“The Museum At Your Side” is a collection of hands-on activities, informative articles, and engaging videos to connect you with nature and science wherever you are!
Below are all of our activities at a glance:
- Rockin’ Pop-Up: The Curious Case of the Three Rock Types
- Light Spectra Activity
- Rockin’ Pop-Up: Minerals
- Phenology Wheel Activity
- Meet the Artist: Diane T Sands
- Rockin’ Pop-Up: A Geologist’s Toolkit
- Lecture: Data is Not the Destination with Christian Schwarz
- Rockin’ Pop-Up: Santa Cruz Formations
- May Day Flower Crown Video Tutorial
- Nature Journal from Your Window
- Sound Map Activity
- Meet a Painting: Magnetic Mousing by Hajra Meeks
- Lecture: Exploring Science Through Art
- Build a Bug Net Video Tutorial
- Bird Beak Activity | 2nd grade
- Animals in Their Habitat Activity | 2nd grade
- Plant Growth Observations Activity | 2nd Grade
- Meet a Painting: Plovers in the Dunes by Megan Gnekow
- Sourgrass Natural Dye Video Tutorial
- What’s In a Naturalist’s Backpack?
- Weather Observation Activity | 3rd grade
- Skull Detectives Activity | 2-3 grade
- Science Illustration Prompt: Engage Your Senses
- Community Connections
- Santa Cruz Nature Bingo
- Museum Coloring Book
- Ohlone Matching Game | 3-4 grade
- Science Illustration Prompt: Sequential Observations
- Natural Pigments
- Pollinator Matching Activity | 2nd grade
- Food Web Activity | 3-5 grade
- Great Horned Owl Activity | 3-5 grade
- Solo Beach Cleanup
- Observing Clouds Activity
- Gettin’ Birdy: Seabright Neighborhood Walk
- Lecture: Loma Prieta +30
- Lecture: Lighthouse Keeper’s Legacy
- Tree Canopy Activity | 4-5 grade
- Gettin’ Birdy: Where are the Birds?
- Cultivating Nature Awareness
- Exploring Neary Lagoon
- Our Animal Neighbors: Western Gray Squirrel
- Exploring the Equinox
- Gettin’ Birdy: Why Birdwatch?
- Create Your Own Field Guide
- Geology of West Cliff Drive
- A Collection of Resources
- Animal Tracking