Participating School: Live Oak Charter
Lead Teachers: Lois Wildgrube, Heather Shepherd
Participating Classes: 4th and 7th Grade

Project Summary: The 4th and 7th grade students at Live Oak Charter School propose to engage in a citizen/student monitoring project with the Friends of the Petaluma River. The project will take place over 6 weeks in the fall and 6 weeks in the spring. The project will support real student learning in Environmental Science, will contribute to understanding and monitoring of the health of the Petaluma River, and will facilitate inter-age social support for our school.

Project Curriculum

Watershed Classroom

Watershed Classroom supports the implementation of exceptionally engaging curriculum about the Petaluma River and Watershed to educate youth in Petaluma about their place in our environment, how their decisions and actions affect their environment and inspire youth to conserve and celebrate the Petaluma Watershed.