Tag: sciencelearning

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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Bringing the San Francisco Bay to Life

KftB students from Highland Community School in Oakland buzzed with excitement as Ms. Neda brought the San Francisco Bay estuary to life right inside the classroom! Our young scientists had already learned about the San Francisco Bay watershed, a unique ecosystem that requires protection and care. Now, with real striped bass fish, Dungeness crab, bull kelp, and red algae specimens at their fingertips, they couldn’t wait for a hands-on science adventure that would deepen their connection to the natural world.

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