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It’s Spring! It’s Earth Day! It’s a great time to think about our insect friends and the plants that help them thrive. You can become a pollinator superhero with these simple tips.
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There was a lot happening this past weekend at CuriOdyssey! During First Friday Nights on April 1st, the Iron Panthers Robotics team joined us to exhibit their robots and other fun gadgets in the Redwood Hall. The Iron Panthers were founded in 2013 at Burlingame High School, with the mission of bringing students of all…
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CuriOdyssey’s Executive Director, Aragon Burlingham, and Chief Development Officer, Maureen Garrett were recently featured in San Mateo Daily Journal discussing the opening of the Whooosh! physics in action playground, along with the larger CuriOdyssey campus plan. “It really signals to both ourselves and our community our commitment to diversity and our commitment to building a…
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On a rainy Wednesday in Coyote Point Park, CuriOdyssey staff went flavor tripping. Using Miracle Berries, also known as Synsepalum dulcificum. These ‘magical’ berries are native to West Africa and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulated them as a food additive. A food additive is any substance that results in indirectly or directly affecting…
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Dear CuriOdyssey Community, Today we are reaching out to our CuriOdyssey Community to introduce you to our new Director of Education, Jessa Barzelay. Jessa Barzelay joined CuriOdyssey after 13 years in Education management and leadership at the San Francisco Zoo and San Francisco Botanical Garden. At the San Francisco Zoo, Jessa oversaw education programs including…
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On a beautiful Saturday afternoon on the Bay in front of over 125 attendees, including funders (The Taylor & Steyer Family, Lead Funders; Sharon and Joel Friedman, Funders of the Swing Zone; Xu Family Charitable Foundation, Funders of the Slide Zone), our Board, partners, staff, family and friends, CuriOdyssey’s Executive Director Aragon Burlingham and California…
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Electrify your child’s imagination at CuriOdyssey’s IlluminOdyssey, a dazzling winter light experience designed for children and families. See four levels of walls, floors and ceilings come alive with radiant, moving color. Our thrilling winter light exhibition returns to the peninsula on Friday, November 19, 2020. This extraordinary exhibition ignites kids’ imagination with brilliant laser art,…
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CuriOdyssey, a children’s science and wildlife center, is pleased to announce the appointment of eight new members and one new volunteer representative to our board of directors. Each individual appointment brings a diverse set of skills, experience and background collectively creating a board that truly reflects our community and constituents. The board’s goal is to…
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CuriOdyssey is proud to welcome our newest resident animal “Charlene” the chuckwalla. Charlene was collected in 2012 by a licensed researcher for a scientific study. After the conclusion of the study, she was kept at the San Francisco State University Herpetology department, only to be recently donated to us in 2021. Please come stop by…
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Movie Nights For the last installment of the San Mateo Park’s Summer Movie Series, we decided to throw in a fun Halloween twist for our guests. Before Cruella began, you could find CuriO staff dressed in costumes showing off some fun pumpkin science, including a pumpkin carving station, mini pumpkin patch, barfing pumpkins and our…
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1651 Coyote Point Drive
San Mateo, CA 94401
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650-342-7755
info@curiodyssey.org
CuriOdyssey is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, Tax ID 94-1262434
