Stepping outside of the classroom and into California Botanic Garden is so much more than a scenic stroll when students are accompanied by Garden Guides, our volunteer corps of knowledgeable docents.
Participation in a guided school tour (1 hr.) or guided program (1.5 hrs.) is a memorable, meaningful experience for students. Volunteer Garden Guides introduce, demonstrate and reinforce ideas included in K-8 Cross-Curricular Common Core Standards and Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools. Tour and program topics include sensory exploration and observation skills, culture of California indigenous people and their use of natural resources, the ecological significance and conservation of native plants, and plant and animal adaptation to habitats.
one-hour tours
TK through 2nd one-hour tours are still being offered with smaller groups:
Transitional Kindergarten: Eye Spy
Kindergarten: Who Lives Here?
First Grade: How Does Your Garden Grow?
Second Grade: Diversity University
Click below for Guiding Questions and Vocabulary that will be used during the tours.
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ONE and a half-hour programs
Two new one and a half hour (1 ½) programs are offered for Grades 3 through 6. These new programs substitute for the previous two hour “hands on” tours:
Third and Fourth Grade: Web of Life
Fifth and Sixth Grade: Adaptation & Survival
For everyone's safety, there will be no hands-on activities during these programs.
The Native Partners program is not being offered at this time.
