Wondrous Watersheds
Classroom display of watershed maps, animals & nature resources
Curriculum resources from Wonga Wetlands and Don Edwards WLR
Outdoor education begins with Nature outside our classroom door
Observing and noticing the details of our nearest green spaces
Observation drawing...taking the time to see the finer details
Naturalist studies...from Joseph Banks & Adelbert von Chamisso
Habitat study @ the Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
Observation sketching of habitat displays at the Visitor Center
Sketching the details of native birds in the wildlife diarama
Outdoor education at the Wildlife Refuge on San Francisco Bay
Students watched videos of California wildlife and ecosystems
Virtual visit to the Wonga Wetlands in NSW Australia
Researching interesting nature subjects from science textbooks
Imitating Banks and Chamisso as Naturalists: artist scientists
Naturalist artists study details of animals in their habitat
Finding a nature subject that's fun and fascinating to draw
Using Internet habitat photographs...California poppies
Nature studies in the 18th C. influenced popular taste in Art
Chocolate boxes evidence nature design in commercial products
Checking the details of local habitats in Bay Area watersheds
Research writing for poems about nature subjects
Student naturalist notes from Wildlife Center and text research
Researching the details for a variety of coral in reef habitat
Naturalist magazine as a resource for nature painting subject
Common Puffin...stands above the water on hoary rock
California Poppies... sprinkled among the cliffs of the bay
Missing Pieces...to save the world we must share the world
Great Egret...beauty at the water's edge, needs vital habitat
Bighorn Sheep...wonders how we can share this world, this life
I am the Frog...who struggles to survive in the environment
Mountain Lion...black-tipped tail twitching, he treds carefully
A View From Above...mountain goat, king of the peaks
The Beauty of Fear...every creature has a right to this world
Pyrrhuloxia...the most beautiful bird sings of open spaces
Coral Reef...enriched by millions of years of evolution
Blur of Colors...the collared lizard hunts its prey
Bluebird...a small thrush so striking in shades of blue
Monterey Pine...seeing the big picture & noticing the details
Dragonfly...varies in color & size... hovers over the water
Chipmunk...the reason we need to preserve the trees
Red-tailed Hawk...balances rodent populations in habitats
Collared Lizard...small and strong, the best lizard out there!
Coastal Mountains...remind me of home in the Himalayas
Seastars...all colors of the rainbow... beautiful and unique
White-tailed deer...easy to observe residing in wooded areas
Gray Wolf...our duty to bring him back where they once ran free
Owl Dreams...to share a quiet part of the forest
Naturalist Exhibition shares watershed insights with our school
Display case of wildlife refuge resources & Naturalist artworks
The work of artist-scientists borders the library wall