Catalina Island Marine Institute

The Catalina Island Marine Institute (CIMI) is a non-profit educational program founded in 1979 and run by Guided Discoveries on Santa Catalina Island, California.

It is the host to approximately 15,000 students a year, who visit it in school-organized trips and summer camps.[1][2] Students at CIMI learn marine biology through activities such snorkeling, hiking, marine science labs, kayaking and squid dissections.[3]

CIMI operates out of three facilities on Catalina Island: Toyon Bay (a private beach three miles northwest of Avalon), Fox Landing, and Cherry Cove (a camp owned by the Boy Scouts of America).[4] In addition to this, Guided Discoveries also owns and operates AstroCamp California, AstroCamp Virginia, and Camp Motorsport.

References

Alvarez, Fred (April 9, 1995), "Rites of Passage Signal End of Fifth Grade", Los Angeles Times.
"Submersion in summer program yields results", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct 3, 1994.
"In class with sharks: something fishy for sixth graders out of school", Los Angeles Daily News, January 31, 2005.
Entry in Marine, Coastal, and Watershed Resource Directory Archived 2007-04-27 at the Wayback Machine published by the California Coastal Commission, retrieved 2011-02-05.

External links

Official Catalina Island Marine Institute—CIMI website

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[1] Alvarez, Fred (April 9, 1995), "Rites of Passage Signal End of Fifth Grade", Los Angeles Times.

[2] "Submersion in summer program yields results", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct 3, 1994.

[3] "In class with sharks: something fishy for sixth graders out of school", Los Angeles Daily News, January 31, 2005.

[4] Entry in Marine, Coastal, and Watershed Resource Directory Archived 2007-04-27 at the Wayback Machine published by the California Coastal Commission, retrieved 2011-02-05.