An EAC Leader partners with a grade level team of teachers and students to explore, clean up and restore a local creek. Hands-on science investigations teach about the creek ecosystem and its value to the local community as an educational and recreational resource. Students study the processes of erosion that form creeks, water velocity, adaptations of aquatic invertebrates and the value of creek-side plants. This program focuses on the San Francisco Bay Estuary ecosystem, industrial pollution, environmental justice and how pollutants impact the health of wildlife and people. Students design and implement projects to educate their communities and communicate with local politicians and corporate executives about environmental justice issues and reducing pollution.
Many people regularly fish from the Bay and the food caught is an important part of their diets.
Food from the Bay is contaminated, but there are ways to reduce the levels of contamination consumed. EAC will teach students about the ways in which Bay food can affect their health and choices that reduce health risks. Students will then teach their families safe bay fishing and cooking practices and interview people fishing on local piers about safe bay food consumption.