Check out this week’s featured specimen!
(Pictured below, really close up!)
Photo: C. Spears.
Can you guess what it is?
Here are some hints:
- This animal eats mainly invertebrates, such as worms, snails and insects.
- Although this animal lives in dry habitats, it is a good swimmer.
Leave us a comment with your answer! Then come see us in the Classroom on Sunday, February 12th at 2:30 pm for Science Story Adventures to see if you’re right and to learn more about this animal. Science Story Adventures is our program for children ages 4 - 8 and their caregivers. In the program, we explore the natural world through stories, specimens, games and crafts.
Photo: Flying dragon (Draco volans). Alfius Leman
Test your design skills by creating a variety of simple objects from a Borneo glider to an aluminum foil boat for transferring marine specimens. Join us for these and other drop-in activities to celebrate National Engineers Week (February 19th -25th).
Saturday, February 18th, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm in the Classroom
Check out this week’s featured specimen!
(Pictured below, really close up!)
Photo: N. Sincero © California Academy of Sciences
Can you guess what it is?
Here are some hints:
- This animal eats mainly grasses, leaves, fruits and bark.
- This animal can communicate over long distances via rumbles that cause seismic vibrations in the ground.
Leave us a comment with your answer! Then come see us in the Classroom on Sunday, February 5th at 2:30 pm for Science Story Adventures to see if you’re right and to learn more about this animal. Science Story Adventures is our program for children ages 4 - 8 and their caregivers. In the program, we explore the natural world through stories, specimens, games and crafts.
Photo:Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus). Albert P. Bekker © California Academy of Sciences
Click here for the Butterfly Life Cycle online handout.
Each week in the Naturalist Center, we take elementary school-aged children on Science Story Adventures. We look at a different theme connected with the natural world and the exhibits in the Academy, and explore it through stories, activities and crafts.
Now you can continue your adventure at home with this online handout. It includes the planned learning outcomes of the Science Story Adventure, which are usually drawn from the Science Content Standards for California Public Schools. Can’t remember the title of the books we read or how to do that craft? It’s on the sheet. We’ve also included a list of resources - books, DVDs or websites - for further exploration.
Check out this week’s featured specimen!
(Pictured below, really close up!)
Can you guess what it is?
Here are some hints:
- This animal cannot survive freezing temperatures.
- This animal has an internal compass that helps it navigate when migrating.
Leave us a comment with your answer! Then come see us in the Classroom on Sunday, January 29th at 2:30 pm for Science Story Adventures to see if you’re right and to learn more about this animal. Science Story Adventures is our program for children ages 4 - 8 and their caregivers. In the program, we explore the natural world through stories, specimens, games and crafts.
