Delta Sierra CREEC
Serving Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties



Welcome to Region 6 of the CREEC Network

REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

glob:   GLOBE Hydrology Training:  Join this worldwide organization and learn water quality testing protocols.   January 29 and 30 in Stockton at the San Joaquin County Office of Education.  For more information go to www.globe.gov.  The training is listed on the "for teachers page" under workshop registration. 


Growing Up WILD is an early childhood education program that builds on children's sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them.  Three dates to choose from:   Saturday February 27 in Sonora,  Tuesday, March 16 or Wednesday, March 17, at Mountain Oaks School in San Andreas.  Visit www.projectwild.org/growingupwild.htm or contact Wendy Harrison at wharrison@ccoe.k12.ca.us for more information.  To download the pdf registration form click inserv10

planet: Project-based environmental competition for 4th, 5th and 6th grade classrooms. Also offers a free  environmentally based program with curriculum developed by leading educators and scientists.  For more information go to http://disney.go.com/planetchallenge/


rex: Recycle Rex's Statewide Challenge   Collect aluminum and plastic CRV beverage containers from home, school, your neighbors or even have your class organize a recycling drive for your entire school!   This is a great way to get kids directly involved in recycling!  for more information, downloadable songs and movies,  go to: http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dor/rre/Pages/index.aspx


climate:   Climate Change Presentations for High Schools.  Alliance for Climate Education will make free  presentations to high schools and also offers grants and scholarship opportunities to students.  More information at http://www.climateeducation.org/


ds:   DELTA Studies Institute, San Joaquin Office of Education    DELTA Studies is an engaging California standards-based curriculum centered upon the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.  The Institute includes a day-long tour of the Delta and two workshops throughout the school year.  Stipend of $200 and unit of credit offered
For pdf flyer on the DELTA Studies Institute click DSflyer
For information on the DELTA Studies curriculum,  visit http://imeet.sjcoe.net/deltastudies/



Teacher Inservices, Amador, Calaveras, and Tuolumne Counties:  
Growing Up WILD:  February 17, March 16 or March 17
Kennedy Gold Mine: April 12  $15
Stewardship Through Education:  April 29, Valley Springs $15
Geocaching:  May 3, Tuolumne County Schools Office.  $15
For more information and registration, download the pdf inserv10


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Get 'em Outside is a wonderful, five minute video produced by the No Child Left Inside Coalition, celebrating the value of environmental education.  Click here to watch on You Tube   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRR1feHqZPY




Exemplary Programs in Region 6

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Calaveras High School Earth Club  The Calaveras High School Earth Club is the most active club on campus, and an example of an exemplary environmental education program in Region 6.  They raise funds by recycling on campus every week, and use that money and community partners to fund many very successful projects.  This includes rewarding local shoppers for using reusable bags, adopting a section of Highway 49 to keep clean, hosting a lightbulb trade-in day at a local store, and conducting daily Earth Week activities on campus.  To find out more about what they are up to and how you can start your own Earth Club, click here:  Calaverasclub

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pulla:

Delta Experience: Four kindergarten classes at John Riggio School in Lincoln Unified, Stockton, CA had a special day devoted to activities involving environmental science and the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta.  They got to climb on boats from the Coast Guard and Fish and Wildlife, create a mural with a local artist, explore local plants and animals and much more, supported by volunteers from the local community.



Wood Duck Box Project
winners The wood duck nesting box project undertaken by Lynda Raquel's fifth grade class  won Disney's Environmentality Challenge last year. dks: Lynda's class at John Muir School built two boxes which were installed at Lodi Lake Nature Area.  The students learned about wood ducks and did individual projects about the ducks.   To read the newspaper articles go to http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2009/02/17/news/2_duck_090217.txt ;  and http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090217/A_NEWS/902170313



flcr: Friends of the Lower Calaveras, a newly formed community group dedicated to restoration of the Calaveras River is looking for teachers and classes interested in doing projects along the river.   For more information go to   http://flcr.savestockton.org/Welcome.html


salfest:

California Aquarium Education Project (CAEP) - Salmon in the Schools
Through a classroom experience of hatching live fish, CAEP will introduce students to the value of aquatic environments, the balance that must be met to maintain, protect and enhance California fisheries and aquatic habitats and enable students to understand how their actions affect these valuable resources.     http://www.dfg.ca.gov/oceo/caep/


More Regional Information
  • For information about Trekking the Tuolumne River click here.
  • For a more complete listing of statewide and local environmental education events go to the calendar page.
  • To access the current Region 6 Newsletter go to the newsletter page.

Our online, searchable Resource Directory includes Environmental Education providers and programs/resources available to educators in your area.  Please look at our calendar and find environmental education activities and exhibits, funding opportunities, and teacher professional development opportunities.









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