Tag: studentenvironmentalists

Schoolwide Mural Project Inspires Watershed Connections 

KIDS for the BAY (KftB) interviewed Malcolm X Garden Teacher Rivka Mason and local muralist Prisilla Hine, who collaborated with all 500 Malcolm X Elementary students to create an interactive mural of Derby Creek, which runs underground through the campus, with the help of the KftB Blue Watershed Classrooms program. Rivka and Priscilla shared the delights and challenges of this project, the mural’s role in engaging students in watershed education at Malcolm X Elementary School, and how artistic expression is a vital tool for helping students connect with, and care about, their local environment.

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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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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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Kindergarten Environmentalists Grow Green Thumbs 

Kindergarteners 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. 

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