Adults are free. The remainder of the payment will be due at the time of the program. Students will learn about the life cycles,adaptations,and survival strategies of insects and their relatives. Students will meet LIVE insects and their kin, such as blue beetles, a giant millipede, a tarantula and more. Students will explore the daily lives of Chumash Indians as they encounter a variety of artifacts made of stone, shell, animal bones, and plants.
Students can try their hands at grinding acorns and playing Native American games.
Students become junior paleontologists as they explore models of dinosaur skulls,teeth and feet. Students will identify dinosaur tracks,touch real fossils,and try to guess why some dinosaurs swallowed stones. In the fall of 1999, the Education Department, in conjunction with several community organizations, launched an After School Program for local neighborhood students. Our bilingual staff provide students with meaningful, educational, and safe activities. We broaden students' academic horizons in science and history during off-track and after school time periods.