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Field TripsTake your class on an eco-adventure.  This page lists field trips offered by local organizations on environmental topics. Slow the FlowTake your students on a field trip to the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Environmental Education Center in Alviso (EEC). Through classroom presentations, teacher-led activities and a field trip to the EEC, students explore the concepts of water use, wastewater treatment, habitat preservation, watershed stewardship, and recycled water. Curriculum is aligned to California content standards. Cost: Free to teachers of grades five to 12 in schools located in San José, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Cupertino, Campbell, Los Gatos, Saratoga, or Monte Sereno. Can't make it to the EEC? Contact EEC staff to discuss a presentation in your classroom or meeting place: Slow the Flow sfbay.slowtheflow@gmail.com, or (408) 262-5513 ext.104. Reservations are on a first-come basis and fill up quickly. Wonders of Our Water Works Plant ToursOn this tour of the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant, students in grades four through 12 can explore the largest tertiary wastewater treatment facility on the West Coast. They’ll learn how wastewater from 1.4 million residents and 17,000 business sewer connections is cleaned to almost drinking water standards, protecting human health and the environment. The tour can include a visit to the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge – the largest urban wildlife refuge in the nation. Sign your class up for a tour online at www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1823/258436 Recycling Center Field TripsEvery week your recyclables get picked up with your garbage. But while garbage is taken to a landfill, recyclables have a very different destination – a Materials Recovery Facility. Do you want to know how these recyclables are separated so they can then be made into new products? Take a tour of a Materials Recovery Facility. Watch and learn how paper, plastic, glass and other recyclables are sorted and processed before becoming new products like park benches, fleece clothing, toys, and much more. Call one of the following San José garbage and recycling haulers to schedule a tour:
ResourcesFREE field trip transportation – The Class Pass Program by VTA
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