Website: www.SFEnvironmentKids.org

Contact: www.SFEnvironmentKids.org

Grade Levels Served: 2nd - 12th

Cost: Free (includes free charter bus transportation)

Subject Alignment: varies

Sign-Up Info: Applications are posted online in mid-August and deadline for applying is the first week in September. Mandatory 3 hour Teacher Workshop in late September is required to receive field trip.

Brief Description:

This program offers a range of field trips to local sites like the Transfer Station and Pier 96 Recycling Center; Garden for the Environment; Scroungers Center for Reusable Art Parts (SCRAP); Alemany Farm, Heron’s Head Park. Free buses are provided and field trips are 4 hours long, usually from 9:30-1:30 including transportation time and lunch time. Most trips include an in-class presentation a few days before the field trip.

Program Elements:

• Available: Class Presentation
• Not Available: Assembly
• Available: Curriculum
• Available: Grants
• Not Available: Museum
• Available: Field Trip
• Available: Lending Library (some, not all)
• Not Available: Multimedia Materials
• Available: Teacher Kits
• Not Available: Outdoor Activities
• Not Available: Professional/Personal Development
• Available: Service Learning (some, not all)