Join the Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center staff to explore how NASA uses robotic spacecraft technology to uncover mysteries within the solar system! Participants will receive a solar system exploration mission, then design their very own spacecraft prototype that will collect data about a target destination! Available for 6-8 graders. An email with all the...
Exploring a Desert Habitat Students will investigate the diversity of desert life and learn about special plant and animal adaptations through games and a moderate hike. The park rules for this hike are: K-4 grades, no siblings: 1 parent/guardian per student. Only Learners with an RSVP ticket will be allowed on this hike with a...
Catch yourself some Gold Fever and experience life as a Forty-Niner on the farm! Gold was discovered in California near Sutter’s Fort. Originally designed to be an agricultural empire, Sutter’s Fort was overrun by gold seekers in 1849. Thousands from all over the world risked their lives to travel to California in hopes of changing...
Footprints on the Land is a docent-led tour for fourth-grade classes exploring California history throughout the historic site. Our live, interactive virtual tours are facilitated by trained school docents on Zoom. Through inquiry and observation, virtual field trips connect students with state and local history in alignment with California History & Social Science standards. CANCELED DO TO RAIN
Beginning with a tour through the Printing Museum’s extensive collection of working machinery, you will experience the development of the arts and technologies used to transmit ideas, including writing, paper making, printing and bookbinding. From printing a bible page on Gutenberg’s Press, to visiting Franklin’s printing shop, even watching the marvelous newspaper machines of the...
iLEAD welcomes you to join a unique interactive virtual learning experience with knowledgeable staff from the California State Parks who will be exploring the complex ecology of redwood forests from the canopy all the way to the forest floor. Grades 3-8 RSVP
Join us for a 90-minute introduction to coding and robotics workshop where we will build a craft project using motors and lights, and control it using computer code! Materials will be mailed to learners attending prior to the event. Zoom link will be shared a few day prior to the workshop as well. 7-12 graders...
