In Our Own Backyard

Flowery (Pope) 2011-12

Glen Oaks Ranch

River Montessori 2011-12

Stewardship at Petaluma Marsh

Petaluma Marsh

Meadowview 2011-12

Bayer Farm

Sun Ridge Stewardship @ Laguna Uplands

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Having a ball on the Helicopter pad

Stalking Prey?

Everyone havin' fun

Look!
It's a bird... It's a plane... It's Jackrabbit Justin!!!

The Art Exhibition
Save the Earth!

The Art Exhibition
Recycle!!!

The Art Exhibition
Stop global warming!!!

The Art Exhibition
Hug a tree!!!

The Art Exhibition
Stewardship!!!

The Art Exhibition
Save the animals!!!

Learning time
Always remember your sun protection on stewardship days

Learning time part II
Ren shows us how to fill out our journals

A big happy family

The Skull
A Grey Fox (as identified by the class)

Sit spots
I think Ren had a good one....

Willow Springs 2011-12

Habitat at Laguna Uplands

Learning time
What's that in your mouth?

"Garbage relay" recycling demonstration
Justin demonstrates the difference between recycling, re-using, compost, and landfill

"Garbage relay" recycling demonstration
Students help weigh the recycling to see what a great job you all did

The Circle of Life
A Honeybee pollinates a flower as it gets its lunch

A teaching moment
Nice healthy snack (apple) and a re-usable lunch bag... way to go!!

"Garbage relay" recycling demonstration
"Now what does that number on the right say?"

"Garbage relay" recycling demonstration
Jackrabbit Justin says "Compost goooood... Landfill baaaaaaad"

Smiles

Someone's confused

"Garbage relay" recycling demonstration
Look how little trash you had... Way to Go!!!

Sun Ridge 2011-12

Early morning at Estero Americano
Beautiful

Learning time
Duck Dave teaches the class all about his favorite water fowl

Learning time part II
The sun begins to heat up, as does the demonstration

Prepare for the mud!!
Students experience firsthand the product of rain and dirt

Where'd my claw go?
Nice boots!!

Attack of the Preying Mantis
Jackrabbit Justin is un-fazed

...until it gets closer!!!! Duhn-duhn-duhhhh!

Steele Lane 2011-12

Early morning at Ranchero Mark West
Majestic

What's that?
I think someone found a banana slug.....

Preparing to hike
Jackrabbit Justin gets the class ready for their adventure

What's that?
Everybody gather 'round

Trust me...I'm a penguin
The class lines up for a trust exercise

Eyes Closed
Where are we going?

Almost there
What are we going to see?

The Payoff
What a view!

Is it a boy or a girl?
The first of many banana slugs... and the answer is YES

The Wise One
Jurassic John spreads some of his vast knowledge to a group of eager listeners

Smiles
Field trips out in nature are fun!!!

Sit Spots
I think she got a good one...

Sit Spots (cont.)
...and so did she

Banana slug number ???
Do you remember how many we found?

Banan Slug Kisses
The first brave soul joins the Banana Slug Club

"Garbage relay" recycling demonstration
How much "trash" did we divert from the landfill today?... Great job class!!!

The Circle of Life
The deer bones: do you think they'll be there when we come back?

Sheppard(Perry) 2011-12

Sheppard(Perry) Watershed @ Bayer Farm

Smiles
Boy's team

Teamwork!
What's the best way to get big jobs done?

Teamwork
Let's do this the easy way

Teamwork
Enter, the Strong-men...

Smiles
Girl's team

Brotherly Love
Everyone has fun when we're out at the farm

Roots Stems Leaves Flowers Fruits and Seeds
Six plant parts that plants and people need

Uni
(like "You-Knee")

The "petting zoo" ('slash' feeding zoo)
Zippy comes to join the party

The salsa bike
"put all the ingredients in the blender and turn it on... Oh there's no electricity?... No problem..."

We use people power
Hold that lid on tight!

Lincoln(Gomes) 2011-12

Get lost in Nature
What's more fun than that?

Shades
Even rockstars like nature

The tree man
Examples of the variation in nature

Whats that?

FUNGUS!!!
That's a huge mushroom

...and soft too

Crawdad...or is it crayfish?

The Trust Exercise
"I don't know about this!!!"

The Trust Exercise (cont.)
I wonder if his eyes are closed behind those shades...

"NATURE'S AWESOME!!!"
Echo-ing from the top of the hill

Classic
Sit spot, wide angle

Classic
Sit spot, narrow angle

Kawana 2011-12

Stewardship at Colgan Creek

Water Colors

Early Morning
"Who wants to lead the hike up the mountain today?"

The rolling hills of Taylor Mountain

Happy Family
Stay hydrated

The three musketeers?
Staying hydrated again...

The Himalayan Blackberry
Delicious, but non-native and invasive!

Quiet Coyote

Gather 'Round Everybody
A discovery is made

What is it?
Jackrabbit Justin has something interesting to share

Mid-morning at Taylor Mountain
Classic

A little higher up
"I can see my house from here"

BFF's

Quiet Contemplation
Sometimes, a beautiful place like this deserves a nice relaxing sit

Helen Lehman 2011-12

Stewardship at Ranchero Mark West

Ranchero Mark West

A Flower "Tatoo"
Nature is a beautiful thing

Smiles
Discovery and exploration makes us happy

Down by the Creek
What a nice place to sit and relax

Drawing Time
The next generation of great artists is born

Drawing Time
Two distinct styles.. two great results

Sit Spots
I like my rock

Sit spots
I like my tree... a lot

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Another brave soul joins the banana slug club

Lunchtime...
...and the livin's easy

Learning time
"My favorite place is right there... in the forest"

Flowery(Chavarria) 2011-12

Habitat at Glen Oaks Ranch

Stewardship at Glen Oaks Ranch

H20 at Glen Oaks Ranch

Gametime
"I wanna play"

Gametime (cont.)
" i wanna be the bat!!!"

