For more than 14 years KIDS for the BAY has taught hands-on, environmental science to elementary school children in schools throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. At KIDS for the BAY we create effective, on-going environmental education programs for elementary school communities and promote active, hands-on restoration of local habitats. Our programs teach the latest California State science and social science standards and have been written into the School Wide Development Plans of our target schools.

Our well-qualified staff provides our teachers with long-term, in-depth, experiential training and the opportunity to learn alongside their students. Teachers learn to use the local environment as a key educational resource to stimulate learning. In our School Wide Impact Approach, principals, teachers, parents and students work together, sharing key strategies and resources, to achieve common goals for their local environment. KIDS for the BAY gives students powerful reasons to connect with and care about the environment. We teach the concepts and skills needed to make informed choices and environmentally friendly behavior changes, leaving our students feeling empowered to help solve local environmental problems. Our student participants reach out to their parents and involve them in special events and projects.

KftB has taught creek restoration, the importance of reducing pollution, and safe bay food consumption to more than 36,000 elementary school students, 1,500 teachers and over 5,000 parents. Our teachers have been trained to teach our hands-on, integrated environmental education curricula using their local environment as a resource.

Kids for the Bay is a project of the Earth Island Institute (EII)