From A Keeper Apprentice
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From A Keeper Apprentice
“It’s always easy to have your heart stolen by the animals you work with, but at CuriOdyssey it was just as easy to have the keepers steal it too.” Please enjoy this blog from our 2016-2017 Keeper Apprentice, Brenda. Dated 08/29/2017 Hello new apprentice! I’m the 2016-2017 apprentice. Before I jump in and tell you…
Read MoreCA Scores Below National Average in Science
The numbers are in. Science scores in California are some of the lowest in the nation. View the data from N.A.E.P., the National Assessment of Educational Progress here. At CuriOdyssey, we are addressing that very issue for kids in our community. Â Here, kids interact with real, natural phenomenon (physics) at a very young age. In…
Read MoreOutdoor Adventures Camp: Tide Pools
Educator Cat Brett shares photos from CuriOdyssey’s Outdoor Adventures summer camp trip to the tide pools at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. #SciencePwr Photos by Science Educator Cat Brett. Interested in our camps and workshops like these? Click here for more information.
Read More2017 Gala Sponsors and Donors
We are so thankful, it is with a donor or sponsor’s help that we can accomplish so much. Click here to learn more about the upcoming CuriOdyssey Gala. Waves Teri Kil & Trevor Watt Cindy Sohn & John Chen The Wiseman Group Interior Design Spots & Stripes Anonymous Lynne Esselstein & Jonathan Joseph Mary…
Read MoreAZA’s Hurricane Harvey Updates
Updated 08/29/2017. The Association for Zoos and Aquariums sent out these updates from fellow Zoos and Aquariums in regard to Hurricane Harvey in Texas: The International Crane Foundation’s Texas Whooping Crane Program office, in Rockport, TX, was destroyed completely. All field staff evacuated safely, and ICF continues to assess the extent of the damage to offices and…
Read MoreAlternative Ways to Enjoy A Solar Eclipse
Looking for alternative ways to enjoy the solar eclipse without eclipse glasses? Here’s what we’ve found. Note: Please do not stare at a partial solar eclipse without eclipse glasses. Instead, we offer other ways to safely enjoy a solar eclipse. 5 alternative ways to enjoy the solar eclipse: (in no particular order) 1. VIDEO: NASA’s cereal box…
Read MoreCuriOdyssey Bugs Day
Here are a few of the wonderful things that happened during CuriOdyssey’s “Bugs Day!” Dr. Stephanie A. Dole, entomologist, educator and Beetlelady, shared her amazing collection of live bugs and specimens. Â She share stories of their evolution, survival and held them for curious kids to touch. Â Watch her teach kids how to sing the Insect…
Read MoreCuriOdyssey’s July Cinema Night
Join us for the last summer Cinema Night on Friday, August 18, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. Film collection theme: “Worlds of Wonder”. Click here for tickets; a limited number of tickets are also available at the door. Click on the photos below for a few film clips of the amazing Exploratorium Cinema Arts film shorts…
Read MoreCuriOdyssey Animal Rescue Day
Visitors were thrilled to see all the amazing, adorable and adoptable pets from Andy’s Pet Adoption Center on CuriOdyssey’s Animal Rescue Day. Regina, a gorgeous green iguana, greeted guests at the door to CuriOdyssey’s Redwood Hall. Visitors met Poppy, a very friendly Argentine black and white tegu lizard. Â Tegus are the only lizard species known…
Read MoreCuriOdyssey Raptor Power Day
CuriOdyssey members and visitors celebrated the dinosaurs that survived at Raptor Power Day. Â We watched raptors soar, Â learned about their role in ecology from raptor conservation experts, and met them up close to learn about the science of their survival and their individual rescue stories. We saw falcons, hawks and eagles soar with falconer, Kenny…
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