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School Visits: Life Science Classes
Click on supplemental
teacher information for a detailed description, including vocabulary,
pre- and post-visit activities, related Web sites, and correlations
with California State Science Standards.
Surviving in Space
Grades 3-5
How
do astronauts live in space? What do they eat? How does weightlessness
change their coordination? Footage from a NASA shuttle mission is used
to introduce how astronauts live in space. As students rotate through a
series of interactive activities, they become familiar with some of the
challenges astronauts face as they train and prepare for a mission.
This is a highly interactive session so students should dress
comfortably.
Supplemental Teacher Information
California Science Standards: Grade 5
Open Court Reading science topic: Grade 4
All Systems Go –
Space Physiology
Grades 6-8
What happens to your vital human systems in space? Students explore
effects of micro gravity on the human systems with a focus on balance,
reactions, coordination and tracking ones own vital signs. Activities
are presented informally as a series of station tasks that allow
students to manipulate equipment and gather data about their own
responses. Technologies such as science temperature probes, heart rate
probes, digital blood pressure devices, spirometers, vestibular boards,
and robotic training arms are utilized. This is a highly interactive
session so students should dress comfortably.
Supplemental Teacher Information
California Science Standards:
Grade 7
Grades 9-12
The
activities in this class have been adjusted for high school students.
You will explore the physiological issues associated with space travel
and utilizes technologies such as: temperature probes, heart rate
monitors, blood pressure instruments, spirometers, oximeters, and
robotic training arms. Values from these instruments will supply data
that will reveal much about human physiology.
Supplemental Teacher Information
California Science Standards: Grade 9 & 12
Anatomy of a Life Form
Grades 5-8
How
have life forms developed over time? Students study the physical
adaptations of animals in this comparative anatomy course. By
dissecting a squid, they will examine the relationship of structure to
function. They will also compare the human body to other life forms.
Supplemental Teacher Information
California Science
Standards: Grade 5 & 7
Open Court Reading science topic: Grade 5
Exceptional Perception – The Human Eye
Grades 5-8
Please note that this
class requires an additional fee.
Observing our world takes a remarkable optical instrument – the eye.
Through eye scopes, color vision testing, peripheral vision disks, and
3-D imagery, students are introduced to the optical world. Included in
this class is the dissection of a cow’s eye. A specimen fee of $1.00
per student will be added to the cost of this class.
Supplemental Teacher Information
California Science
Standards: Grade 3 & 7
Explorers of the Ocean
Grades 3-4
What will be found beneath the ice of Jupiter’s moon, Europa? Is it
possible that an ocean of water lies beneath? How much is known about
Earth’s oceans? How do ocean plants and animals survive in extreme
environments? Students will study some ocean inhabitants and learn
about their structures and behaviors. Topics such as salinity, tide
pools, camouflage, bioluminescence and life at the bottom of the ocean
will be covered.
Supplemental Teacher Information
California Science
Standards: Grade 3 & 4
Open Court Reading science topic: Grade 3
Fossil Hunt: Exploring Life Forms From Earth's Past
Grades 2-3
Was
there life on Mars? How do we know so much about Earth's ancient past?
Explore the underground world where fossils reveal clues to our past.
Students will come to their own conclusions as they participate in a
series of activities. The class includes fossil identification,
creating skeletal rubbings, solving a dinosaur bones mystery, and using
the popular Dinosaur Hunt software (by Eyewitness) to learn more about
these amazing animals Supplemental Teacher Information
California Science
Standards: Grade 3
Open Court Reading science topic: Grade 2
Life On Earth
Grades K-3
“Spaceship Earth” rotates and revolves through space maintaining populations of
countless organisms. This class introduces young children to the topic of
biodiversity in the world of animals. They will use two-way viewers,
microscopes, and a video cam microscope to observe a range of animals.
Supplemental Teacher Information
California Science
Standards: Grade K, 1 & 2
Open Court Reading science topic:
Grade 1 & 2
Micro-Adventures
Grades 4-5
Zoom in 100 times or more on the world of the cell and sharpen
students’ microscope skills. Students mount and prepare their own
slides to examine real plant and animal cells. They create a guided
blueprint drawing of a cell and use it to construct an edible cell
model. Electron micrographs and experiences with a variety of
microscopes will show how the search for life may depend on our ability
to recognize microscopic life forms.
Supplemental Teacher Information
California Science
Standards: Grade 4 & 5
Open Court Reading science topic: Grade 5
Water World
Grades 3-4
Where there is water, would there be life? Could there have been life in
the ancient waters of Mars? Students will investigate fresh and
saltwater properties and life forms from our watery world. Through a
carefully planned sequence of experiments, students conduct their own
observations and arrive at their own conclusions about water and the
life within.
Supplemental Teacher Information
California Science
Standards: Grade 3 & 4
Open Court Reading science topic: Grade 6
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All classes are aligned with the new California State Science Standards.
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