California Academy of Sciences
The Exploratorium location is in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts. It is the ultimate museum in exploration and discovery. The Exploratorium is open from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. Admission is $3.00 for students ages 6-17. Admission for teachers/chaperones is free at a ratio of 1 teacher/chaperone: 10 students. In addition, admission is free the first Wednesday of every month.To request a reservation form call (415) 561-0317; fax (415) 561-0370 attention:school field trips reservations; E-mail click here to go to the E-mail site.
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.
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:
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.
