After much fundraising at the beginning of the school year, on November 30 through December 2, Sierra Foothill Charter School students in grades 5-8 went to Yosemite on a trip with NatureBridge, continuing their studies of ecology and natural history in a beautiful outdoor classroom. Both at school and in the park, students studied climate change and its alarming effects on ecosystems around the world. In the park, students took a close look at bark beetles’ exponential growth and why they are causing tree mortality.  Here, students take at Yosemite Falls. Pictured: Danny Brown, Khalil Neogy, Jamie Ardell, Eva Smerber, Andrayah Collins, fifth and sixth grade teacher Erika Miranda, Sayer Harry, Kaden Kimbro, Celianna Lee, Kaeli Sheffield, Joan Soldevila, and (left, below) Aidan Pierson. ('Click' picture above to view larger image.)

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