Kindergarten Virtual Field Trips

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Animated logo with text 'Virtual Field Trip to the California Science Center' and 'for grades K-5'

Engage your class in a selection of grade-specific, standards-based activities! All activities and lessons were carefully crafted with an eye towards Next Generation Science Standards for Kindergarten students.

Available in two exciting topics:

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Kindergarten Life Science: I Will Survive

What do plants and animals need to stay alive?

Transform your kindergarteners into scientists as they look for patterns in what plants and animals need to survive. Explore how keepers care for animals at the California Science Center to understand the relationship between what living things need and the environments in which they live.

Next Generation Science Standards Addressed

K-LS1-1, K-ESS2-2, K-ESS3-1, and K-ESS3-3

On-Demand Video

Join our educators to discover different enclosures in the World of Life Discovery Room and the Ecosystems gallery and learn how our keepers provide all the things necessary for plant and animal survival in different environments.

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Educator Mariela with illustrated Science Songbirds

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Educator Mariela with illustrated Science Songbirds

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Downloadable Activity Guide

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Preview image of English Student Activity Guide

Students will play a game as a keeper to determine what the animals at the California Science Center need to stay alive. Through the game, students will discover patterns in how animals receive food, water, shelter, and air from their environment.

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Preview image of Spanish Student Activity Guide

Kindergarten Physical Science: Sun-ergy

What happens when the sun shines on an object?

Take your kindergarten scientists on a virtual field trip to the California Science Center to figure out what happens when the sun shines on an object. Students will be given a variety of scenarios to explain their thinking.

Next Generation Science Standards Addressed

K-PS3-1 and K-PS3-2

On-Demand Video

Join our educators to figure out what’s causing different temperatures around the California Science Center.

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Educator holding thermometer in front of desert exhibit

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Educator holding thermometer in front of desert exhibit

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Downloadable Activity Guide

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Preview image of student activity guide in English.

Students will paint with water to explain what they think happens when the sun shines on a surface.

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Preview image of student activity guide in Spanish.

Funding provided by the special interest license plate featuring the image of Snoopy, with permission and support from Peanuts Worldwide (Section 5169 of the Vehicle Code) for the Museum Grant Program under the California Cultural and Historical Endowment.

Financiamiento proporcionado por placa de interés especial con la imagen de Snoopy, con permiso y apoyo de Peanuts Worldwide (Sección 5169 del Código de Vehículos) para el Museum Grant Program bajo el California Cultural and Historic Endowment.