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The ABDNHA after-school science program educates third, fourth, and fifth
grade students in the Borrego Springs School District about the natural
history of the desert environment that surrounds them and gives them a
hands-on learning experience in critical issues of the
future, such as energy, food production, climate change, and water. |
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The
Science of Electricity Students learn what electricity
is, how it is generated, and they construct circuits to light the
lights "around town" with a hand crank generator. Water
Wizards The water cycle, the geology of aquifers,
stdents construct
an aquifer in a cup, and make observations as a miniature pump
removes water from a aquifer in a fish tank to illustrate the
over-draft of the Borrego aquifer Adaptations
With live birds, mammals, and reptiles, and field trips into the
desert, the story of how they have evolved to live in the our hot
and dry environment.
Desert Plants In the classroom and out into the
desert to see and learn the basics of plant biology, photosynthesis,
and rhe remarkable ways
local plants thrive in the hot and dry desert. Geology
Trips into the desert to walk the canyons, feel the
sandstone, and see how the landscape came together over
millions of years with the natural forces
of the Earth's geology. Gardening
A school garden : How plants grow with water, sunshine, and
care. And in the end we eat what we grow! Astronomy The Earth, Moon, Sun, and Stars, and what it means to live in an International Dark Sky Community
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Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association P O BOX 310 ( 652 Palm Canyon Drive) Borrego Springs, CA 92004-0310 Office 760-767-3052 | Desert Store & Nature Center 760-767-3098 | FAX 760-767-3099
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