Value 01
Observe carefully
The first move is always to look — not to claim. Students learn protocols, write what they actually see, and sketch before they conclude.
Field Science · homeschool cohorts · ESA-eligibleReal water.
Real water.
Real curriculum.
ESA-eligible stand-up paddleboard cohorts at Saguaro Lake + on the Lower Salt. Your student paddles to the data, sketches what they see, and defends what they measured.
What Field Science is
Paddleboard + science.
Three Field Lab tracks, each laddering ½-day drop-in → full Saturday → 6-week semester cohort. Same lake, same instructors, same per-session ESA receipts — different lens through which your student sees the watershed. Wildlife observation, water-quality sampling, riparian ecology, citizen-science submissions to ADEQ + iNaturalist + EPA. Real data ends up in real databases.
Value 02
Cite your evidence
Every claim has a source the student can point to. Hach meter reading or behavior observation — the data trail comes with the conclusion.
Value 03
Defend what you measured
Capstone week. Stand in front of your cohort + invited audience and walk through your data, your method, and your uncertainty.
Every Field Science offering
Pick the lab, pick the length.
9 ways to engage with Field Science. ½-day drop-ins for a first taste; full Saturdays for a deeper one-shot; 6-week semester cohorts for the homeschool year.
½ dayAll ages
Wild Horse Lab · Beginner
The 3-hour drop-in. Paddle to the Salt River wild horse herd, learn the federal 50-foot approach rule, and try one observation sheet. The on-ramp to the Wild Horse Lab ladder.
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Tuition
$345 / session
½ dayAll ages
Watershed STEM Lab · Beginner
The 3-hour drop-in. Paddle to a sampling station on the Lower Salt, try a Hach meter and a turbidity tube, log one geo-tagged observation. The on-ramp to the Watershed STEM Lab ladder.
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Tuition
$345 / session
½ dayAll ages
Ecology Lab · Beginner
The 3-hour drop-in. Multidisciplinary cross-system paddle on the Lower Salt — one wildlife observation, one water sample, one riparian plant ID, one journal entry. The on-ramp to the Ecology Lab ladder.
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Tuition
$345 / session
Full dayHomeschool
Wild Horse Lab · Intermediate
Full-Saturday deep-dive on the Salt River wild horse herd — observation protocols, behavior coding, one ID sheet, one band study. The step between drop-in and cohort.
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Tuition
$595 / session
6 weeksHomeschool
Wild Horse Lab · Advanced
6-week single-species field study — one herd, six weeks, one defensible claim. Citizen-science portal submission by Week 5.
ESA · ClassWallet eligible
Tuition
$2,195 · 6-week course
Full dayHomeschool
Watershed STEM Lab · Intermediate
Full-Saturday Hach-meter + kick-net day on the Lower Salt — sampling protocol, one submitted observation, one journal entry. The step between drop-in and cohort.
Booking now
Tuition
$595 / session
6 weeksHomeschool
Watershed STEM Lab · Advanced
6-week hands-on watershed lab — real Hach meters, kick-nets, float-time discharge math, real citizen-science submission.
ESA · ClassWallet eligible
Tuition
$2,195 · 6-week course
Full dayHomeschool
Ecology Lab · Intermediate
Full-Saturday cross-system day at Saguaro Lake — wildlife observation + water chemistry + riparian ecology. The combined-track step between drop-in and cohort.
Booking now
Tuition
$595 / session
6 weeksHomeschool
Ecology Lab · Advanced
Multidisciplinary 6-week homeschool cohort — wildlife + watershed + riparian ecology + capstone. NGSS-aligned, ESA-eligible.
ESA · ClassWallet eligible
Tuition
$2,295 · 6-week course
Three labs.
One classroom on the water.
Enroll, apply for scholarship, or start with a Saturday drop-in. Joshua reads every enrollment personally · 48-hour reply.