by LATO | Sep 25, 2014 | News and Views, Santa Margarita Elementary School
Sept. 20, 2014 was the date for this year’s Cal Poly WOW Day of Service. Those coming and going to Santa Margarita School have noticed a big change in the little forest ~ nature trail along the H St. entrance to school. Thanks to many people who’ve...
by LATO | Jul 18, 2014 | News and Views
Title/Author: Where in the Wild? by David M. Schwartz, Yael Schy, and Dwight Kuhn Publisher/Date/Price: Tricycle Press, 2007, hardcover, $15.95 Length/Audience: 24 pgs., ages 6 to 11 Commentary: This beguiling book is part poem, part search and find, and part science...
by LATO | Jul 18, 2014 | News and Views
Title/Author: Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow by Joyce Sidman and Beth Krommes Publisher/Date/Price: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006, hardcover, $16.00 Length/Audience: 40 pgs., ages 6 to 11 + (a fun and beautiful book for nature lovers of all ages)...
by LATO | Jul 16, 2014 | News and Views, Santa Margarita Elementary School
Thanks to Oak Ambassador dad and Cal Poly architectural engineering professor John Lawson for upgrading the Mammals Among the Oaks exhibit for safe use at the Santa Margarita School library. John offered to take this on as a summer project. The exhibit is now back at...
by Beverly G. | Jul 14, 2014 | Discover Trail Life, Discoveries, News and Views
Mike Klatt has been watching a gall on a coast live oak at his house north of Santa Margarita. Mike has noticed a wasp that seems to always be on or near the gall. What is going on? See below for the answer. This interesting wasp is an Oak Gall Chalcid...
by Beverly G. | Jul 14, 2014 | News and Views
These photos show acorns developing on valley oaks in the Klatt Family’s oak grove. Photos were taken on June 3,2014.
