Career
Center
Want to learn more about how to
make a professional resume, cover letter and ace an
interview to land you a sweet job? Visit the Career
Center for your job hunting needs!
Got
your sights set on a summer job or internship working
in the mountains? Check
out the opportunities.
Want
to spend two weeks exploring career opportunities in
Yosemite this summeer? Check
out the WildLink/NPS Bridge Program.
Liked
hiking in Yosemite through WildLink? Check
out Yosemite Institute's summer
wilderness programs.
Check
out internship and job opportunities with the Central
California Consortium.
Girls Going
Beyond: New Scholarship Opportunity
WildLink
is happy to announce a scholarship available to our
female WildLink alumni. We would like to thank Vicki
Rosenberg for her generosity in making this opportunity
possible. It is called the "Girls Going Beyond"
scholarship, and it will provide a full scholarship
for a young woman to participate in a Yosemite Institute
wilderness backpacking expedition this summer.
Details
of how to apply will be posted soon.
Press
Releases
Click
on the following links to access WildLink Press Releases.
The
Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council,
a collaborative land conservation and youth investment
foundation, recently announced Yosemite's WildLink program
as a recipient of an Impact Fund grant (September 2007).
Spanish
Translation of Wilderness Website Now Available
A new Spanish language website launched by the National
Park Service showcases the beauty and importance of
America’s wilderness areas.
The interactive site explores wild places through activities,
maps, information, videos, and interviews. It was developed
in partnership with the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness
Training Center and the University of Montana’s
Wilderness Institute. The website was commissioned by
the Interagency Wilderness Policy Council, consisting
of representatives from the National Park Service, U.S.
Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey.
Click
here to explore this powerful new educational resource.
Photo
Contest Scholarship Opportunity
Yosemite-WildLink
and MyParkPhotos.com are teaming up to hold a photo
contest to award one high school student in the WildLink
community in 2008 with a tuition scholarship of $500.
In addition, MyParkPhotos.com allows students to create
online, protected photo albums of all the students’
photographs. A panel of judges will select the winner
from the prior year’s registered
photographs. ANY WILDLINK ALUMNI - past or present -
can join! The deadline for the contest is July 15, 2008.
Click
here to learn more about the photo contest.
Click
here to visit the photo contest website.
WildLink
Podcast Now Available Online!
WildLink now
has a podcast program posted on Steve Sergeant's weekly
Wildebeat program. It features interviews with two of
our WildLink alumni, Jonathan and Lawrence, as well
as members of Lawrence's family at the WildLink Family
Weekend.
The WildeBeat is an audio journal — like a radio
news magazine — presenting news and features to
help listeners explore the Earth's remaining wild places.
Each week, they publish a 10 minute documentary piece
catered to the needs of people who enjoy wilderness
recreation. Steve chose to devote this show to the WildLink
program, and
did a wonderful job of
capturing the essence of the WildLink program.
We're
very excited to have you hear the voices of our WildLink
students and their families through this cutting edge
media format.
Click
here to hear the interview.
Wilderness
Views Module
Have
you ever traveled far beyond the end of the road? .
. . Can you imagine a place where the only sounds are
rushing winds and raging waters? . . . Do you long to
reach for the farthest horizon? . . . Could you carry
everything you needed for a week on your back, and yet
want for nothing? . . . Can you learn from the past
and look with hope to the future? . . . Are you willing
to test yourself and perhaps become a different person?
. . . Then step into wilderness, a special place. The
roots of wilderness run deep in the ground and in our
hearts. Come, begin your adventure and discover the
wilderness within you.
These
words, accompanied by images of wilderness areas and
original music, invite everyone to explore wilderness
by using the Wilderness Views Module. An interactive
multimedia computer program, Wilderness Views is based
in the Views of the National Parks website. It was released
in late 2004 in honor of the 40th anniversary of the
Wilderness Act. Similar to the history of the Wilderness
Act, Wilderness Views evolved as an interdisciplinary,
interagency effort to preserve public lands through
education for present and future generations.
