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PRBO offers hands-on bird science and restoration activities in the classroom and field for 1st through 12th grade students.
Our education programs are directly connected to on-the-ground, current PRBO science.
For questions or more information please call Missy Wipf, STRAW Education Coordinator, at 707-781-2555, x 302 or email mwipf@prbo.org.
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School Program Goals:
- Broaden participant’s perspective on science and scientists
- Raise participant's awareness of natural history of local birds and other wildlife
- Teach bird (as well as other flora and fauna) identification skills
- Introduce the concept of conservation through bird science and habitat restoration activities
- Introduce the concept of “habitat association”
- Empower students to make a difference through project-based learning
- Educate and inspire a new generation of scientists and environmental stewards
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Field Trips to PRBO's Mist-netting Research Stations
(Marin County, all grades) |
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PRBO's Education Program offers field trips to PRBO's Palomarin Field Station and other Marin County sites to observe mist-netting and bird banding demonstrations. Each year approximately 1,000 students participate in this program, providing them with the opportunity to observe science in action!
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Classroom and field visits
(Sonoma, Marin, and San Francisco Counties, all grades) |
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We have developed a suite of teacher-approved classroom lessons on bird ecology and other conservation themes. Lesson plans are adaptable to all age groups.
PRBO educators meet with teachers and students in schoolyards, parks, and nearby Bay wetlands to observe birds and conduct field studies in local environments. Students learn how birds use the natural areas within their community and about the conservation issues impacting these environments.
Contact Missy Wipf to learn more...
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BEAC Program
(San Rafael, grades 1-5) |
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The Bird Education and Awareness in Communities (or BEAC) program includes classroom and field-based bird science activities for schools and an after-school "Bird Club" program at the Pickleweed Community Center in the Canal Community of San Rafael in partnership with CCCYO Kid's Club.
Activities are fun, interactive, science-focused, and adapted to grade level and several Science Content Standards for California public schools.
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STRAW Program
(all grades) |
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Students and Teachers Restoring a Watershed (STRAW) Project started in 1992 as the Shrimp Club in Laurette Rogers’ 4th grade classroom. Students were inspired to help the endangered California Freshwater Shrimp along Stemple Creek by restoring its riparian (streamside) habitat.
Today, the STRAW Project coordinates and sustains a network of teachers, students, restoration specialists and other community members to plan and implement watershed studies and restoration projects in Marin, Sonoma, Solano and Napa counties that help restore ecosystems from shrimp to birds to people!
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Youth Watershed Challenge Summer Program
(San Francisco, grades 9-12) |
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The Youth Watershed Challenge Project (YWCP) is an innovative program that provides opportunities for San Francisco high school students to learn about the ecology of the Bay and its watershed, explore careers in science, and initiate actions in the community and beyond that promote environmental conservation.
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