*Update: Youth Community Service presents a 30-minute documentary on service learning and the San Francisquito Watershed.

To watch the video, click on Two Creeks.

In collaboration with local secondary schools and environmental organizations, YCS is developing a watershed education curriculum focused on the San Francisquito Watershed. The goals of this project are to (a) provide high-quality environmental educational experiences for K-12 teachers and students that integrate academic standards with community service, (b) raise community awareness of the importance of a healthy watershed, and (c) deepen our understanding of how our daily activities impact the watershed.

The watershed project engages K-12 teachers in a multifaceted environmental education program that has both a strong academic and social focus, and encourages educators to:

• Engage in an environmental hands-on, cross-disciplinary standards-based educational program.
• Become familiar with the San Francisquito Creek and its tributaries and important watershed issues and concerns.
• Contribute to on-going research on methods to improve watershed health with a specific focus on the impact of restoration and revegetation on water quality.
• Communicate key learnings to the San Francisquito Watershed community.

In addition, the San Francisquito Watershed project participants will develop a deeper understanding of the inter-relationship between the intervening communities of Portola Valley, Stanford, Menlo Park, Palo Alto and East Palo Alto, and how these communities impact and are impacted by the San Francisquito Watershed.

For more information about the watershed project, contact Judy Dauberman at judy@youthcommunityservice.org