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

REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

  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://www.edserv.sjcoe.net/DELTAStudies/

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

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.

Disney Environmentality Challenge Winners!

The wood duck nesting box project undertaken by Lynda Raquel's fifth grade class has won Disney's Environmentality Challenge! 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. They also learned about solar energy and will have a solar-powered webcam in one of the boxes so they can watch the nesting process.  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

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

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/

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

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.

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