ECOS Institute

Nurturing wonder since 1972

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Get outside.

Immersive outdoor science school for 5th and 6th grades

 

Spark

Curiosity

to learn and to explore

Build

Confidence

for school and for life

Deepen

Connections

with nature and with each other

THE EMERALD COVE OUTDOOR SCIENCE INSTITUTE
Specializing in outdoor learning and whole-child development since 1972

NGSS science curriculum and life skills
Explore natural phenomena – Student-Driven Inquiry!
3-, 4- and 5-day programs

ECOS Nurse oversees healthcare and all medications
Visiting teachers have private accommodations
ECOS Instructors lead lessons and hikes

98% OF SCHOOLS COME BACK FOR MORE!

“We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That’s just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations.”

MAE CAROL JEMISON
American Engineer, Physician, and NASA Astronaut