KIDS for the BAY collaborates with teachers to connect students with nature, inspire environmental action, turn students on to science, and create lasting impact.
At KIDS for the BAY, we believe that Everyone Is a Scientist and an Environmentalist! Read about the countless opportunities for meaningful, place-based science learning in the watershed ecosystem that our young scientists and Environmentalists enjoyed this summer!
» Read moreThis school year, with the support of California Coastal Commission’s Whale Tail Grants Program, KIDS for the BAY (KftB) empowered hundreds of Richmond students and families to lead a lifetime of watershed and ocean stewardship. Our Environmentalists embarked on special field trips to bay and ocean beaches, where they learned about our ocean, what the ocean provides for people and wildlife, and the importance of caring for the marine ecosystems we all depend on.
» Read moreStudents from Fremont Elementary School in Antioch buzzed with excitement as they arrived on the banks of Three Mile Slough on Brannan Island in the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta. Students couldn’t wait to explore this special wetland habitat!
» Read moreunol Regional Wilderness is an amazing place to glimpse wildflowers, from the instantly recognizable California poppy to lupine, native irises and California lilac. Students from Burbank Elementary School in Hayward loved discovering nature, including several species of wildflowers native to the San Francisco Bay Area, on their field trip to Sunol Wilderness!
» Read moreWatershed Rangers in Teacher Lily Gee’s class at Lincoln Elementary School in Oakland had the opportunity to walk from their school to Lake Merritt to learn more about this special, brackish water habitat. Volunteers from Rotary Nature Center Friends (RNCF) helped our young scientists test lake water quality and observe plankton using special scientific tools.
» Read moreDuring their field trip to Keller Beach, Richmond Environmentalists from Michelle Obama Elementary School had the opportunity to observe a dead juvenile leopard shark that had washed ashore. This discovery sparked important conversations about predation, decomposition, and human impacts on marine life.
» Read moreKindergarteners in teachers Sandrine Demathieu and Chris Luft’s classes at Nystrom Elementary School had the wonderful opportunity to walk from their school campus to nearby Unity Park on the Richmond Greenway. KIDS for the BAY (KftB) Educators were joined by volunteers from Urban Tilth who helped us to explore the Greenway Gardens and participate in a planting project, as part of our partnership with the Richmond Outdoors Coalition.
» Read moreStudents from John Muir Elementary School in Martinez walked from their school to Mountain View Park to get outside, connect with nature and take action for the environment.
» Read moreEach of our student Environmentalists begins their KIDS for the BAY program with a Watershed Scavenger Hunt activity to help them connect with nature on their school campus and explore the wonders of their watershed. Third graders in Mr. Marco’s class at Lincoln Elementary School in Oakland couldn’t wait to get outside and explore the local watershed, right on their school campus!
» Read moreAfter months of dedicated planning, student scientists and biologists glimpse the intricate and complicated relationship between a special ecosystem and the humans taking care of it and take action together
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