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Pittsburg Students Serve Up Science! 

Is the fish we catch from the San Francisco Bay-Delta safe to eat? Students from Foothill Elementary in Pittsburg led a cooking show-style Safe Bay-Delta Fishing and Cooking demonstration to teach their family members how to safely prepare fish caught in the San Francisco Bay-Delta. During this special presentation, students cooked rockfish tostadas in their classroom and taught their families how to safely choose, prepare, and eat fish caught from the bay.

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Healthy Atmosphere, Healthy Ocean: Exploring the Impacts of Ocean Acidification

Students at Piedmont Elementary School in Oakland completed an Ocean Acidification Action Project to learn about the impacts of acidification on marine organisms, and how to prevent ocean acidification by conserving energy and reducing carbon dioxide pollution. Through applied, hands-on science, the young Environmentalists discovered firsthand the importance of keeping our oceans healthy, and the consequences of our reliance on energy from fossil fuels. This Action Project empowered our young scientists to take action to protect the delicate balance of the marine food web and make behavior changes to reduce their carbon footprints. 

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Advocacy in Action: Addressing Corporate Responsibility for Plastic Pollution

After learning about the harmful impacts of plastic pollution and completing a plastic brand audit of the trash they cleaned up in their watersheds, students wrote purposeful and persuasive letters urging corporations to take responsibility for the plastic they produce. “PepsiCo is the most common polluter at our school,” shared Zihan, a student at Montalvin Manor K-8 School in Richmond. “I want companies to know that kids care about the problem of plastic pollution, and we want change,” shared Elias. By integrating a new Plastic Brand Audit Action Project into our Watershed Education Programs, KIDS for the BAY is taking this one step further by empowering students to investigate the sources of plastic pollution and hold those responsible for producing it accountable.

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Berkeley Teacher Brings Blue Watershed Classrooms Program to Her Classroom 

Hazelle Fortich, former Principal and current Transitional Kindergarten (TK) Teacher at Thousand Oaks Elementary School in Berkeley, is going above and beyond to create meaningful, hands-on environmental education opportunities for her TK students! KftB Communications Coordinator Amy Asmussen sat down with Hazelle to find out what her student Environmentalists are learning and doing, and to learn more about her experiences as a participant in the KIDS for the BAY (KftB) teacher-support program, Blue Watershed Classrooms. 

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From Bay to Coast: Richmond Students Build Coastal Connections

This 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. 

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Where the Wildflowers Grow: Hayward Students Explore Bay Area Blooms at Sunol Regional Wilderness 

unol 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! 

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Students Connect with Nature and Clean Up Trash Pollution at Martinez Marina 

“I think I saw a crab larva!” exclaimed Caue. On their special field trip to Martinez Marina, Watershed Rangers from Las Juntas Elementary School in Martinez eagerly studied water samples from the Carquinez Strait using scientific field microscopes to investigate the plankton living in this special bay-delta habitat. Las Juntas Elementary is one of the first schools to participate in KftB’s new Martinez Watershed Rangers Program, which provides third through fifth grade classes in Martinez with opportunities to learn about and care for the local watershed environment.

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Oakland Watershed Rangers Assess the Health of Lake Merritt

Watershed 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.

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