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Educational Experiences
Educational Experiences
Rock and Gold Mining : Order some bags of rocks, have the class (with adult volunteers) make some screen to pan with an get a big tub of water! Gold mining fun ready! Order bags of fossils, gemstones: they got them all!
What animals are around here? Click on the iNaturalist to get some information on all the species in our valley! Use this PDF if you want to host your own scavenger hunt!
Class Visitors
Class Visitors
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park Rangers
(Which reminds me that all California 4th graders get in free! Go to Every Kid Outdoors
Ranger in the Classroom Materials
Quick Article and Vocab Activity for Park Ranger Visit
Tulare County Museum (especially veterans day!)
Interactive virtual Field Trips (Look, some virtual field trips suck... this one does not.. you get a live person interacting with the screen! Best ever!)
Local Field Trips
Local Field Trips
Nature and Natural Stuff
Nature and Natural Stuff
Mooney Grove Park with Tulare County Museum
St. John's Parkway
Good for local history, nature hikes, etc. Watch this video of my kids going there.
History and Historical Field Trips
History and Historical Field Trips
Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad Ride the train, pan for gold, visit the Museum!
Here is the movie trailer I made about our family day trip there.
Ceasar Chavez National Monument
San Luis Obispo Coastal Discovery Center
Piedras Blancas Light Station This is a great place to see the natural wonders of California, unpopulated, all natural.
Science
Science
Outerspace --> Planetarium
Fossils --> Fresno Discovery Center
Plants --> Clovis Botanical Garden
Animals -->
Here is what my kids saw when they went to Fresno Zoo in the winter.
Art
Art
Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art
Enchanted Playhouse (THEATER, baby!)
Scout Island Outdoor Education (Click here to get their activity list)
California Field Trips
California Field Trips
Quick Reference Website This is a great website where lots of field trip destinations are listed alphabetically by city.
California Academy of the Sciences in San Francisco
California Science Center in Los Angeles
Natural History Museum in Los Angeles
Pinnacle National Park near Monterey
Old Mission San Juan Bautista near Monetrey
Fossil Discovery Center in Madera County
Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco
Jamestown, California (near San Francisco)
Fun Field Trips
Fun Field Trips
Local Teacher Grants
Local Teacher Grants
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