Environmental Education for Youth and Families

We offer opportunities for Bay Area youth and families to learn about avian science and bird conservation, including Family Science Events, Women in Science Events, Youth Group Activities, and teacher curriculum. Please see below and contact outreach@sfbbo.org to learn more. 

FAMILY SCIENCE EVENTS
We offer Family Science events that engage kids ages 6 to 12 and their families through interactive, hands-on crafts and investigation activities to explore the science and conservation of birds. Kids learn how we band birds and then get to "band" themselves and collect "data;" practice how to quickly observe things the way scientists do in the field and then test their observational skills; graph real Bay Area Snowy Plover populations data to answer questions about how they plovers are doing; and more! We offer these activities for free at libraries and schools and for larger events such as the AAAS Family Science Days.

Photo by Kristin Butler

Photo by Kristin Butler

​WOMEN IN SCIENCE EVENTS
​​We hold events that offer a chance for girls of all ages to explore the world of science, meet women science mentors, and learn what it takes to become a scientist. Our women scientists and citizen scientists lead hands on avian science activities with girls of all ages, allowing them to ask big questions, handle the tools of the trade, and connect with mentors. Events are free and hosted by groups such as Environmental Volunteers.

​YOUTH GROUP ACTIVITIES
We offer a chance to meet our scientists and try hands-on avian science activities to youth groups, including Girls Scouts, Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts, the Boys and Girls Club, and at youth events like the San Jose Giants Education Day and Bay Area Science Festival. 

Photo by Kristin Butler

CURRICULUM
We recently piloted a new, free middle school curriculum designed to showcase our Coyote Creek Field Station bird banding program. Teachers go through an orientation, receive lesson plans that use real SFBBO bird banding data to teach kids avian science, and can bring their students to a bird banding demo. 

Environmental Education Volunteer Application