Click
here to explore the Wilderness Views Module.
Arctic
National Refuge Debate Module
One
of our major objectives at WildLink is not to teach
our students what to think; rather we want to teach
them how to think critically about big world issues
and come to their own conclusions. In cooperation with
several former Yosemite Institute instructors, we are
happy to offer a new teaching module for you to implement
in your classroom or organization.
Click
here to view this innovative lesson plan.
NEW!-Empowerment
Game
Wilderness
experiences often inspire us with the desire to make
changes in our lives, our communities, and the world;
our hope is that WildLink does the same for its participants.
But what do you do with that desire if you don't have
the tools to affect those changes?
This
question led us at WildLink to address this need with
a new game that gives youth the knowledge and tools
they need to make steps towards positive change in thier
home communities. We've piloted it at our annual Youth
Leadership Summit as well as our Teacher Development
Weekend, and now we believe that it's ready for you!
In the link below, you'll find all the materials you
need to construct your own Empowerment game for your
classroom or youth group.
If you use the game, or have changes or improvements
that you make to it, please contact us. We'd love
to hear from you!
Click
here to learn more about the Empowerment Game.
COGITO
For Science/Math Students
Cogito is Latin for "I think," an appropriate
name for a site for young thinkers to congregate and
explore. It is also part of one of the most famous statements
in intellectual history, René Descartes' assertion
"Cogito ergo sum," "I think, therefore
I am." Johns Hopkins' Center for Talented Youth,
along with eight partner organizations, has launched
http://www.cogito.org , a website designed to help gifted
pre-college students develop their talents and interests
in
mathematics and the sciences. The website connects these
students with peers from around the world who share
a passion for math and science, and with professionals
already
working in the sciences.
Cogito is loaded with inspiring content for and about
young scientists, including interviews with experts;
profiles of young scientists; science news; web resources;
and searchable directories of summer programs, competitions,
and other academic opportunities.
To
explore this exciting site, visit www.cogito.org.
Yosemite
Institute Research and Monitoring Program
In
cooperation with the Yosemite Institute Field Scientist,
WildLink instructors and students participate in programs
to monitor the changing conditions of our precious natural
resources within Yosemite National Park. Data are collected
in cooperation with Park Service resource managers.
Research and Monitoring programs are aimed at providing
information and assistance to outstanding park research
problems.
To
learn more about Yosemite Institute's Student Research
and Monitoring Program, click here.
To
learn about WildLink's Aquatic Biomonitoring in the
Classroom Program, click here.
Yosemite
Institute Aquatic Biomonitoring Program
Since
2001, Yosemite Instutitute staff and students have been
collected information on the macroinvertebrate populations
of waterways withing the Merced and Tuolumne River watersheds.
Using the Pollution Tollerance Index developed to assess
water quality levels based on numbers and types of organisms
present, students determine a rating for the biological
integrity of the study sites. Sites are sampled throughout
the year allowing comparison of data seasonally.
To
view realtime water flow information, click here.
Teacher
Activities
Jump
to:
|
Yosemite Biology | GLOBE
data | Hite's Cove | Lesson
Plans |
| Expedition Planning | Reading
about Science |
Yosemite
Biology Page
Prepare your students before they come on their expedition
by having them learn about the plants and animals that
live in Yosemite. We've interviewed different wildlife
biologists and plant ecologists in the park. They've
given us the scoop on some of animals and plants that
live in Yosemite, as well as current issues in the park.
In addition, we've asked the scientists how they got
where they did and they offer some great career advice
for your students. Check
it out!
GLOBE
program
NASA's Global Learning and Observations
for the Benefit of the Environment (GLOBE) program is
a great hands-on learning tool that you can utilized
in your classroom and local community. To learn more
about the program, click here.
Hite's
Cove information
Learn more about the history of Hite's Cove mining operations
and how WildLink students have helped monitor the archaeological
site.
