Student project researching local and international watersheds. Artwork for submission to River of Words contest set to music.

1. Wondrous Watersheds

2. Classroom display of watershed maps, animals & nature resources

3. Curriculum resources from Wonga Wetlands and Don Edwards WLR

4. Outdoor education begins with Nature outside our classroom door

5. Observing and noticing the details of our nearest green spaces

6. Observation drawing...
taking the time to see the
finer details

7. Naturalist studies...from Joseph Banks & Adelbert von Chamisso

8. Habitat study @ the Don
Edwards Wildlife Refuge
Visitor Center

9. Observation sketching of habitat displays at the Visitor Center

10. Sketching the details of native birds in the wildlife diarama

11. Outdoor education at the Wildlife Refuge on San Francisco Bay

12. Students watched videos of California wildlife and ecosystems

13. Virtual visit to the Wonga Wetlands in NSW Australia

14. Researching interesting nature subjects from science textbooks

15. Imitating Banks and Chamisso as Naturalists: artist scientists

16. Naturalist artists study details of animals in their habitat

17. Finding a nature subject that's fun and fascinating to draw

18. Using Internet habitat photographs...California poppies

19. Nature studies in the 18th C. influenced popular taste in Art

20. Chocolate boxes evidence nature design in commercial products

21. Checking the details of local habitats in Bay Area watersheds

22. Research writing for poems about nature subjects

23. Student naturalist notes from Wildlife Center and text research

24. Researching the details for a variety of coral in reef habitat

25. Naturalist magazine as a resource for nature painting subject

26. Common Puffin...stands above the water on hoary rock

27. California Poppies... sprinkled among the cliffs of the bay

28. Missing Pieces...to save the world we must share the world

29. Great Egret...beauty at the water's edge, needs vital habitat

30. Bighorn Sheep...wonders
how we can share this
world, this life

31. I am the Frog...who
struggles to survive in the
environment

32. Mountain Lion...black-tipped tail twitching, he treds carefully

33. A View From Above...
mountain goat, king of the
peaks

34. The Beauty of Fear...every creature has a right to this world

35. Pyrrhuloxia...the most beautiful bird sings of open spaces

36. Coral Reef...enriched by millions of years of evolution

37. Blur of Colors...the
collared lizard hunts its
prey

38. Bluebird...a small thrush so striking in shades of blue

39. Monterey Pine...seeing the big picture & noticing the details

40. Dragonfly...varies in color & size... hovers over the water

41. Chipmunk...the reason we
need to preserve the trees

42. Red-tailed Hawk...balances rodent populations in habitats

43. Collared Lizard...small and strong, the best lizard out there!

44. Coastal Mountains...remind me of home in the Himalayas

45. Seastars...all colors of the rainbow... beautiful and unique

46. White-tailed deer...easy to observe residing in wooded areas

47. Gray Wolf...our duty to bring him back where they once ran free

48. Owl Dreams...to share a quiet part of the forest

49. Naturalist Exhibition shares watershed insights with our school

50. Display case of wildlife refuge resources & Naturalist artworks

51. The work of artist-scientists borders the library wall