEC Naturalist Break Times

***These are proposed arrival and departure times, but please let PEEC know ASAP if changes need to be made! Earliest arrival is after 12pm, and the latest departure is 12pm

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NGSS Alignment

ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems

  • Students will explore both negative and positive human impacts on ecosystems including tide pools, the redwood and pygmy forests, sand dunes, and coastal headlands.

ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems

  • Students will examine how the ocean supports a variety of ecosystems and organisms, shapes landforms, and influences climate.

LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms

  • Students will explore how plants in a variety of ecosystems acquire their material for growth from air and water.

LS2.A Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

  • Students will study how healthy ecosystems involve multiple species of different types that create a relatively stable web of life.

LS2.B: Cycle of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems

  • Students will examine how matter cycles between the air, soil, and among organisms as they live and die.

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NGSS Alignment

ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions

  • Students will examine how Earth’s plates have collided over time on the ecological staircase hike.

ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems

  • Students will explore both negative and positive human impacts on ecosystems including tide pools, the redwood and pygmy forests, sand dunes, and coastal headlands.

LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms

  • Students will explore how plants in a variety of ecosystems acquire their material for growth from air and water.

LS2.A Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

  • Students will study how healthy ecosystems involve multiple species of different types that create a relatively stable web of life.

LS2.B: Cycle of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems

  • Students will examine how matter cycles between the air, soil, and among organisms as they live and die.

LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience

  • Students will explore how disruptions to ecosystem components can shift all populations, and how an ecosystem’s biodiversity measures its health.

LS4.C: Adaptation

  • Students will study how adaptations cause traits in a population to change.

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Chaperone Responsibilities

PEEC requires 1 chaperone per every 10-12 students

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  • Direct oversight of students in your assigned cabin group.
  • Sleep in an assigned cabin with students.
  • Help monitor recreation and free time (before and after meals).
  • Help monitor shower time quickly and efficiently.
  • Sit with students at meals and help keep noise level down.
  • Help serve during meals.
  • Take a supporting role when along on hikes with a naturalist.
  • Notify the teacher or director if you need to leave camp for any reason.

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Chaperones are role models and are responsible for reinforcing the camp rules.

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For More Information

Visit Our Website: www.peectidepools.org

See Documents for Schools here

Contact: info@peectidepools.org

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