Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Recent Work Title A Guide to Science Field Trips. Science Resources in the Bay Area Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/05q7v4zd Author Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Publication Date 1991-10-01 eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California ·- "~----------~------------ U. C. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Library, ·· Berkeley. FOR REFERENCE ~· ... - ··- Not. to ·.b~ --.taken -from this room A Guide to Science Field Trips in the BayArep Ul (9 This project was r funded by BAST~ Pl'O 'i'< '< ~DISCLAIMER This document was prepared as an account of work sponsored by the United States Government. 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Science Resources ·n the Bay Area A Guide to Science Field Trips in the Bay Area · This project was funded by BASTEC Contributions made by: Dale Koistinen Chabot Science Center- Coordinator Yvonne W. Ash Castlemont Harriet Axelrod Stonehurst Donna Backstrom-Jones Webster Patricia Bayonne-Johnson Oakland Tech Pamela Bidleman Peralta Karen Boyden Laurel Jane Couch Markham Cheryl A. Garrett Markham Ginger Hom Thornhill Carolyn Howard-McBride Peralta Harriet Hutchinson Arts Michael Katz Golden Gate Steven Miyamoto Munck Albertina Padilla Jefferson Marly Piver Oakland Tech Ruth Quezada Markham Margaret P. Richardson Thornhill Evelyn Smith Fremont High Richard Staniland Fremont High Betty Thompson Whittier Sharon Tringali Cleveland Patty Walmann Montclair Kimberly Jane Wilson Marshall Michael Zak Castlemont This directory was put together by a group of 24 Oakland Public Schools teachers during a two-week BASTEC-sponsored class, August 12-23, 1991. It is a compilation of site visits made by the group and individuals to help facilitate your classroom visits. SCIENCE RESOURCE GUIDE Aiio Nuevo State Reserve New Years Creek Road Pescadero,CA 94060 The reserve protects the habitat and breeding grounds (415) 879-0595 for the northern elephant seals. Contact Person(sl Gary Strachan Notes: Type of Organization Reservations can be made by calling Mystix at (BOO) 444-7275 on October 6 (date changes every year). State Public Transportation: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Information not available. Students There are guided walks during breeding seasons (December-March). Outreach Information not available. Teacher Training There is no teacher training. Docent training consists of twelve 3 hour class sections. Materials There is an At'lo Nuevo State Reserve brochure available but no teacher packet. An excellent source of reference is The Natural History of Ano Nuevo by Le Boluf and Kaza. Fees The cost is $6 per 20 students. SCIENCE RESOURCE GI.UDE Ardenwood Historic Farm 34600 Ardenwood Blvd. Fremont, CA 94555 Ardenwood is a demonstration farm. It invites you to (510) 796-0663 experience farm life as it was near the turn of the century. Draft horses still pull wagons, rail cars and Contact Per•on(•J Ira Bietz (supervisor) plows. The land still grows the kinds of crops grown 100 years ago, and the farmyard is still full of animals. Type of Organization There are "hands-on" activities designed for school East Bay Regional Park District groups. Notes: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS The programs are available through the East Bay Regional Park Lottery system. Students Preschool-12th grade. School Programs through East Bay Regional Park Lottery System. Public Transportation: School Programs available: (1) Riders can take BART and a bus ride and then walk a 1/4 of a mile. Field to Food, (2) Country Kitchens, Participants can call for more information. (3) Treasures of the Trunk, (4) Historic Home Tour Outreach None available. .UlOENWOOD Teacher Training REGIONAL PRESERVE More Parkland Discovery is a new magazine publication. There are a collection of relevant articles and ideas for "hands-on" activities for students. Jlaterlala More Parkland Discovery, maps, books, "old-fashioned" candies and resources, recipes (available upon request) at the gift shop on the site. Fees The fees are $2.50 for ages 4-17, $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for seniors, and kids under 4 are free. SCIENCE RESOURCE GUIDE Audubon Canyon Ranch 4900 Shoreline Hwy 1 Stinson Beach, CA 94970 The mission of the ranch is to preserve native plants (415) 868-9244 and animals at three nature preserves; to educate the Contact Per•oni•J public about the natural world and conservation ethics; Information not available. and to increase knowledge of ecology through appropriate research. Type of Organlzeflon Non-Profit Notes: Map is sent in teacher packet. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Public Transportation: Student• Buses or private transportation is required. Partial bus Concentration on the 3rd through scholarships are available. 6th grade with greatest emphasis on the 4th and 5th grades. Outreach Trained docents visit classroom before visit to ACR including slide shows, hands-on materials and games and activities designed to prepare students for trip. Teacher Training No teacher training needed. Material• A packet is sent to the classroom teacher with instructional materials to help prepare the students for their experience at the preserve and afterward. None. SCIENCE RESOURCE GWDE Bay Area Discovery Museum East Fort Baker Road Sausalito, CA Information not available. (415) 332-9646 Contact Person(sJ Notes: Nina Sazezich (2-5 p.m.) Type of Organization Public Transportation: Non-Profit Information not available. From the East Bay, take the San Rafael Bridge just past the San EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Quentin exit at Sir Francis Drake Blvd. to Highway 101 South towards S.F. Take the second Sausalito exit (just before the Golden Gate Bridge) then follow the signs to East Fort Baker. Students Ages 2 to 12 years old; Docent tours are 1 1/2 hours each combining indoor and outdoor hands-on activities. Tours: (1) Habitat. human and animal environment in the S.F. Bay, (2) San Francisco Bay Exhibition, (3) Folk Art tour. (4) Dia Las Muerte 10) (Oct.-Nov.) Outreach Information not available. Teacher Training Teacher workshops are given twice a year. ----::====--------- ~-- ~------ _.. Materials Go\dc"' ~~te Brlclg L ~-~- ~--~ Educational materials are available for class visits. Fees The fee is $1.50 per student which is paid in advance. SCIENCE RESOURCE GUIDE Black Diamond Mines Regional 5175 Somersville Road Preserve Antioch, CA 94509 (510) 757·2620 Located in the northern foothills of Mt. Diablo, this Contact Person(sJ 4,000-acre preseNe is rich in early California/Miwok Information not available. Indians history. Interpretive programs take visitors into an underground mining museum, to coal mining-era Type of Ol'flanlzatlon Rose Hill Cemetery, and through the historic town East Bay Regional Park sites. In addition to its rich cultural history, the park is an important geological, botanical and zoological preseNe. The PreseNe features natural communities EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS of chaparral, oak woodland and grassland, and clearly exposed geological formations. Students Naturalist Programs focusing on the following curriculum areas: Animal Notes: adaptations and classifications, California history, U.S. history, Programs for schools and other organized groups are conducted coal-mining history, geology, chaparral weekdays by reservation only. Reservations are taken exclusively plant habitats and communities, plant by mail by the appropriate deadlines. adaptations, and food chains for grades preschool and up. (Most programs geared tor 3rd grades and up.) Public Transportation: Limited access. Outreach Not available at this time. Teacher Training Not available. Materials Two-volume educator's guide available for purchase. Tt can be purchased at all East Bay Regional Park District's Interpretive Centers or ordered through the mail. Alameda/Contra Costa Counties: No Charge Outside Alameda/Contra Costa Counties: $26.00 per hour per naturalist. SCIENCE RESOURCE GUIDE California Academy of Sciences Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA The California Academy·of Science is San Francisco's (415) 750-7155 natural history museum, aquarium and planetarium in Golden Gate Park. In the aquarium students can Contact Person(sJ Susan Douglas watch the feeding of seals, dolphins, penguins and other fish on a daily basis. The planetarium offers star Type of Organization talk and laserium shows daily. Non-Profit Notes: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Public Transportation: Students The Academy can be reached by BART and MUN/. Programs for grades K-12 include the Discovery Room, the Planetarium, aquarium, California wildlife, earth and space. human cultures, gems and minerals and many other scientific activities to extend science outside of the