Bats and Moths
and the game gets interesting

Bats and Moths (cont.)
"Who wants to be the bat?"

Smiles
Everyone has fun out in nature

Bats and Moths (cont.)
"Who wants to be a moth?"

Smart Class
"Who knows what composting is?"

A teaching moment
Moth Meg shows the class how much waste we diverted from the landfill... way to go!!!

Get Active!
The class enjoys a some extra exercise

Monarchs and Viceroys
"Who's the monarch"

Another teaching moment
Jackrabbit Justin shares some of his vast knowledge

"Sit" Spots
"I like my tree a lot"

"Spray Me!"
Jackrabbit Justin cools the class down at the end of a hot day

Good Times

Doyle Park 2011-12

H20

H20

H20

H20

H20

H20

H20

H20

H20

H20

H20

H20

H20

Discovery and Exploration
"What's in there?"

Sit Spots
What a spot!!!

"Now THAT looks like a...."
Dragonfly Dave and Jurassic John share some of their vast knowledge

The Trust Exercise
"Keep your eyes closed"

Because the view you'll get will be AMAZING!!!

Two Conquering Heroes
Atop their kingdom

Look at that view
Stunning

"I can see my house from here"

Cali(Gunheim) 2011-12

Stewardship at Riverfront park

H20 at Riverfront Park

Opening Circle
"lets have fun out in nature today"

A teaching moment
Jackrabbit Justin shares some insight

"What's that?"

"Garbage relay" recycling demonstration
Jackrabbit Justin begins the discussion about recycling, reducing, and re-using

"Garbage relay" recycling demonstration
Students help sort the trash from their meal, and have fun doing it

Cali&WHS(Rosas) 2011-12

Discovery and Exploration at Riverfront Park

Discovery and Exploration Hike
Lets get active

"Meet a Tree"
We all need them...We should all love them... Lets get to know them

A teaching moment
Heather Honeybee drops some knowledge on the students

A teaching moment (cont.)
...and they share some of their own

Smiles
Everyone has fun out in nature

Smiles (cont.)
They're CONTAGIOUS!!!

Cali&WHS(Meza) 2011-12

Stewardship at Riverfront Park

Cali & WHS Riverfront Park: H20 Testing

Sit Spots
Classic... Beautiful

A teaching moment
Students help each other learn... nice teamwork guys!

"Meet a Tree"
Windsor High School students help their younger peers get acquainted with a tree... Everyone has fun out in nature!

"Meet a Tree" (cont.)
More fun (and human-tree love)

"Meet a Tree" (cont.)
hug that tree

Bellevue 2011-12

Bayer Farm

Farmwork
It ain't easy

Teamwork!
It helps a lot

Dusty
"I think I'm gonna sneeze"

It's coming together
hard work pays off

Results
At the end of the day, you can physically see the fruits of your labor... Great job everyone!!

Alexander Valley 2011-12

Macroinvertebrates

Pretty Flowers

Sit Spots

The Circle of Life
Decomposing remains of a small mammal

Contemplation
Classic

"Garbage relay" recycling demonstration
Students help Jackrabbit Justin weigh the "trash" we diverted from the landfill... Great job everyone!

Gametime
Bats and Moths

Singlefile
Rebecca leads the class on a discovery and exploration hike

Smiles
"One man's trash is another (boy's) treasure"

Good Times
Everybody has fun out in nature

Live Oak 2011-12

Habitat at Bayer Farm

Stewardship at Cavanaugh

Ranchero Mark West

"Is it a boy or a girl?"
Another brave soul joins the Banana Slug Club... Answer: YES...

Banana Slug Club
look how happy she is

Banana Slug
How many are brave enough?

Banana Slug Club
That's a nice slug

The Opposite of a Slug?
6 legs, a hard shell, and a bad attitude... Jurassic John shows off a nice looking beetle to the class... Nobody kissed it :(

The Opposite of a Slug?
...but it did offer to stick around for a few more photos

Haute cuisine?
Kai prepares to chomp a grasshopper... he looks really excited, no?

Mid-day at Taylor Mountain
What a view

Roseland 2011-12

Bayer Farm

What's up Alex

Semi serious picture

Totally silly picture

Snack time

Gametime

Gametime (cont.)

Work time

Teamwork

Moving soil for replanting

Bats and Moths
Good luck Alex

Bats and Moths (cont.)
Everybody has fun at Bayer Farm

Bats and Moths (cont.)
Nice try!

Bats and Moths (cont.)
I wanna be IT!

New Bat
So close...

Lincoln 2011-12

What's down there?

Specimen Examination
What did you find?

Beautiful

Catch some critters

What's in the creek?
Exploring with Lizard Liz

What'sup buddy?

Buddies!!!

AHHHHHHH

Catch those critters

More Specimen Examination

Swordfighting?

RRRAAAAWWWWRRRRR

"Garbage relay" recycling demonstration
Jackrabbit Justin helps the students weigh their "trash"

My Turtle

"Garbage relay" recycling demonstration
Who has recycling? I do. I do....

This is a rattlesnake

...and everyone wants to touch it

Hidden Valley 2011-12

Discussing birds

Showing off a bird's nest

Showing off a bird's skull

This is a rattlesnake

Everybody wants to touch it
...even if they thought it was "gross" before

Its like a hat

SEE?

Photo Op

Say CHHEEEEESE

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