SM BEACH — Forty screaming fourth graders, imitating everything from a great white shark to an octopus, raced across the sand at Muscle Beach next to the Santa Monica Pier.
Flinging themselves at the feet of Heal the Bay volunteers, they tore open pouches containing food — animal figurines — or trash. The kids who found animals hurried back to their waiting classmates, while those with the not-so-tasty trash headed to the temporary animal hospital for a checkup.
The "Fatal Food Relay" was just one of the many activities aimed at teaching kids about keeping the oceans clean at Heal the Bay's Education Day on Friday. The event hosted more than 700 third, fourth and fifth graders from L.A. County Title 1 schools and helped kick-off California's Coastal Cleanup Weekend.
"I was excited to be out here because it's a lot of fun working together as a team to clean up the beach for the environment," Christopher Jackson, a third grader at Wisdom Academy for Young Scientists, said.
http://www.smdp.com/Articles-c-2009-09-18-62207.113116_Kids_help_protect_the_environment.html
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