Join our evening Watercolors class with Pat Kehoe July 16th through 19th This watercolor class will explore the aquarium’s critters and weather permitting-landscapes near the Science Center. All with expert guidance from local watercolorist Pat Kehoe. There will be four…
Acting & Reacting This camp is for the kitchen chemists in our midst – if you like mixing and mashing to create new and interesting flavors, this is the camp for you! Rising 4th-6th graders will experiment with wild and…
We wish everyone a happy 4th of July weekend and hope you get to enjoy all the festivities. To celebrate we are giving our staff some well-deserved time off and will be closed from the 4th through the 7th. Normal…
Dr. Alexis Will, seabird scientist, didn’t see herself as a scientist when she was younger. She never declared that as her future occupation with the certainty of the other kids around her announcing that they would be astronauts…
The red-eye medusa, Polyorchis pencillatus, is a jellyfish species named for their reddish eyespots, which line the base of their bell. They’re not true jellies, because true jellies are in the group Scyphozoa, and…
Meet wild creatures on the beach and learn about their unique habitat! Join a knowledgeable guide for a tour along Sage Beach to explore the world between the tides. You must wear closed-toed shoes and be prepared to walk, stand,…
Dr. Matt Bracken of University of California, Irvine, will be leading an intertidal beach walk Friday the 21st at Sage Beach. He has been studying intertidal communities on the west coast of the U.S., from the coast of…
At the end of this May, over twenty people of varying backgrounds found themselves working with each other on an almost entirely uninhabited island in Southeast Alaska. Members of the group hailed from across the country,…
Our very first camp, Space Travelers, drew to a close last week. Every camper had a blast throughout a busy schedule that incorporated different areas of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics). Activities included designing and testing spacesuits with materials…
Inquisitive by nature, Nancy Ricketts’s early life was filled with memories of exploring the intertidal world with her family from California to Washington. Her father, Ed Ricketts, had a specimen collecting business and would often make trips to the beach…
