LiMPETS 2027 RIM Teacher Workshop - Pacific Grove

LiMPETS (Long-term Monitoring Program and Experiential Training for Students) is a state-wide community science program that monitors the coastal ecosystems of California and helps young people develop a scientific understanding of the ocean. LiMPETS programs empower students with a sense of agency and connection to place, which in turn nurtures their ability to be positive advocates for and stewards of their local ecosystems and communities.

LiMPETS consists of two types of programs:

• Sandy Beach Monitoring (SBM) (open to 6th grade and above) takes students to beaches along the California coast to survey the distribution and abundance of the Pacific mole crab (Emerita analoga), which are among the most abundant species in the sandy beach ecosystem and a critical link in the food web.
• Rocky Intertidal Monitoring (RIM) (open to 9th grade and above) takes students to tide pools to study over two dozen invertebrate and algal species, including ochre sea stars (Pisaster ochraceus) and owl limpets (Lottia gigantea), learning about intertidal ecology and human impacts like climate change.

Teacher training workshops are required every five years.

• Sandy Beach Monitoring workshop is in September.
• Rocky Intertidal Monitoring workshop is in January/February