San Francisco Bay Fund
Inventory of Projects

Web Resources for Educators

Aquatic Outreach Institute
http://www.aoinstitute.org/
The Aquatic Outreach Institute creates and carries out involvement and outreach programs on creeks, wetlands, and watersheds for the general public and educators in the San Francisco Bay Area. Programs include Kids in Creeks, Kids in Marshes, Kids in Gardens, and Teacher Action Grants and offer a publication titled Teaching About the San Francisco Bay and Delta: An Activity and Resource Guide. For more information about Kids in Creeks contact Jennifer Brown at (510)-231-5784

Estuary Education Program
http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/sfep/programs/ested/index.html
The Estuary Education Program is conducted by Friends of the San Francisco Estuary, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to protecting, restoring and enhancing the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary through direct public involvement and education activities.  Their goal is to make environmental studies relevant to students by focusing on their ecosystem: the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. 

CERES Environmental Education Page 
http://ceres.ca.gov/education/educators/nat_sci.html
Education resources for teaching natural sciences including lesson plans, ideas and activities. Many useful links to other educational tools from the Environmental Education Compendium.

Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN)
http://www.green.org/
GREEN publishes a newsletter twice yearly, coordinates watershed-wide and global on-line computer conferences and mailing lists via EcoNet, connects classrooms internationally in cross cultural partnerships, develops and disseminates educational materials, and provides training to teachers, students, businesses, government, and community groups.

Classroom Activities at the Oakland Museum
http://www.museumca.org/creeks/
Creek related museum activities at the Oakland Museum of CA.  Includes an exhibit on urban creeks of the East Bay, one tracing the Sacramento River from Mount Shasta to the San Francisco Bay.  The eastern half of the pond at the Museum contains fish native to the local creeks and rivers, along with plants native to the riparian zone.  A docent-led tour of the Natural Sciences Gallery is available to schools or other organized youth groups. Aquatic California: Wet & Wild is a program for school groups (grades 4-8) that combines a gallery tour with a visit to the Lake Merritt Channel, the nearest urban creek, and activities in the museum classroom.

CA Department of Fish and Game
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/coned/index.html
Office of Natural Resource Education -- A page of educational resources related to aquatic habitats.

BAY Institute of San Francisco STRAW Project
http://www.bay.org/watershed_education.htm
Students and teachers restoring watersheds as part of a San Rafael based environmental program. Recent projects include the planting of over 3,000 willows and other native plants over 3 miles of creek by 250 students.

Youth for Environmental Service
http://www.earthteam.net/
The mission of this Walnut Creek based project is to create a new generation of environmental leaders by introducing into the classroom and the community, environmental experiences that are so active and engaging that they inspire dedication to a healthy environment.
 

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