"Tell me and I will forget.
Show me and I will remember.
Involve me and I will understand.
-Confucius
Kids in the Creek and Out of the Classroom
One of our most popular and successful education and outreach programs is Kids in the Creek. In the early 1990's a small group of local volunteers serving on the Board of Supervisors recognized the potential impacts of The objective of the Kids in the Creek program is to show kids how streams and watersheds work. Students walk away with an understanding of how their actions can effect stream health, in both negative and positive ways. They begin by preparing in the classroom where teachers can use the Kids in the Creek curriculum to introduce key concepts and terms. They are then able to take their studies to the field for a unique hands-on learning experience. Guided by area resource professionals, they complete a series of five stations where they learn about watersheds, stream habitat, water quality, riparian areas, and macroinvertebrates or "stream bugs". Students are given the opportunity to observe nature firsthand thus providing them with insight unavailable in the pages of a science book.
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