Introduction/Background
Anne Wallace and Patricia Khamou, second grade teachers at Harris Academy in Houston, Texas, make conservation of the Kemp's ridley sea turtle a marvelous learning experience for their second grade classes.

Harris Academy in the Aldine Independent School District concentrates on Citizenship, Leadership and Foreign Language and saving the Kemp's ridley fits very well.

The topic of the curriculum is entitled Citizens Unite!

Teachers may use the Problem-based Learning Outline, the script of the City Council meeting or look at the photographs showing the class and their projects.