Take a virtual walk through the Lodi Lake Nature Area with Kathy Grant, City of Lodi watershed program coordinator, and science educator Jay Bell. Video filmed by WGR Southwest, Inc.
Category: Field Trip
Marine Science Institute goes virtual
With distance learning in place at most California schools, the Marine Science Institute is offering online programs to help teachers bolster their science and watershed education. Offerings include the following Online Inland Voyages. SF Bay Fish: Students explore and learn all about the incredible fish species in the San Francisco Estuary habitat. SF Bay Invertebrates: Click to read the full post.
Painting Lodi’s Sandhill cranes
In November, fifth-graders at Heritage Elementary School had a unique opportunity to become nature artists. The students were able to go on a Fly-In Tour at Woodbridge Ecological Reserve, a sneak preview of the tours offered each year during the Lodi Sandhill Crane Festival. After their up-close view of the ancient birds that migrate to Click to read the full post.
Students study health, biodiversity of Lodi Lake and Mokelumne River
Students in Melanie Martinez’s sixth-grade class at Reese Elementary took a trip to Lodi Lake on Wednesday morning to conduct a science experiment on the health of the water at Lodi Lake and the Mokelumne River. The students sifted through leaf packs that were previously placed at four testing sites at the lake and river, Click to read the full post.
Canoemobile makes a splash at Lodi Lake
The nonprofit Wilderness Inquiry brought their Canoemobile program to Lodi Lake during the Love Lodi event on Saturday, sponsored by Constellation Brands. The program brings 24-foot Voyageur canoes so people can safely explore their local waterways, and teaches about water safety and nature. See all the photos at the Lodi News-Sentinel.
Canoemobile program takes to the water in Lodi area
How well do you know local waterways? Have you gone paddling in Lodi Lake, or explored the Mokelumne and Cosumnes rivers? Do you know the wildlife and plants that live in those waters? If you don’t, this week you have a chance to change that. Wilderness Inquiry is bringing their Canoemobile program to Galt students Click to read the full post.
Heritage Elementary fifth-graders get first-hand lesson in salmon life
Fifth-grade students from Heritage Elementary School crowded around a large bucket. Behind them, water from Camanche Reservoir rushed into the Mokelumne River and downstream, but the students weren’t looking at the river. Their eyes were on the bucket. They were trying to count how many little salmon fry were swimming around in the bucket. “We Click to read the full post.
Save the date: Biodiversity Museum Day at UC Davis
When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on February 18, 2017 Where: University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Ave., Davis Cost: Free access to exhibits and parking at the university The University of California, Davis will open up 12 of its collections to the public on the sixth annual Biodiversity Museum Day. Each of the collections Click to read the full post.
Travel to California State Parks without leaving the classroom
Imagine sea spray splashing around you – and maybe a sea lion, too – as you kayak through the kelp forests at Point Lobos State Nature Reserve. Or getting a chance to meet some elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Reserve. Or exploring the tide pools at Crystal Cove State Park. Or studying salmon at Del Click to read the full post.
Lodi students experience a day of discovery in the San Joaquin Delta
The net splashes down into the water. A dozen fifth-graders from Heritage Elementary School peer carefully over the stern of the Robert G. Brownlee, watching as the net drags out behind the boat. As the boat chugs in lazy circles in Broad Slough, the instructor talks about the fish they might catch. The students fidget Click to read the full post.