Environmental Volunteers, Inc.
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At the Environmental Volunteers ('The E.V.') it is a great day when a kid says, "Wow, that's cool" while learning natural science with us.
Our signature program, Kids-In-Nature, includes classroom and fieldtrip activities for K-8th graders. Teachers choose from 9 subject areas: Baylands Ecology; Foothill Ecology; Marine Ecology; Earthquake Geology; Early California Indians: an Environmental Perspective; Water Science and Conservation; All About Birds; and Nature in Your Neighborhood; and Energy and Natural Resources. Teams of volunteers go into classrooms and set up hands-on learning stations that create multi-sensory natural science learning experiences. The EV has created more than 125 hands-on teaching kits. Some students also participate in a related field trip to local preserves where they become nature detectives. This year we are delivering 600 school programs, inspiring over 12,000 students, and assisting over 400 teachers in meeting their state science standards.
The EV runs a California State University-accredited docent training program that is fun and informative. We have volunteers who have been inspiring kids for 10, 20, or even 30 years, and we continually recruit and train new volunteers to share the wonders of the natural world with students. The EV conducts summer camps for elementary and middle school-aged students.
Come join us or support us; inspire the next generation of environmental stewards; and you, too, may shout out, "Wow, that's cool."
Our signature program, Kids-In-Nature, includes classroom and fieldtrip activities for K-8th graders. Teachers choose from 9 subject areas: Baylands Ecology; Foothill Ecology; Marine Ecology; Earthquake Geology; Early California Indians: an Environmental Perspective; Water Science and Conservation; All About Birds; and Nature in Your Neighborhood; and Energy and Natural Resources. Teams of volunteers go into classrooms and set up hands-on learning stations that create multi-sensory natural science learning experiences. The EV has created more than 125 hands-on teaching kits. Some students also participate in a related field trip to local preserves where they become nature detectives. This year we are delivering 600 school programs, inspiring over 12,000 students, and assisting over 400 teachers in meeting their state science standards.
The EV runs a California State University-accredited docent training program that is fun and informative. We have volunteers who have been inspiring kids for 10, 20, or even 30 years, and we continually recruit and train new volunteers to share the wonders of the natural world with students. The EV conducts summer camps for elementary and middle school-aged students.
Come join us or support us; inspire the next generation of environmental stewards; and you, too, may shout out, "Wow, that's cool."
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jtomlin
04/26/12
As an elementary school teach, I had used EV programs in my classrooms. I had always been an advocate for involving young children more deeply in hands-on, basic science experiences — young kids eat this up. There is a great need to have these interests piqued early so they can begin to understand...
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wpturtle
04/23/12
As a child, I clearly remember the Environmental Volunteers (EV) coming to my school and doing a program with my class. The program involved creating a food web with a ball of yarn and finger puppets that represented each of the animals in the web. When the web was complete, the volunteer pulled ...
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MariaAmundson
04/08/12
The EV organization is what every nonprofit should strive to be - effective, well-run, of highest integrity and a beloved pillar in the communities it serves. I've been a volunteer docent and a supporter for years and am reminded at every point of coming in contact what a decent, dedicated group ...
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