Information for Teachers
Junior Rangers Program (Joaquin Miller Park)
Water Quality:
Water Quality Testing Lesson (coming soon!)
Insects:
Creek Insects of the Sausal Creek Watershed
Determining Creek Health with Benthic Macroinvertebrates (BMIs)
Bees and Plant Pollination (Grades 2-6)
Bee Habitat Observation Worksheet (Grades 2-6)
Insect and Critter Cards
Butterfly Lifecycle (Grades 2-4)
Fish:
Rainbow Trout Fact Sheet
Life Stages of the Rainbow Trout
Salmon Source Educator's Guide (Grades 3-8)
Project Wild Aquatic Guide
Other Wildlife:
(coming soon!)
Hiking Activities/Habitat Lessons:
Scavenger Hunt Hike
Various Outdoor Activities (Grades 4-7)
Habitat Detectives (Grades 3-12)
Habitat Survey (Grades 9-12)
Opening the World Through Nature Journaling
Trash/Human Impacts:
Trash Decomposition Timeline
Recycle Relay (Grades 6-12)
Team Building Games:
Red Planet, Blue Planet
Habitat Resources Game
Geology/Soils:
Soil Texture Hand Test
An Introduction to Soil
Soil Horizons
Serpentinite (California state rock)
Pangaea Puzzle (Grades 3-5)
Moving Mountains, Shifting Sands (Grade 4)
Plants:
Plants of the Sausal Creek Watershed (native and non-native)
Botany Bouquet (Grades 1-12)
Taxonomy Field Guide Warm-up (Grades 2-12)
Taxonomy Treasure Hunt
Construct a Plant Key (Grades 6-12)
Plant Families
Invasion of the Nonnative Plants (Grades K-12)
Trees of California
Seed Dispersal by Animals (Grades 3-5)
How Seeds Travel (Grades 1-3)
Plant Diversity (Grades 4-6)
Plant Observation Exercise (Grades 2-12)
Leaves and Photosynthesis (Grades 3-5)
Botany Info and Quiz (Grades 5-6)
Biodiversity Fact Sheet
Flower Anatomy
Native American Uses of California Native Plants
Classroom Lessons:
Scientific Method (Grades 4-6)
Maps:
OMCA Creek and Watershed Maps
My Sausal Creek Watershed Map
Save the Bay's Curriculum:
Lessons Sorted by Grade
Watershed Journal
Native Plant ID Cards
Invasive Plant ID Cards
Saving The Bay Documentary
Beetles Outdoor and Classroom Lessons