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K-12 Outreach |
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Natural resource education activities were presented to 840 District residents. This includes students in Rawlins, Saratoga and Encampment. Educational presentations were also made to various organizations
SERCD continues to reach out to hundreds of children every year though the following formal and informal programs: International Migratory Bird Day Soil and Water Stewardship Week Classroom visits Boy Scouts Ag Expo Earth Day CCSD#2 Bug Day SES Arbor Day SHS Chemistry Classes Bookmark Contest Stewardship Workshop RMS Saratoga Lake Field Day
Contact Jean Runner for more information. |
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Saratoga Ecampment Rawlins Conservation District |
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Last Modified on February 17, 2010 |
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World Water Monitoring – SMHS 9th grade at Spring Creek |
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WORLD WATER MONITORING DAY SERCD provided water monitoring education and testing for over 200 students in September and October. Students in grades KG-12 from Saratoga, Rawlins and Little Snake River learned the basics of testing and recording data in the field at the North Platte River, Spring Creek and Sandstone. Students shared in learning about water quality along with over 78,000 others worldwide through the WWMD activities. Student participation was up from 78 students in 2008. |
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Rawlins Pershing Elementary School SERCD is providing monthly natural resource education to Pershing 3rd and 5th graders. “Let’s Make Soil and Eat It!” was presented to Erica Royer’s 5th grade class to begin their unit on plants and soils. The students learned the soil horizons and the process of how soil is made and the products we use each day the initially begin from the soil. At the end of the presentation they made “soil” by layering cookies, pudding, vanilla wafers, sprinkles and gummy worms in a cup and enjoyed eating it. The class is assisting Louis Espinosa and the City of Rawlins with beautification of the Rawlins Underpass. They have planted wildflower seed donated by SERCD. The district has also contributed $500.00 towards the purchase of trees, shrubs and grasses for the site. |
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Nikki Wood’s 3rd grade has learned about water quality and participated in World Water |
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Day In The Forest Sixty-nine students attended the 4th annual Day in the Forest at Brush Creek Ranger Station in the Medicine Bow Mountains. Students learned about birds and flight, range monitoring and plant identification, forest fires and the SERCD station which provided watershed education. |
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Monitoring Day via the classroom. The class was unable to go on site so water from the North Platte River was taken to the classroom. The students performed pH, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen and recorded their data.
The second presentation for the 3rd grade was ‘Hibernation’. Students were taught why animals hibernate and how they prepare their bodies for the winter. They also learned animals can be categorized based on their winter survival techniques which are adaptation, migration and hibernation. |
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Hibernation lesson |