Data in Geosciences: Collaboration and Mentoring Program (DIG CAMP) and In Teaching (DIG IT)
The Data in Geosciences projects—DIG CAMP and DIG IT—connect young people, science educators, and community partners through locally relevant, data-rich geosciences learning experiences. DIG CAMP (Data in Geosciences Collaboration and Mentoring Program) engaged Pajaro Valley Unified School District teens in geosciences research, mentoring, and career exploration. Building on this foundation, DIG IT (Data in Geosciences in Teaching) partnered with high school science teachers and Community Science Partners to develop curriculum units that bring local geosciences data, real-world challenges, and field experiences into science classrooms. Together, these projects support more inclusive, relevant, and engaging pathways into geosciences while making research and data literacy accessible to more students. Explore this site to learn about both projects and access the resources they developed.
From 2022 through 2024, 34 teens from the Pajaro Valley Unified School District (primarily Latine and first generation to college) participated in DIG CAMP: Data in Geosciences Collaboration and Mentoring Program. DIG CAMP was a collaboration between The Lawrence Hall of Science at University of California Berkeley, University of California, Santa Cruz, and Pajaro Valley Unified School District. DIG CAMP was funded by the National Science Foundation as an NSF ICER GEOPAths: IN project (award # 2119547) and supplemented by KADF funds (NSF award # 2119822).
From 2023-2026, a scale up project, DIG IT (Data in Geosciences in Teaching), built on the success of DIG CAMP. In DIG IT, PVUSD, The Lawrence Hall of Science, and UC Santa Cruz, collaborated several Community Science Partners to support high school science teachers to create locally and personally relevant, data-rich geosciences mini curriculum units that complement their district adopted curriculum. Community Science Partners included industry, government, agricultural, and academic organizations committed to impactful and solution-oriented geosciences research. Each mini-unit includes classroom and field experiences. DIG IT was funded by the National Science Foundation as a GEO-Core Program (award #2325493).
Information about both Data in Geosciences projects and the resources created by them can be found on this site.
