OWASCO - Griffin Amos understands the need and urgency for preserving the environment.
Glenn Gaston / Special to The Citizen
Stella Anderson, Maia Casper, Jimmy Harris and Kevin Ellers of A.J. Smith Elementary School, in Union Springs, try out a GPS system during a field trip to Emerson Park in Owasco on Wednesday for the Conservation Field Days.
Stella Anderson, Maia Casper, Jimmy Harris and Kevin Ellers of A.J. Smith Elementary School, in Union Springs, try out a GPS system during a field trip to Emerson Park in Owasco on Wednesday for the Conservation Field Days.
“We're losing nature as we're building more,” the 11-year-old from Moravia said. “We need to preserve nature.”
That statement epitomizes the goal of Cayuga County Soil and Water Conservation District's annual Conservation Field Day at Emerson Park Wednesday.
About 500 sixth-graders from various public and private schools across the region traveled to Emerson Park to participate in a full day of instruction and activities dealing with the environment and conservation.
After traveling around to several stations throughout one park trail, a group of sixth graders from the Moravia Central School District visited one station that sought to illustrate the connection between nature and art. There, they learned creative inspiration can come from anything, even the beauty of nature.
Sitting at a picnic table overlooking Owasco Lake, students placed various tree leaves underneath a sheet of white computer paper. Fingers grasping crayons of myriad colors, they created tree rubbings of vivid blues, pinks, oranges and browns.
The point of the station, said presenter Lindsey Artman, was “to show the kids that the environment is as much a part of art as anything else is. You can use nature for a lot of different things.”
Artman, a Cayuga-Onondaga Board of Cooperative Educational Services New Visions Teacher Education Program student, led the station along with classmates Sheree Francis and Joscelyn Emilio.
Representatives from various sectors of the community signed up to lead stations, including the Owasco Fire Department, New York State Electric and Gas, the county Health Department, Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology at Cayuga Community College and the Sterling Nature Center, among others.
“I think (the day) helps the kids to be aware of their environment,” said event organizer and Cayuga County Soil and Water District employee Lisa Miller.
While the Conservation Field Day dwindled from a two-day event to one this year, organizer and Cayuga County Soil and Water District employee Valerie Horning said the event intended to raise awareness of conservation and the world around them.
The Conservation Field Day also ties into the broader sixth grade curriculum, said Moravia teacher Eric Gremli. The decision-making process that comes with the environment is also applicable in every other subject area and crucial when talking about teenagers, he said.
As the next generation of community members and leaders, students need the knowledge to make the important decisions that lie ahead.
“It's their environment,” he said. “They need to take care of it.”
Staff writer Alyssa Sunkin can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 239 or alyssa.sunkin@lee.net
That statement epitomizes the goal of Cayuga County Soil and Water Conservation District's annual Conservation Field Day at Emerson Park Wednesday.
About 500 sixth-graders from various public and private schools across the region traveled to Emerson Park to participate in a full day of instruction and activities dealing with the environment and conservation.
After traveling around to several stations throughout one park trail, a group of sixth graders from the Moravia Central School District visited one station that sought to illustrate the connection between nature and art. There, they learned creative inspiration can come from anything, even the beauty of nature.
Sitting at a picnic table overlooking Owasco Lake, students placed various tree leaves underneath a sheet of white computer paper. Fingers grasping crayons of myriad colors, they created tree rubbings of vivid blues, pinks, oranges and browns.
The point of the station, said presenter Lindsey Artman, was “to show the kids that the environment is as much a part of art as anything else is. You can use nature for a lot of different things.”
Artman, a Cayuga-Onondaga Board of Cooperative Educational Services New Visions Teacher Education Program student, led the station along with classmates Sheree Francis and Joscelyn Emilio.
Representatives from various sectors of the community signed up to lead stations, including the Owasco Fire Department, New York State Electric and Gas, the county Health Department, Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology at Cayuga Community College and the Sterling Nature Center, among others.
“I think (the day) helps the kids to be aware of their environment,” said event organizer and Cayuga County Soil and Water District employee Lisa Miller.
While the Conservation Field Day dwindled from a two-day event to one this year, organizer and Cayuga County Soil and Water District employee Valerie Horning said the event intended to raise awareness of conservation and the world around them.
The Conservation Field Day also ties into the broader sixth grade curriculum, said Moravia teacher Eric Gremli. The decision-making process that comes with the environment is also applicable in every other subject area and crucial when talking about teenagers, he said.
As the next generation of community members and leaders, students need the knowledge to make the important decisions that lie ahead.
“It's their environment,” he said. “They need to take care of it.”
Staff writer Alyssa Sunkin can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 239 or alyssa.sunkin@lee.net
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