Staffing
Teachers, assistants, and parents (naturalists provided on site)

Length of trip
1 day

Travel time
1 hour each way

Food
Lunch and snack to be brought by students

Transportation
Carpools to be arranged by teachers and roomparents

1. To introduce children to the outdoors and show them how to enjoy it, learn from it, and leave it as they found it.
2. To provide an opportunity for children to observe and appreciate a variety of native animals, birds, and plants.
3. To show children how to prepare for the outdoors and to be fully responsible for what they bring.
   

Tilden has been called the jewel of the system, and its recreational activities have become a happy tradition for generations of East Bay youngsters. Students will learn all about Tilden's surprising variety of plants and animals through the nature programs at the Little Farm and the Environmental Education Center in Tilden Nature Study Area.