Crestone Science Center, Inc.

600 East Galena Avenue
P.O. Box 837
Crestone, Colorado 81131
USA

Photograph of Our Campus Near Crestone, Colorado

Crestone Science Center (CSC) is a nonprofit institute, incorporated in the State of Colorado, devoted to furthering science education, applying science to understanding natural ecosystems, and using scientific methods to solve environmental problems. Our faculty are professional educators and earth scientists who wish to share their excitement and experience with interested professionals, teachers, children and adults, in a fun learning environment. CSC shares space with GEO-HAZ Consulting in the 4000 square-foot “Lodge” at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Range (at the end of the yellow arrow in the above photograph; also see the GEO-HAZ Home Page.

WHAT'S NEW AT CSC

We believe that environmental education must begin outdoors, so we blend our projects into a mixture of classroom learning, computer exercises, and day- and overnight field exercises in the Sangre de Cristo mountains (peak elevations 13,000-14,000 ft) and adjacent San Luis Valley (valley floor elevation 8000 ft). From measuring stream flow, to tracing the paths of ancient glaciers, to measuring sand movement at the nearby Great Sand Dunes National Park, our activities engage the bodies and minds of students in the pristine environment of alpine Colorado.

Location:

CSC is located in Crestone, Colorado, (pop. 100, elev. 8100 ft) on a 40-acre campus on the eastern margin of the San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado (50 miles NE of Alamosa, CO.) Many educational, philanthropic, and religious groups maintain conference centers and retreats in this "magic" high valley setting. How To Get Here

Faculty:

The Director of CSC is Dr. James P. McCalpin (Ph.D., Colo. School of Mines, 1981), a University professor of Geology (Utah State University) and head (1991-present) of GEO-HAZ Consulting, Inc. Other faculty include professional geologists, and local elementary and secondary school educators (in biology, wildlife, and ecosystems) who have performed field work in the San Luis Valley.

COURSES: 2008 Curriculum

We offer science and nature education for adults and children (junior high to high school age), emphasizing the interactions between the physical and biological world, and qualitative and quantitative analysis of the environment. For the 2005 course offerings, see 2008 Curriculum.

To see photographs from previous courses, see 2001 Field Course , 2002 Field Course, 2003 Field Course (Crestone), and 2004 Field Course.

For more information, contact Crestone Science Center at the address below:

600 East Galena Ave.
P.O. Box 837
Crestone, CO 81131

Phone: (719) 256-5227

Fax: (719) 256-5228

E-mail: mccalpin@geohaz.com