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The Academy of Environmental Sciences

The Academy of Environmental Sciences (AES) combines the collaborative power of online learning with the comprehension of hands-on, analytical, field-based research to stimulate your curiosity about the natural world.

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Enroll for our Hawaiian Expedition Today!  

Space is limited.  

The RiverRidge Foundation is now enrolling high school students, university undergraduates, and science teachers to participate in our conservation biology course.  This course blends four weeks of online coursework, seven days of field research in Hawaii, and two weeks of online portfolio preparation and analysis.  Virginia Commonwealth University provides four university life science credits for graduate students and three credits for undergraduates and high school juniors and seniors who successfully complete the course.  Participants can also opt to attend the research expedition only and forgo the online component.  In this case, there is no tuition fee.  The price of the trip is $2,850.00 and VCU credit costs an additional $175.00 per credit hour.  The registration deadline is December 31st, 2009.  Use the links at the top of the page to begin your expedition.  Mahalo!