SCHOOL GROUPS:
Let the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History supplement and enrich your Science or History/Social Studies curriculum. We offer fieldtrip programs and outreach kits that address state and national standards.
Call our Education Programs Director at (831) 648-5716, ext. 17.
For the most engaging experience, we suggest that you have your students participate in a topic-specific, hands-on program in the Education Room. These programs last approximately half an hour. Requested donation, $1 per student. Consider one of the following topics, or make a special request:
- Fossils
- Life cycles
- Animal adaptations
- Rocks and minerals
- California Indian artifacts
- Local animals and their habitats
If you would like your class to be more independent in its visit to the museum, we offer some downloadable activity sheets.
If you can't bring your class to the museum, bring a part of the museum to your classroom. You can borrow a topic-specific kit with hands-on materials that you can check out and bring to use in your class; or arrange an outreach visit to your class by museum staff to present a topic using these hands-on materials. Our currently available kits include:
- Fossils
- Animal tracks
- Rocks and minerals
- California Indian artifacts
LiMPETS- field science opportunities for middle school and high school students
LiMPETS (Long-term Monitoring Program and Experiential Training for Students) is an environmental monitoring and education program for students, educators, and volunteer groups. This hands-on program was developed to monitor the ocean and coastal ecosystems of California's National Marine Sanctuaries to increase awareness and stewardship of these important areas.
Two distinct monitoring programs make up the core of the LiMPETS network: the Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Program and the Sandy Beach Monitoring Program. Both programs are designed to provide students with the opportunity to experience the scientific process firsthand. Through research-based monitoring and standardized protocols, students develop their problem solving skills, gain experience using tools and methods employed by field scientists, and learn to analyze data. The online data entry system on the LiMPETS website allows our participants to archive their data electronically and to view and analyze their results over time.The LiMPETS network provides authentic, hands-on coastal monitoring experiences that empower teachers, students and the community to conduct real science and serve as ocean stewards.
For more information on the LiMPETS Program please visit http://limpetsmonitoring.org/
If you are interested in scheduling a LiMPETS program, please contact Ann Wasser, LiMPETS Program Coordinator, at (831) 648-5716 ext 14 or limpets@pgmuseum.org. Bus scholarships are available to bring students out to the monitoring sites. Please complete and return the scholarship application form below to Ann Wasser after you have scheduled your monitoring date(s).
ALL OTHER ORGANIZED GROUPS:
If your group includes 10 or more people, please let us know about your visit ahead of time. Call (831) 648-5716, ext. 17. This will enable us to make sure that multiple groups do not arrive at the same time.
