Staff: John Sanders

Staff

John Sanders

John holds a masters degree in biology/marine science from UC Santa Cruz, and has been a marine biologist for 15 years. For the past eight years he has been a naturalist with Camp KEEP, a 5-day residential outdoor school for 5th and 6th graders. He has collaborated in research projects with scientists from around the globe here in California and Argentina.

He spent six years studying pup development, diving behavior and physiology of Northern elephant seals. He also

consulted and appeared in two film projects, "Magnificent Diving Machines" (Nature) and "Real Science" (PBS).

John has recently began incorporating sketching and journaling into his nature awareness and scientific observation activities, as a way of teaching students how to truly "see" the natural world.

John's favorite pastimes are nature photography, water sports, hiking, and cooking. He also owns 8 snakes, a box turtle, a spiny tailed agama (uromastyx) from the Sahara Desert, a bearded dragon, and a cherry-head red-foot tortoise from South America.

Education With Nature In Mind