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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
- 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 classes. 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.
- AstronoMonday
(Monday, 9:30–10:45 AM; 10:45 AM–Noon)
Group size: Maximum two classes.
This program is offered to 5th grade students only. It combines a Sun and Family Planetarium Program and our new AstroLab. These complementary programs give students a chance to learn about our solar system using hands-on activities and visual presentations.
- Interactive Tour
(Tuesday–Friday, 10:00–11:00AM; 11:00 AM–Noon)
Group size: maximum 80 students per hour. May be combined with a Discovery Lab, an Outdoor Nature Exploration or a Planetarium Program. 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 Lab
(Tuesday–Friday, 10:00–11:00 AM; 11:00 AM–Noon)
Group size: maximum one class. May be combined with an Interactive Tour, Outdoor Nature Exploration, or Planetarium Program.
Up Close - Biology
Students explore how we know what we know about the details of the natural world using tools scienctists use. Students learn to use different types of hand lenses and microscopes to observe a variety of organisms.
- Outdoor Nature Exploration
(Tuesday–Friday, 10:00–11:00 AM; 11:00 AM–Noon)
Group size: maximum one class. May be combined with an Interactive Tour, Discovery Lab, or Planetarium Program.
- Watershed Ecology
Students observe and record the biotic and abiotic factors indicating the health of Mission Creek. Water quality testing is conducted and data collected. Students catch aquatic animals and make identifications from keys. The health of a creek can be determined by observing which aquatic insects are present or absent.
- Planetarium Programs
(Monday–Friday, 10:00–11:00 AM; 11:00 AM–Noon)
Capacity: 44 including adults. May be combined with an Interactive Tour, Discovery Lab, or Outdoor Nature Exploration.
- The Sun and Its Family
Students take a multimedia journey to the Sun, visit each of the planets, and explore comets and other celestial bodies before returning home to view the evening sky. Related directly to Grade 5 science standards.
SEA CENTER EXPLORATIONS
- Interactive Tour
(Monday–Friday, 10:00–11:00 AM; 11:00 AM–Noon)
Group size: maximum 80 students.
Interactive Tours give sudents the chance to observe, touch, and explore 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. Students learn firsthand about the internal organs of marine animals, and the jobs they perform.
- Outdoor Explorations (on East Beach)
(Monday–Friday, 10:00–11:00 AM; 11:00 AM–Noon)
May be combined with Self-guided Tour.
- Walking the Watershed
Students investigate conditions and test water quality at Mission Creek Lagoon. They work in teams to measure salinity, temperature, turbidity, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, and phosphates. While recording and examining data from these tests, students learn the sources and effects of various pollutants on aquatic life. Data is used to determine the current health of the water at the bottom of the Mission Creek watershed.
- Discovery Lab (in the Sea Center)
(Monday-Friday, 9:00–10:00 AM)
May be combined with Self-guided Tour.
- Specialized Structures
Students explore the steps of eating and digestion in ocean animals. By carefully examining invertebrates, fish, and marine mammals students gain insight into the roles of teeth, the mouth, and the stomach as well as variations of digestive systems among marine animals. They also explore ways animals rid themselves of waste materials and the effect of these materials on the ocean ecosystem.
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