Woodlands (click a picture to view the entire project)

Engelmann Oak

When Sam Knott's daughter Cara was tragically killed, he decided to plant an oak in her honor. Then he figured out a way to propagate the acorns of one of the world's rarest oaks, the Engelmann. From that grew Cara's Oaks, a foundation devoted to planting the endangered oaks throughout California, their native range. See how students at Olive Peirce Middle School in Ramona, California, USA, created a memorial grove of Engelmann oaks on their school grounds with Sam's help (click the picture to view the entire project).

Bears

With the help of local wildlife experts, Shirley Roper's students at La Costa Meadows School in Southern California prepared these brief essays and illustrations about the bears of California, USA--including the grizzly which is now extinct in the state (click the picture to view the entire project).