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Calie Mount San Jacinto Field Trip

Do you want to be one of the 30 lucky middle and high school educators attending the CALIE Spring CUE Conference that travels to Mount...

China Camp State ParkLinktelePORTS 3D

China Camp State Park telePORTS

Experience a century of shifting tides at a historic Chinese fishing village in this 3D virtual tour at China Camp State Park!

3-56-8Instructional Resources

Quiver Coloring App – California State Parks AR Coloring Pages

View and print QuiverVision coloring pages for a fun and engaging experience with California wildlife and recreational safety!

3-56-89-12AnimalsHistoryInstructional ResourcesK-2Oceans and WatershedsOpen Educational ResourcesPartnersPeoplePlacesPlantsPoint Dume State BeachPORTScasts

Yoga on the Coast at Point Dume State Beach!

Join PORTS virtually for an accessible chair yoga session! Find peace and grounding from the comfort of your classroom or home. An opportunity to learn...

3-56-8AnimalsCarpinteria State BeachK-2Oceans and WatershedsPlacesPORTScastsScience

Tidepool Adaptations and Biodiversity at Carpinteria State Beach

Join us at Carpinteria State Beach as we explore the animals found in our tidepools and how they survive the highs and lows of living...

3-56-89-12AnimalsClimateGaviota State BeachK-2Oceans and WatershedsPlantsPORTScastsScience

Dive into Surfgrass with Gaviota State Park

Learn about the plants and animals that live in this coastal habitat. Join us at Gaviota State Park to discover why surf grass is important...

3-56-89-12AnimalsArts and CultureHistoryHumboldt Lagoons State ParkOceans and WatershedsOpen Educational ResourcesPeoplePlacesPlantsPORTScasts

Stewards of the Lagoon

Learn about the rich cultural, natural and historic importance of Humboldt Lagoons State Park! Join Interpreter Cochise on the Northern California coast to learn about...

3-5AnimalsHistoryLa Purisima Mission State Historic ParkPartnersPeoplePlantsPORTScasts

Chumash Life: Past, Present and Future

Explore and learn about the ancestral and modern life of the Chumash culture and people. Chumash descendants will share their cultural heritage, from traditional art...

3-5AnimalsCrystal Cove State ParkOceans and WatershedsPlacesPORTScastsScience

Mysteries of the Octopus: Adaptations and the Life Cycle of a Curious Marine Invertebrate

Unlock the mysteries of one of the world’s most fascinating organisms, the octopus! Join Park Interpreter Alex on the California coast for an engaging virtual...

3-56-8Oceans and WatershedsPlacesPORTScastsScienceSTEAMTomales Bay State Park

Rockin’ the Bay: Geology at Tomales Bay State Park

Ever wondered what’s going on beneath your feet? Join California State Parks staff, where we’ll explore how the San Andreas Fault quite literally ‘rocks the...

** Spots Available **6-8Folsom Powerhouse State Historic ParkHistoryPeoplePlacesPORTS ProgramsSTEAM

Understanding Hydroelectricity at the Folsom Powerhouse

Join us for an electrifying program about the power of the past here at Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park! During this program, we will learn...

** Nearly Full **3-5Arts and CultureHistoryLocke Boarding HousePeoplePlantsPORTS Programs

Building the California Delta: A Story of Chinese Immigration and Agriculture

Join us as we explore the most complete example of a rural Chinese agricultural community in the United States! In this program, we will explore...

** Fully Booked **3-5HistoryPeoplePORTS ProgramsScienceSTEAMWildwood Canyon State Park

Hi Up House: Resilience in the Canyon

This program uses the story of the McCollough family and the Hi-Up House, built in Wildwood Canyon during the Great Depression, to explore universal themes....

** Fully Booked **6-8AnimalsMendocino Headlands State ParkOceans and WatershedsPORTS ProgramsScienceSTEAM

Gray Whale’s Great Migration

Click to explore this PORTS program!

** Nearly Full **6-89-12AnimalsPORTS ProgramsScienceSilver Strand State BeachSTEAM

Raptors to Raptors: the Evolution of Birds

Meet the missing link between reptilian dinosaurs and modern-day birds! Join us at Silver Strand State Beach as we walk through time and evolution to...

