The Salish Sea Experience: Making the Environment Real

The Salish Sea Experience bring learning to life by connecting classroom lessons to the local environment in a tangible and authentic way.

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Happy Valley 4th Grade Students: Field Trip to San Juan Island

Students travel to San Juan Island where they observe and interact with many types of local marine life in their natural habitats.  Scientists share what they've learned and teach them skills creating a pathway to understand how human actions impact the quality of life in and around the Salish Sea.  Students come away empowered with the importance of simple things they can do that make a difference such as limiting use of plastic bottles, picking up trash, recycling and keeping chemicals and oil from going down the storm drains.  These seeds of awareness and action are the starting point to protect the creatures and habitats that are vital the health of our environment and community.  With continued nurturing, these seeds have the potential to blossom into the next generation of thoughtful stewards of our local environment and beyond - an essential component for all of us to thrive.

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