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Virtual Field Trips at Tule Ponds
FREE
2022-23 Online Classes
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Location: Tule Ponds at Tyson Lagoon (1999 Walnut Ave, Fremont) (near Fremont BART Station)
17 acres of pure nature and exploration
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If you cannot come to Tule, we can come to you!

1 hour free virtual tour (50 minutes and 10 minutes for questions). Please email with some possible days and times.
Only one virtual field trip per school, but we can do multiple classrooms. Project it on a screen or or individual computers. Time for questions.
Email blueford@msnucleus.org with any question or call Hagos at (510)790-6284 for help with registration.

TK - Kinder Grade	Animals of Tule Ponds worksheet Duck headband This special session will focus on animals with backbones (mammals, birds,etc) and without backbones (insects) at Tule Ponds. We will use talk about the food chain and have the students participate in large motor skill activities. (30-45 minutes-depending on attention)
First Grade	Trees of Tule Ponds worksheet (Herby-Woody) Tule Ponds is a restoration area that was replanted with native trees, shrubs and flowers. Now it is an urban forest providing large trees as shelter to many native animals. You will learn all about the trees and how important they are helping the environment for hundreds of years. Students will learn how to describe leaves and bark. These skills will help them to identify trees around their community. They will be able to make a leaf bookmark from local trees.
Second Grade	Biodiversity of Tule Ponds worksheet (animal cutouts) Monarch Life Cycle Come explore the amazing animals that live with us at Tule Pond! This wildlife sanctuary is home to many vertebrates including frogs, turtles, birds, fish and mammals. Can you find them and their homes? What do they eat? How do they live here? Do they live near your home? Come and explore the trails, meadows, and creeks at Tule Pond. We will have fun exploring inside and outside.
Third Grade	Ohlone Culture at Tule Ponds basket weaving arrowhead descriptions how to make a tule doll Tule Ponds was a site where the Ohlones would fish and collect seeds from the Native Plants. Students will learn about the native vegetation that allowed them to live and prosper for thousands of years. Students will learn how the Ohlone's used the area for food and shelter. They will see how they built homes and even toys from tules. They will learn a weaving activiy that they can do at home.
Fourth Grade	Wetland in the City-Designing with Science plankton guide microscope animation microscope worksheet Tule Ponds is next to an urban center and home to many native animals that have no place to go because of human intervention. Wetland in the City takes you from when it was restored and how we take care of the food web for all the plants and animals to survive. Learn how organisms from microorganism to animals use water in their biological systems.
Fifth Grade	Chemistry of Aquatic Systems worksheet periodic table Water is a life giving compound for not only humans but all organisms. Watersheds are areas where water flows. Pollutants from surrounding watershed can make water area not fit for organims. Learn about the elements and compounds that can cause problems and where they come from. Explore how fresh fish have trouble surviving in polluted water.
Sixth/Middle Grade	Earthquake Walk from Tule to Stivers Lagoon worksheet San Francisco Bay Fault Map Tule Ponds is a jewel in the middle of Fremont. It was created by the Hayward Fault and the underground aquifers that provide water for Tyson Lagoon. This tours looks at how the Hayward fault goes through the east bay and leaves clues. We will visit the building being ripped apart by a slow moving fault. We will look at evidence at Tule Ponds to trace the fault.

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Joyce Blueford (blueford@msnucleus.org)

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