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Fourth-grade students at The Sanibel School recently observed and documented nature’s seasonal and cyclical changes within the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation’s Pick Preserve with SCCF Educator Richard Finkel.
They were excited to see how seasonal changes in Florida differ from the seasonal changes that occur in more northern and temperate climate zones and are featured in textbooks, officials reported.
The students were amazed at the change in the habitat off of the boardwalk, where the low water level caught their attention. They remembered how high the water level was on their field trip in the fall, when they were able to sample and document freshwater macro-invertebrates right off the boardwalk.
Outdoor classes focus on freshwater habitats
By SCCF - | Jan 20, 2021
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The Sanibel School’s fourth-grade classes recently visited the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation’s Pick Preserve located across the street for a Habitat Study Field Trip. Led by SCCF Educator Richard Finkel, students in Julie Wappes’ and Daryl Peters’ classes observed and recorded the defining plant life within the interior of Sanibel. Finkel reported: “Discovering the diversity of life found within the ecosystem clearly revealed the importance of freshwater habitats for the students. Students enjoyed the outdoor classroom and writing about their observations and excitement into descriptive narratives in the Pick Preserve’s gazebo.”
Dec 15, 2020
Thomas F. Pick, 90, died peacefully in his suburban Chicago home surrounded by family on December 13, 2020. Tom, an investor and philanthropist, was adored by all who knew him and very devoted to his family. His many friends treasured his business acumen, intelligence, honesty, loyalty, generosity and delightfully quirky sense of humor. He was a gardener, a fisherman, a master barbecuer, a fine player of bridge and poker, a sailor and a stargazer.
An alumnus of North Shore Country Day School, he graduated from Amherst College in 1952, cum laude in organic chemistry. After college, he served as a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Navy from 1952 to 1955, working in military intelligence aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Oriskany as it patrolled the Pacific. Back in Chicago, he worked as an investment manager with A. G. Becker and other firms, retiring in 1997 from Everen Securities.
Pick Preserve walks resume with STEM middle-schoolers
By SCCF - | Dec 16, 2020
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SCCF
Once again, teachers at The Sanibel School are able to take their students on walking field trips and take advantage of Sanibel’s environment as an outdoor classroom, the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation reported. Located directly across the street from the school, SCCF’s Pick Preserve is an ideal setting for incorporating environmental education into curriculum, which has been a 20-year collaboration with the SCCF.
SCCF Environmental Educator Richard Finkel recently met Kelly Johnson’s middle school STEM class to explore the ecology of Sanibel’s freshwater wetlands. Students observed and recorded the aquatic habitat’s small life forms. They were excited to get out of the classroom and discover small fish, tadpoles, damselfly and dragonfly nymphs, fishing spiders, water beetles, water striders, and freshwater snails within their water samples.