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The Eco-Education Program offers year-round environmental education to Title I (federally-funded) elementary schools in Oakland, Richmond and San Francisco.
El Programa Eco- Education ofrece durante todo el año educación ambiental a escuelas elementales que recibe financiamiento ‘Title I’ (del gobierno federal) en las comunidades del Oakland, Richmond y San Francisco.
Golden Gate Audubon staff and volunteers work closely with teachers to provide opportunities for third, fourth and fifth grade students—and their families—to explore and learn about their local environment in the classroom and on field trips. Students discover how their lives connect with local habitats and ecosystems. Through creative, hands-on activities, they learn about the ecology of the local watershed, first in their classrooms and schoolyards and then on field trips to nearby creeks and wetlands, and finally to the Pacific Ocean. In each area, students learn about and help restore local wildlife habitats. Families are invited on the ocean trips, for many a first-time experience.
El personal y voluntarios de Golden Gate Audubon trabajan de manera integral con maestros para proveer oportunidades a estudiantes de tercer, cuarto y quinto grados – al igual que a sus familias- de explorar y aprender sobre medio ambiente local en el salón de clase y en excursiones. Los estudiantes descubren como sus vidas estan conectasdas a los ecosistemas locales. A través de actividades creativas ellos aprenden acerca de la ecología de los cuerpos de agua locales, primero en sus salones de clase y después en excursiones a la cañada local y marisma, y finalmente al Océano Pacífico. En cada area, los estudiantes aprenden sobre ese determinado medio ambiente, además de ayudar en programas para restaurar la vida salvaje en los habitats locales. Los familiars estan invitados a participar en las excursiones al océano, para muchos, esta es su primera experiencia.
Our Goals
– Provide greatly needed environmental education programs to the communities of East Oakland, North Richmond and Southeast San Francisco.
– Inspire environmental stewardship within the community by connecting people with their local environment
– Engage Eco-Education Program participants in protecting local wildlife and habitats
– Improve student achievement in science, math, and literacy through “place-based” environmental education
Nuestras Metas
– Proveer programmas de educación ambietal (muy importantes y necesarios) a las comunidades des este de Oakland, norte Richmond y sureste de San Francisco.
– Inspirar el sentimento de propiedad y respeto sobre el habitat, al conectar a la gente con su medio ambiente local.
– Comprometer a los participantes del programa en proteger la vida salvaje y el habitat locales.
– Mejorar los promedios estudiantiles en areas como ciencias, matemáticas al igual que la capacided de leer y esribir a travéz de actividades in-situ ed educacion ambienta
Awards:
Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award for Children’s Environmental Education-2008 (GEELA)
Outstanding Service Award from the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)
Alameda County Watershed Confluence Youth Program Award – 2018
Our Current Funders:
The San Francisco Foundation
The Clorox Company Foundation
The Flora Family Foundation
The Bothin Foundation
The East Bay Community Foundation
To volunteer with Eco-Education please contact
Youth Programs Manager, Clay Anderson
canderson@goldengateaudubon.org
510-843-2222 Ext. 1005