Field Trips Taken: Marina (Bus, Walk around point) Recycling Center (Navy Bus, no fee) Hunter's Point Bay for Water Testing (Navy Bus) UC Berkeley (Bart) Oakland Museum (Bart + $45) Muir Woods (Navy Bus, no fee) San Francisco Bay Model (Bus, Ferry, no fee) Headlands-Marine Mammal Center (Navy Bus + $150) San Bruno Mountains Water Treatment Plant Beach Clean-up Crystal Springs Reservoir	Science Curriculum: FOSS: Water Unit-looking at water, surface tension, water on a slope Water cycle (Water Ed. Found. materials) Water testing (see web page lesson plan) How paper is made (see web page lesson plan) "All About Water" California Department of Water Resources Fresh water/salt water How we use water (brainstorming) Growing plants with water What is a dam? a reservoir?
Social Science Curriculum: San Francisco geography (see web page lesson plan) Geology: landforms and natural sources of water, earth-water planet (textbook + teacher materials) How does water get to our homes? (Water Ed. Found. materials) concept of a dam (Water Ed. Found.video) Recycling, particularly paper Saving water (brainstorming, Water Ed. Found. materials) Making maps (see web page lesson plan)	Language Arts Curriculum: Writing-letters for Saving the Gray Whale; School Recycling Plan Word recognition-water words (from brainstorming) Reading Storyboarding (video and commercial)
Mathematics Curriculum: Calculating water bills Calculating rain fall Water math handouts	Visual and Performing Arts Curriculum: Images of water animals (stuffed, drawings) Murals of water forms Creating a Native American ceremony where natural resources are honored Creating a Dia de los Muertos altar honoring trees A play on water pollution A commercial on how to conserve water
Physical Education: Creating a dam (movement)	Teacher Preparation: Reading lesson plans Copying materials Purchasing materials Arranging for fieldtrips fundraisers obtaining bus/Bart tickets arranging for lunches 2 weeks ahead of time Checking science kits for materials Parent permission slips for fieldtrips Video/camera equipment for documentation
Service Project Resources: Organizations Water Testing Send Name, Address, type of test requested (soil, water, paint, ceramics),$15 plus $1.50 for postage to Law Foundation, Get the Lead Out, Lead Testing Project, 1736 Franklin, 8th Floor, Oakland Monterey Bay Aquarium www.mbayaq.org Linking San Francisco 452-4646, FAX 452-4651,LINKINGSF1@aol.com Golden Gate National Parks Attn: Lynn Fonfa, Education Program, Fort Mason, Building 201, San Francisco, CA 94123 (schedule at beginning of school year) Adopt-A-Beach, Redwood Creek Watershed (388-2596) (schedule at beginning of school year) San Francisco Bay Model 2100 Brideway, Sausalito, CA, 94965, 332-3871, Fax 332-0761 (schedule three weeks in advance) Green City Project PO Box 31251, San Francisco, CA 94131, 285-6556, X12 Green Teacher Magazine, $22/yr., PO Box 1431, Lewiston, NY 14092, Environmental Education, SFUSD, 2550 25th Ave., SF 94116, 469-4763 Marine Mammal Center Education Dept., 289-7330, Sara California Department of Water Resources DWR Water Education Program, Publications Office, Rm 338, Post Office Box 942836, Sacramento, CA 94236 (916) 653-1097 ("All About Water") Muir Woods 388-2596; Discovery Kit, Activities:1-2 wks before trip and on return Navy School Bus Program 427-2351; Janet or Susan Beech Pacific Environment and Resources Center 1055 Fort Cronkite, Sausalito, CA 94965, 332-8200; FAX 332-8167; percee@igc.org "Ocean Pollution and Solution" program Oakland Museum "A Walk on the Wet Side"-(Grades 3-12) Docent Council, Natural Science Gallery, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, Ca 94607, (510) 238-3514 San Francisco Water Department	Service Project Resources (Cont'd) Curriculum Books "Save Our Seas" A Curriculum for Kindergarten Through the Twelfth Grade, $10, Center for Marine Conservation, 312 Sutter, Suite 606, San Francisco, CA 94108, 391-6204; California Coastal Commission, Adopt-A-Beach Program, 45 Fremont Street, Suite 2000, SF, Ca 94105, 904-5400   "Project Wet Guide", Curriculum Guide available through participation in workshops, 717 K Street, #517, Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 444-6240 Videos "Into the Wild (grades 3-6) video-whales (16 minutes)-features endangered species & efforts being undertaken to help the species-Env. Ed. Center in Alviso (408)262-5513 or Visitor Center in Fremont (510) 792-0222 Advocacy Projects "Save the Gray Whale Nursery" Natural Resources Defense Council, PO Box 96048, Washington, DC, 20090-6048   PBL Network, 111 McInnis Parkway, San Rafael, CA 94903   San Francisco Clean City Coalition, Sarah Graham, Solid Waste Transfer & Recycling Center (Permission Form-due one week before), 553-2913-orientation 2 wks before trip)   Web Sites water.ed.org Bureau of Reclamation (Monterey Bay Aquarium) www.mbayaq.org

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