The Bay Area Discovery Museum is located outside of Sausalito at
Fort Baker on McReynolds Road. The museum has different labs or rooms
for students to investigate different things. There is a science lab,
an art room, a media lab and various other rooms where children can
create and explore. Also there is a changing exhibit in one of the buildings.
For an update on the current exhibit check out the web site on the links
page. If you are planning a field trip to this museum it is important
to make reservations early. Admission fees are reduced for school groups.
Also, scholarships are available for school groups needing 
funding
for the field trip. It is also necessary to apply for the scholarships
early. Scholarships can be requested when submitting the registration
form. For a registration form call (415)289-7266. Guided tours and workshops
are $100 per visit per class. If you combine the visit with a visit
to the nearby Marine Mammal Center, the cost is $175. The cost for self
guided tours is $50 for 6--15 students; $70 for 16--20 students; $90
for 21--34 students; and $130 for 35--40 students. Adult chaperones
are admitted free, and an adult:child ratio of 1:8 is required. The
Bay Area Discovery Museum also offers a, "museum in your school"
program as well as a, "camp-in program."
Standards:First grade standard 2 of
the life sciences: Plants and animals meet their needs in different
ways. As a basis for understanding this concept:
a. Students know different plants and animals inhabit different kinds
of environments and have external features that help them thrive in
different kinds of places.
b. Students know both plants and animals need water, animals need food,
and plants need light.
c. Students know animals eat plants or other animals for food and may
also use 
plants
or even other animals for shelter and nesting.
d. Students know how to infer what animals eat from the shapes of their
teeth (e.g., sharp teeth: eats meat; flat teeth: eats plants).
Second grade life sciences standard 2:
Plants and animals have predictable life cycles. As a basis for understanding
this concept:
a. Students know that organisms reproduce offspring of their own kind
and that the offspring resemble their parents and one another.
b. Students know the sequential stages of life cycles are different
for different animals, such as butterflies, frogs, and mice.
c. Students know many characteristics of an organism are inherited from
the parents. Some characteristics are caused or influenced by the environment.
d. Students know there is variation among individuals of one kind within
a population.
Third grade life sciences standard 3: Adaptations
in physical structure or behavior may improve an organism's chance for
survival. As a basis for understanding this concept:
a. Students know plants and animals have structures that serve different
functions in growth, survival, and reproduction.
b. Students know examples of diverse life forms in different environments,
such as oceans, deserts, tundra, forests, grasslands, and wetlands.
c. Students know living things cause changes in the environment in which
they live: some of these changes are detrimental to the organism or
other organisms, and some are beneficial.
