Children's Environmental Science Day

Children and their families are invited by U.C. Davis to visit their Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences on Saturday, August 9 for a day of hand's on activities.

The 15th annual event is free and sponsored by the Tahoe Environmental Research Center. Children's Environmental Science Day includes more than 30 interactive science activities hosted by local organizations, all aimed at children ages 6 and up.

Visitors will get up close and personal with fish and microscopic zooplankton from Lake Tahoe, learn about native species in the Tahoe Basin, and test the water quality of a stream, along with many other science-based games and activities. This exciting event will bring together many of their community partners who are committed to protecting Lake Tahoe and its watershed. In addition, free ice cream will be provided from 2-4 p.m. by Susie Scoops of Incline Village.

Activities include 3-D movies, Asian Clam Art, Climate Change Game, Living with Fire, Native Seed Bomb and more.

The Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences is located on the Sierra Nevada College campus at 291 Country Club Dr., in Incline Village, NV, just off Highway 28.

This year's participating agencies and organizations include:

Great Basin Outdoor School
Incline Village General Improvement District
League to Save Lake Tahoe
Nevada Department of Environmental Protection
North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District
Parasol AmeriCorps
Placer Mosquito & Vector Control District
Project Mana
Sierra Nevada College
Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships
SNAP AmeriCorps
Tahoe Institute for Natural Science
Tahoe Resource Conservation District
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Forest Service
UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
University of Nevada, Reno