Mount San Jacinto State ParkResource Page

Mount San Jacinto State Park

Learn about the resources available at Mount San Jacinto State Park.

Resource PageSilverwood Lake State Recreation Area

Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area

Learn about the resources available at Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area.

3-56-89-12AnimalsInstructional ResourcesK-2PlacesTule Elk State Natural Reserve

Tule Elk Live Camera

** Fully Booked **3-56-89-12AnimalsClimateEd Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State ParkPeoplePlantsPORTS ProgramsScience

Trees of the Tahoe Basin

Learn about the amazing trees of Sugar Pine Point State Park, and their adaptations to the harsh mountain climates of the Tahoe Basin! We will...

** Fully Booked **3-56-89-12AnimalsHumboldt Redwoods State ParkPlantsPORTS Programs

People Shape Ecosystems

Join us in exploring the unique and varied ecosystems of Humboldt Redwoods State Park! Humans are a part of nature, and we have the ability...

** Fully Booked **3-56-89-12ClimateHistoryMillerton Lake State Recreation AreaOceans and WatershedsPORTS Programs

Water: California’s Most Precious Resource

Come along as we explore how agriculture in California’s Central Valley demand for water led to the creation of one of the world’s largest water...

** Fully Booked **3-56-89-12Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation AreaHistoryPeoplePlacesPORTS Programs

From Coal to Clay

Join us for a trip back in time to over 125 years ago to the first coal mines in California and the long lost Brick...

6-89-12Arts and CultureHistoryInstructional ResourcesPeoplePio Pico State Historic ParkLinkState Parks

Ethnic Studies Lesson: The Life and Legacy of Pío Pico, The Last Governor of Mexican California

Click to explore this Ethnic Studies lesson plan!

6-89-12Arts and CultureColonel Allensworth State Historic ParkHistoryInstructional ResourcesPeopleLinkState Parks

Ethnic Studies Lesson: Exploring Colonel Allensworth, A Historic Journey Through Time

Click to explore this Ethnic Studies Lesson Plan!

6-89-12Arts and CultureChumash Painted Cave State Historic ParkHistoryInstructional ResourcesPeopleLinkState Parks

Ethnic Studies Lesson: Exploring Alaxuluxen and Chumash Heritage

Click to explore this Ethnic Studies Lesson Plan!

Calaveras Big Trees State ParkClimateHendy Woods State ParkHistoryPlantsVideoPrevious BroadcastsScience

California Redwoods vs. Climate Change

Watch this special broadcast with Hendy Woods State Park and Calaveras Big Trees State Park

AnimalsCalaveras Big Trees State ParkClimateColumbia State Historic ParkHistoryPlantsVideoPrevious BroadcastsScience

Fire! A California Story

Watch this special broadcast with Columbia State Historic Park and Calaveras Big Trees State Park

** Fully Booked **3-56-89-12California Citrus State Historic ParkHistoryPeoplePlacesPlantsPORTS Programs

Working Hands: The Labor that Built the California Dream

Explore the work and the workers that created the massive success of the California citrus industry. Follow your guide through the citrus groves and packing...

6-89-12Arts and CultureCrystal Cove State ParkHistoryInstructional ResourcesPeopleLinkState Parks

Japanese History Project: Japanese Farm Sites at Crystal Cove State Park

Click to explore these primary and secondary sources about Japanese farm sites in Southern California!

6-89-12Arts and CultureCrystal Cove State ParkHistoryInstructional ResourcesPeopleLinkState Parks

Interactive Virtual Exhibit: Japanese American Pioneering Community at Crystal Cove State Park

Click to explore this interactive virtual exhibit of the pioneering Japanese American community at Crystal Cove!

Instructional ResourcesMendocino Headlands State ParkOceans and WatershedsLinkScience

The Mysterious World of Kelp

Explore this incredible instructional resource!

3-5AnimalsArts and CultureBlended-Access Field TripsPismo State BeachPlantsScience

In-Person Field Trip at Pismo State Beach

Visit the Adventures in Learning website for all in-person offerings!

