Earth Lab

Millennial Tech Middle School Earth Lab Climate Action Park

MTM Earth Lab Climate Action Park

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The EarthLab is a San Diego Unified Outdoor Classroom and a partnership between MTM, Groundwork San Diego – Chollas Creek and UCSD. 

Earth Lab serves over 3,000 students, families, and community members each year

4-Acres

MTM’s 4-acre outdoor classroom where students engage in hands-on STEAM learning and environmental stewardship.

12-Months

UCSD Community Station serving the students and neighborhood twelve months a year.

Science

Hands-on Ecology, Biology, & Chemistry Lessons

Technology

Training on water quality testing instruments

Engineering

Exploring the physics and design of building small and large projects

Arts

Expression through painting, sculpting, photography and video

Mathematics

Explaining observed processes through mathematics

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Become a community leader and change maker

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The Earth Lab is both a place and a program dedicated to outdoor experiential learning in order to inspire the youth of San Diego Unified School District’s Lincoln High School Cluster of schools to take action to save the environment and improve our community. From school-day, after-school to summer outdoor experiences there is always something to learn at the Earth Lab!

Science Class

students kayaking in San Diego bay

Summer Programs

students launching weather balloon on Scripps Pier

Elementary School Programs

students working on stream restoration

After School Program

students working in raised garden beds

Community Events

students and mtm teacher learning videography

Climate Action Park

Our Amazing Team

Allie Sifrit

Youth | Family Programs Director 

Allie is a Marine Biologist, has a Masters in Marine and Environmental Management and several years of environmental science education experience. Allie is directing the K-12 education programs for Groundwork San Diego. She is committed to providing high-quality STEAM education to San Diego youth as well as linking students to opportunities that support their future careers by working closely with local colleges, industry professionals and community organizations.
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Sarah Hillard

Teacher | STEAM Coordinator

Sarah has been teaching for nearly 20 years in San Diego, as well as Albuquerque, NM. She has taught all age groups, but middle school has been her favorite and she loves science. Her favorite part of the job is helping her students learn to use new materials and equipment while discovering new talents and wants her students to all develop a love of learning. She has a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction from San Diego State.

Tania Cordero

Teacher | STEAM Coordinator

Tania has over twenty years of teaching experience here in San Diego. She is excited to be a part of the EarthLab team and is looking forward to integrating the math curriculum into real-world experiences.

Teddy Cruz UCSD

Teddy Cruz

Director of Urban Research UCSD

Teddy Cruz is a professor of Public Culture and Urbanization in the Department of Visual Arts at UCSD, and Director of Urban Research in the UCSD Center on Global Justice. He is known internationally for his urban research of the Tijuana/San Diego border, advancing immigrant neighborhoods as sites of productivity, from which to rethink urban policy and inclusion. He has received the Ford Foundation Visionaries Award, the Architecture Award from the US Academy of Arts and Letters, and the 2018 Vilcek Foundation Prize in Architecture.