Camp Cooper Class Trips Awarded To Two 2020 SARSEF Winners!

May 7, 2020
 
Each year, we support the Southern Arizona Research, Science, and Engineering Foundation's annual fair with the Cooper Center Award of Excellence. This award is given to two projects that are focused on environmental issues and sustainability OR projects that address the relationship between humans and the natural world. We recognize one winner from upper elementary school grades and one in middle school.
 
The prize is a free field trip experience at Camp Cooper for the class of the winning students during the 2020-2021 school year!
 
Congratulations to Elias in Ms. Alvarez's 4th grade class at TUSD's Robins K-8 School for his winning project, "Wildlife Garden!" Elias focused his project on the relationship between wildlife in his neighborhood and planting native plants at his home.
 
And, congratulations to Ben in Ms. Anderson's 6th grade class at Agua Caliente School in Tanque Verde School District! Ben's project, "Why Don't California Fan Palms Grow Natively in Tucson Even though They Are Native to Arizona?" determined that Tucson's climate is drier than where fan palms are found in other parts of the state, and that it is important to use plants that will thrive in a desert environment when planting here.
 
We look forward to celebrating with Elias and Ben and their classes at Camp Cooper next year!
 
 

Ben in Ms. Anderson's 6th grade class at Agua Caliente School with his winning project.

Ben doing soil tests.

Palm Canyon at Kofa National Wildlife Refuge near Yuma.