** Fully Booked **3-5K-2Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation AreaPlantsPORTS ProgramsScience

Amazing Monarchs: Milkweed, Migration and Conservation!

California State Park Interpreters will take students on a virtual journey to discover the Western monarch overwintering habitat at Pismo State Beach. The Pismo State...

** Fully Booked **3-5AnimalsK-2Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation AreaPlantsPORTS ProgramsScience

Discovering The Dunes

Join us at Oceano Dunes SVRA for a 45-minute virtual field trip to learn all about how sand dunes are formed! This program is designed...

** Fully Booked **3-56-8AnimalsBidwell-Sacramento River State ParkOceans and WatershedsPORTS ProgramsScienceSTEAM

The Smallest Superheroes

Students will see live examples of decomposition and participate in an engaging environmental activity focusing on decomposers, producers, and consumers. Decomposers benefit the web of...

** Fully Booked **3-56-8AnimalsDonner Memorial State ParkHistoryPeoplePlacesPlantsPORTS ProgramsScience

Travelers of the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Join a Donner Memorial State Park Interpreter sharing stories of the diversity of people who came through the Donner Lake area in the Sierra Nevada...

** Nearly Full **3-56-8Arts and CultureColonel Allensworth State Historic ParkHistoryPeoplePlacesPORTS ProgramsSTEAM

A Dream Redrawn: the Architecture of Allensworth

Colonel Allen Allensworth was a man of great vision- a Civil War Veteran, Minister, City Planner and Leader of the Buffalo Soldiers (all-African American army...

** Fully Booked **3-56-8AnimalsChino Hills State ParkHistoryK-2PlacesPlantsPORTS ProgramsScienceSTEAM

Collections Show and Tell with Chino Hills State Park

Take a casual virtual visit into Chino Hills State Park history and nature with interpreter Shelly In this 30 minute program. We will look at...

** Fully Booked **6-89-12AnimalsChino Hills State ParkClimatePlacesPORTS ProgramsScienceSTEAM

Bird Migration with Chino Hills State Park

Migratory Birds have been a main visitor to Chino Hills State Park since before its inception. Come visit the park in this virtual program to...

** Fully Booked **6-8AnimalsMendocino Headlands State ParkOceans and WatershedsPORTS Programs

Salmon in the Trees

Join us for the migration of a lifetime! From freshwater streams to the open ocean and back again, salmon are one of nature’s best nutrient...

6-89-12Arts and CultureCrystal Cove State ParkHistoryInstructional ResourcesPeopleLinkState Parks

Community Voices: Japanese American Experiences at Crystal Cove State Park

Click to explore this interactive timeline that features oral histories of Japanese Americans at Crystal Cove!

** Fully Booked **3-5AnimalsClimateHistoryK-2Oceans and WatershedsPeoplePlacesPoint Dume State BeachPORTS ProgramsScience

The Gray Whale Road Trip at Point Dume State Beach!

Gray whales migrate along the shores of Malibu every year in an ever-changing environment. This program gives an in depth look at what this migration...

** Fully Booked **3-5Arts and CultureHistoryMonterey State Historic ParkPeoplePlacesPORTS Programs

Monterey Custom House: Trade and Government in Alta California

Explore California State Historical Landmark #1 here at Monterey State Historic Park. The Custom House was the center of trade at a time when California...

3-56-89-12AnimalsBlended-Access Field TripsClimateHendy Woods State ParkK-2PlacesPlantsScience

In Person Field Trip to Hendy Woods State Park

Explore the Adventures in Learning website for field trip offerings!

3-56-89-12AnimalsBlended-Access Field TripsClimateHistoryPlacesPlantsScienceSilverwood Lake State Recreation Area

In-Person Field Trips at Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area

Explore the Adventures in Learning website for field trip offerings!

3-5AnimalsArts and CultureBlended-Access Field TripsChino Hills State ParkPlantsScience

In-Person Field Trip at Chino Hills State Park

Explore the Adventures in Learning website for field trip offerings!