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: 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...
Activity: Santa Cruz Riverwalk Scavenger Hunt

Activity: Santa Cruz Riverwalk Scavenger Hunt

Are you looking for a fun and easy way to engage your kids in nature? Walk or bike to the Santa Cruz Riverwalk. While visiting this 5-mile loop around the lower San Lorenzo River, be on the lookout for the items on the scavenger hunt and more! It’s a great way...
Activity: San Lorenzo River Through Time

Activity: San Lorenzo River Through Time

Step into someone else’s shoes and imagine life along the San Lorenzo River. Stand by the river’s banks and picture the river before the levees were built to contain its floodwaters. Imagine the sights, sounds and smells of the river, and the neighborhoods...