Activity: Green Home Detectives

Activity: Green Home Detectives

Activity Overview Grade: K-7thTime: 30 minutesAdult support needed? Self-guided student activity, however younger students may need adult support with some of the questions.  Explore your home to learn how your family can help reduce waste, save energy and save water....
Activity: Get to Know Your Local Plants

Activity: Get to Know Your Local Plants

Activity Overview Grades: 1st-3rdTime: 30-40 minutesAdult support needed? Youth will need permission or supervision as they observe/draw a plant outside. Let’s get to know local plants! Local plants, especially native plants, play an important role in helping to...
Activity: Become a Steelhead Trout Expert

Activity: Become a Steelhead Trout Expert

Activity Overview Grades: 3,4,5thLength of Time: 30 minutes to 1 hour Adult Support Needed?: No Steelhead trout are one of the native fish species that calls the San Lorenzo River home. They have a very unique life cycle. Steelhead trout are born and grow up in the...
Activity: What Makes A River Healthy?

Activity: What Makes A River Healthy?

Activity Overview A healthy river sustains many different kinds of life, including people, plants, birds, bugs and fish! The San Lorenzo River is really important to life in Santa Cruz. It provides drinking water for over 100,000 people. The San Lorenzo River is also...
Activity: Saving Water, Saving Fish

Activity: Saving Water, Saving Fish

Activity Overview Grades: K-3rdLength of Time: 30 minutes to 1 hourAdult Support Needed?: Not likely, younger students may need help gathering the supplies. We all live in a watershed and we all need water to live and grow. Both humans and steelhead trout depend on...