Standards-aligned experiences for your class! Reservations are required.

• Museum reservations taken Monday through Friday from 1:00–5:00 PM at 805-682-4711 ext. 108.
• Sea Center reservations taken Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM, at 805-962-2526 ext. 108.

MUSEUM EXPLORATIONS

• Interactive Tour
  (Tuesday–Friday, 10:00–11:00 AM; 11:00 AM–Noon)
  Group size: maximum 80 students per hour. May be combined with a Discovery Lab or Outdoor Nature Exploration. Tours go to most of the Museum’s halls. Clipboards and other student supplies are not allowed on these tours; please see “Mondays My Way” for that option or to focus on one or more halls.
   
• Discovery Labs
  (Tuesday–Friday, 10:00–11:00 AM; 11:00 AM–Noon)
  Group size: maximum one class. May be combined with an Interactive Tour or Outdoor Nature Exploration.
  
  
  • Meet the Teeth
    How do scientists know what dinosaurs ate? Teeth provide the clues. Students use skull casts of modern animals to determine the animals’ diets. By carefully observing their own teeth, students identify teeth used in different ways.
     
• Outdoor Nature Exploration
  (Tuesday–Friday, 10:00–11:00 AM; 11:00 AM–Noon) Group size: maximum one class. May be combined with an Integrative Tour or Discovery Lab.
  
  
  • Nature Walk
    Using all the senses, students walk along the creek to observe in a natural environment and explore the area looking for evidence of wildlife on the ground, around plants, and in the creek.
     
• Mondays My Way
  (Monday, 10:00-11:00 AM; 11:00 AM-Noon) Group size: maximum 80 students per hour.
  This is an opportunity for teachers to conduct investigations in the exhibit halls with their own clasees.
  Teacher-prepared scavenger hunts, single hall studies, and special topic focus are some of the possibilities. Monday is the only week day that clipboards are allowed in the Museum.

SEA CENTER EXPLORATIONS

• Interactive Tour
  (Monday–Friday, 10:00–11:00 AM; 11:00 AM–Noon)
  Group size: maximum 80 students.
  Interactive Tours give students the chance to observe, touch, and explore Santa barbara's marine life in small groups. Trained docents guide engaging interactive experiences with sharks and rays, tide pool animals, marine mammals, oceanography equipment, and live jellies. Each tour meets grade level content standards.

• Outdoor Exploration (at East Beach)
  (Monday–Friday, 10:00–11:00 AM; 11:00 AM–Noon)
  May be combined with a Self-guided Tour.
  
   
  • What Lives at the Beach?
    
    Students take a guided nature walk along the beach, using their senses to detect signs of life. They observe local birds and examine the sand. Students may find clams, worms, insects, kelp, shells, feathers, bones, rocks, and even tree branches. Buckets, tweezers, and hand lenses are used to respectfully observe found items of interest. Students carefully sort their discoveries according to similarities/differences as well as examples of living things versus nonliving things. Ultimately, students return all biotic items to the natural habitat.