Impacts of Pollution: Manzanita Community School, Oakland
Student Environmentalists at Manzanita Community School investigate pollution in their neighborhoods and learn about how it affects wildlife!
Exploring Animal Adaptations
Student Environmentalists at Gregory Gardens Elementary learn all about anatomy, adaptations, and food webs!
Black History Month!
Join us in celebrating our young, resilient Black environmental leaders and the inspiring change they are creating!
KIDS for the BAY Scientists in Distance Learning
Check out our crowd favorite ‘eggsperiment’ to find out how we teach about the different types of water in the bay and their densities!
Reimagining Hands-On Environmental Science Learning
Read about how we are making online-learning engaging and our interactive programs we are teaching this year!
Student Environmentalists Lead Neighborhood Trash Cleanup Projects!
Incredible Environmentalists in San Pablo lead their own neighborhood cleanups to participate in this year’s Covid-safe Annual Wildcat Creek Cleanup!
Bringing the Beach Indoors!
Even though we can’t go to the ocean, we can still have a beach day! KIDS for the BAY Program Manager/Instructor Sienna Kuykendall created an exciting virtual Field Trip to Muir Beach for her third through fifth grade special education students at Manzanita Community School in Oakland.
A New Generation of Inspired Environmentalists
Schools are unfortunately closed across the world, but many students in the San Francisco Bay Area are ending the school year with a much stronger environmental ethic! KIDS for the BAY partnered with local elementary schools in September to deliver environmental science education programs.
Bay Area Students Honor the Work of Cesar Chavez
Fifth grade students at Gregory Gardens Elementary School in Pleasant Hill explored healthy and unhealthy elements of their local environment with KIDS for the BAY (KftB) in their Watershed Action Program (WAP) and were eager to take action to make their own watershed healthier for all.
We all live in the San Francisco Bay Watershed!
“Is there really a shed in your backyard that’s full of water?!” KIDS for the BAY Instructor, Ms. Sienna asked students at Manzanita Community School. “No!” exclaimed the students. Mr. Wallace’s third grade class was learning about the San Francisco Bay watershed, the complex and layered environment that they live in, but most students hadn’t ever heard the word ‘watershed’ before this lesson.