Youth Education
2010 Science Odyssey - Livermore
Ohlone Audubon Society will again participate in the 2010 Science Odyssey, a science fair event of the Livermore Joint Union School District that is open to all students in grades kindergarten through twelfth. Last year, over 500 students and their families attended the event.
At the Science Odyssey, student science projects are displayed and informational vendors have displays for students and families to view and, when possible, interact with. Previous vendors included the Livermore Lithophiles, PG&E, Ohlone Audubon, Tri-Valley Fly Fishers, Livermore Area Parks and Recreation District, the City of Livermore, Sandia and Livermore National Labs, Zone 7 Water District, and others.
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:30 – 7:00 PM
Place: Junction Avenue Middle School; 298 Junction Avenue, Livermore
Introduce Children To Audubon Adventures
This fall semester, sponsor your favorite 4th, 5th, or 6th-grade class to Audubon Adventures, the nature program of the National Audubon Society. A classroom kit contains enough material for 32 students and the cost is $40.95 ($35 plus $5.95 shipping and handling). This program has connected seven million children across the nation to nature with these in-school educational materials. Our school budgets are perennially tight; so please help a teacher at your local elementary school. This is a gift subscription that will really make a difference to the earth's future!
For more information on this program please contact Phil & Pat Gordon at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
National Audubon Adventures Site: www.audubon.org/educate/aa/index.html
Habitat Means Home Poster Contest
The "Habitat Means Home" poster contest is sponsored by three local environmental groups: Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge, Ohlone Audubon Society, and Friends of Coyote Hills. The theme of the poster contest is a celebration of the diverse habitats and species found at Coyote Hills Regional Park. The contest is open to K – 6 students, individual prizes are awarded to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place and honorable mention posters, and a $500 gift certificate from a science education supply company is issued to the school of the winning poster.The purpose of the contest is to provide educational outreach and to make sure students understand "habitat" is more than just an abstract concept, that a "habitat" is "home" for plants and animals. We also hope students and their families will learn they can do more than just read about habitats in their textbooks. We hope they will learn a diversity of "habitats" for wildlife and plants exists within their local community at places like Coyote Hills Regional Park that they can actually explore and experience first-hand.
2009 was the third year we have held the poster contest. We received almost 200 posters from the Fremont, Newark, and New Haven Unified School Districts. As in past years, the posters received were truly amazing. Our judges were impressed by the quality of the posters and by the level of effort, talent, and thoughtfulness that went into each of them. The posters are a credit to the students who created them and to the schools and teachers who have taught them well.