What standards could be met?

Mac and I agreed that many standards, from many curriculum areas, could be met because of a visit to Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary.
Undoubtedly Tucker Wildlife presents many opportunities for students to engage with Science Content Standards, especially standards that fall under the Life Science strand.For example, the 3rd grade California Science Standard--"Students know when the environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce; others die or move to new locations."--can be experienced by the students in light of the devastating fires that just ripped through much of this land. The fires left such an obvious impression, that students would see first hand how environmental changes affect wildlife. Students also have opportunities, at all grade levels, to develop investigating and experimenting skills. The site's manager told us about the opportunities that would be available for students to test water samples and investigate and explore other ecological features of the Sanctuary.
Tucker Wildlife also allows students to interact with standards from other content areas, like Social Studies. Students can, for instance, learn about how native California-Indians used plants, herbs, and animals for survival. A lesson focused on this topic addresses a standard from 4th grade Social Studies: "Discuss the major nations of California Indians, including their geographic distribution, economic activities, legends, and religious beliefs; and describe how they depended on, adapted to, and modified the physical environment by cultivation of land and use of sea resources" (History-Social-Science, 4.2.1)