Each year, nearly 8,500 sixth graders participate in the Palomar Outdoor School program, which often includes unique science lessons and special learning experiences. The Lost Ladybug Project is a weekly “hands on” science project in which San Diego students join peers across the country in collecting and identify ladybugs for entomologists at Cornell University. Findings are included in a national database and sixth graders learn about the scientific process and how organisms interact with each other and their environment.Students also work to save the endangered Laguna Mountain Skipper Butterfly by participating in a project to plant the diminishing perennial called Cleveland’s Horkelia. The plant (a member of the rose family) attracts the butterfly back to the habitat with the aim of expanding its population each year. While the Laguna Mountain Skipper Butterfly has already disappeared from Laguna Mountain, the hope is that it can be reestablished on Palomar Mountain by increasing the host plants in the area. For more information, please contact Dr. Mary Cannie, Instructional Support Services, at (619) 725-7224 or mcannie@sandi.net .
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