Learning environmental lessons

Photos by IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers

EARTH EXPLORATION- Anita Kuhlman, above right, stormwater coordinator for the city of Camarillo, employs a topographical model and simulated fertilizer, pesticides and oil to demonstrate to fourth-grade La Mariposa Elementary School students what happens to the substances when rain falls. At right, Breanna Lang, 8, left, and Danielle Kalcic, 8, gently touch a starfish held by Gary Poe at the Windows on Our Waters traveling exhibit during La Mariposa's Earth Day celebration on Tuesday.