2015 Science Olympiad

This years Science Olympiad team consisted of 15 members who competed in 20 different events at UCI February 14. Tesoro team placed 15th overall out of 28 teams in Orange County. The students had a great time and look forward to competing in next years competition. Visit the Tesoro Science Olympiad page for more information.

Science Department Home

Tesoro High School Science Teachers

Bill Busenkell		Science Department Chair
Robin Cadiz		Teacher
Jenny Chambers		Teacher
Steve Cogan		Science Teacher
Steven Danner		Teacher
Megan Leiva		Science Teacher
Michelle McKinley	(949) 234-5310	Science Teacher
Shannon O'Malley		Teacher
Nathaniel Ritscher		Science Teacher
Tony Tubbs		Teacher
Jacob Williamson		Teacher
Annie Yu		Teacher

See our new SUSTAINABILITY GARDEN PLANS!

Click HERE to view the plans.

A huge THANK YOU goes out to The Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano for their generous 2-year grant and membership in the highly successful Grow Your Own! program.

Check out an overhead view of the Outdoor Science Classrooms!

Click HERE

Plant Identification Resources

Click HERE to see a list of the 47 types of plants in our CA Native Plant Garden. Included is a map, showing their locations.

Thank you Tree of Life Nursery for all of your help with the CA Native Plant Garden!

Click HERE to see colored photos of some of the most common native and non-native plants you will find as you walk around the outskirts of Tesoro HS. There is also a checklist to indicate the plants you see and a dichotomous key to many of Orange County's common plants.

Bobcat kitten

Tesoro Wildlife Camera Link

Click HERE for video archives.

Click HERE to LIKE us on our Tesoro HS Wildlife Cameras Facebook page.

Click HERE to see an article and slide show about our cameras in The OC Register.

Click HERE to see Close-Up Photos from our gardens.

Former Outstanding Tesoro Science Alumni published in Scientific America

Austin Hay, pictured above, is senior in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and will graduate this May with a BS in Environmental Engineering. Austin is an alumnus of the Guam and Palau 2011 expedition, and will accompany the 2012 course as a volunteer assistant. In Fall 2012, Austin will be pursuing a PhD in Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. Click this link to view the article.