On June 26, 2008, COSEE-OLC researchers Carrie Tzou, Giovanna Scalone, and Philip Bell presented findings from a cross-setting ethnographic study of how youth learn about the environment and ocean science at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The poster, entitled “Developing a sense of place: Privilege, class and positioning in formal and informal environmental learning,” described the connection between how places get culturally constructed for and by youth and possible learning pathways available to youth. The presentation was part of a larger poster session focused on learning pathways to developing expertise in a variety of domains, including making financial decisions and videogaming. Tzou, Scalone, and Bell are from the University of Washington’s College of Education.