For science events in Stanislaus County,

please visit: http://murov.info/maps.htm  

Regional Science and Technology Centers and Museums
(within a 2 hour drive of Stanislaus County)

Great Valley Museum, Modesto -  http://www.mjc.edu/instruction/sme/gvm/
   Astronomy (telescope and planetarium) open houses, 1^st Fri. of each month
   Wild Planet Day, 09/24/16
   Dr. Alchemist and the Mischiefs GVM fundraiser, 10/21/16

Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito - http://www.baykidsmuseum.org/   Calif. Acad. of Sciences, S.F. - http://www.calacademy.org Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland -  http://www.chabotspace.org/index.htm      Children's Creativity Museum, S.F. - http://creativity.org/   Children's Discovery Museum, San Jose - http://www.cdm.org/index.asp?f=1   Coyote Pt. Curiodyssey Museum, San Mateo - http://www.curiodyssey.org/   Discovery Center, Fresno - http://www.thediscoverycenter.net/   Discovery Museum, Sacramento - http://www.thediscovery.org/     Exploratorium, S.F. - http://www.exploratorium.edu/   Explorit, Davis - http://www.explorit.org/   Fossil Discovery Museum, Madera - http://maderamammoths.org/   Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley - http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/   LLNL Discovery Center, Livermore - https://www.llnl.gov/community/discovery-center   Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek - http://wildlife-museum.org/   Long Marine Lab, UCSC - http://seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/   Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito - http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/   Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey - http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/   Randall Museum, S.F. - http://www.randallmuseum.org/   San Luis Wildlife Refuge - http://www.fws.gov/refuge/san_luis/          Visitor Center - http://www.fws.gov/refuges/news/NewVisitorCenteratSanLuisRefuge_10172011.html   Serpentarium, Lodi - http://www.snakemuseum.com/   Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo - https://www.sixflags.com/discoverykingdom   The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose - http://www.thetech.org  World of Wonders, Lodi - http://wowsciencemuseum.org/

Zoos and Wildlife Preserves Zoos Applegate Park Zoo, Merced - http://www.cityofmerced.org/depts/parks_n_community_services/applegate/default.asp   Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary,Folsom - http://www.folsom.ca.us/depts/parks_n_recreation/zoo/   Happy Hollow Park and Zoo, San Jose - http://www.hhpz.org/   Chafee Zoo, Fresno - https://www.fresnochaffeezoo.org/    Micke Grove Zoo, Lodi - http://www.mgzoo.com/   Oakland Zoo, Oakland - http://www.oaklandzoo.org/   Sacramento Zoo, Sacramento - http://www.saczoo.org/    Salinas – Vision Quest Ranch -http://www.visionquestranch.com/ San San Francisco Zoo, S.F. - http://www.sfzoo.org/  Wildlife Preserves (check for visitation limitations) Animal Ark, Reno - http://animalark.org/  ARK 2000, San Andreas - http://www.pawsweb.org/   B. Bryan Preserve, Point Arena - http://bbryanpreserve.com/     Cat Haven, Dunlap - https://www.cathaven.com/  Safari West, Santa Rosa - http://www.safariwest.com/ Vision Quest Ranch, Salinas - http://www.visionquestranch.com/   Chemistry Experiments at Home     http://murov.info/chemhome.pdf       http://science-mattersblog.blogspot.com/   http://www.chymist.com http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/chemistry.html    http://reekoscience.com/ http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/HOMEEXPTS/HOMEEXPTS.HTML    http://www.chem4kids.com/ http://a2zhomeschooling.com/explore/chemistry_kids/chemistry_experiments_at_home/  http://chemistry.about.com/cs/homeexperiments/       http://www.thecatalyst.org/m05demos.html          http://www.sciencebob.com/index.php       http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/index.htm http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/adventures-in-chemistry.html http://www.homeadvisor.com/article.show.Science-Experiments-for-All-Around-Your-Home.17372.html http://science4fun.info/ Science Presentations Modesto Area Partners in Science (MAPS) free events -  monthly -  https://www.mjc.edu/instruction/sme/maps.php      videos of past talks - https://share.yosemite.edu/view.aspx?i=1E7L Modesto Junior College Science Colloquium – weekly - https://www.mjc.edu/instruction/sme/colloquium.php State Theater Science on Screen - http://www.thestate.org/youth-ed/science-on-screen Science Competition and Events Science Olympiads National - http://soinc.org/   NORCAL - http://www.norcalscienceolympiad.com/        http://www.scoestudentevents.org/events/regionalscienceoly/index.html Stanislaus County (elementary level) - .  Free with many events open to spectators.     http://www.scoestudentevents.org/events/elemscienceoly/index.html  Stanislaus County Science Fair -      http://www.stancoe.org/SCOE/iss/scienceFair/welcome.html   DOE Science Bowl - http://science.energy.gov/wdts/nsb/ Enochs High School Science nights Contact Enochs High for schedule. Enochs High Science Night Rocks - YouTube Stanislaus River Salmon Festival, November, Knights Ferry, November./span>  Great Valley Museum Wild Planet Day, EarthDay, Modesto Junior College, April Suppliers of science equipment for kids NASCO West (Modesto) - http://www.enasco.com/ Educational Innovations - http://www.teachersource.com/ Steve Spangler - http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/  Great Valley Museum Store, Modesto Junior College West Campus, 209 575-6196 Other science related sites of interest http://murov.info/science.htm http://murov.info/climatechange.htm    http://murov.info/PPTPreshows.htm   http://murov.info/scienceevents.htm ranking of countries on education tests -      http://www.businessinsider.com/pisa-worldwide-ranking-of-math-science-reading-skills-2016-12 states of matter:  https://breazy.com/blogs/education/states-of-matter-solids-to-vaporization Outdoor Education Opportunities in Stanislaus County:  How to help

“4th grade Salmon Days” at Knights Ferry, every November.  needs volunteers for 4 days in November.   Contact person:  Krista Smith, ksmith@ojusd.org
6th Grade Outdoor school - Foothill Horizons. http://www.stancoe.org/SCOE/iss/outdoor%2Ded/ Jess Hewitt, Director, Maureen Kelley, Administrative Assistant (209) 532-6673
“LiMPETS” (Long-term Monitoring Program and Experiential Training for Students)limpets@pgmuseum.org    (831) 648-5716, ext. 11 https://turlockedfoundation.org/LiMPETS Bret Sutterley, Walnut Elementary, Turlock:       bsutterley@turlock.k12.ca.us Richard Anderson, andersonr@mjc.edu
“The Global Club” at Gregori H.S.    Katie Merenda,   merenda.k@monet.k12.ca.us
“Trekking the Tuolumne” and “Tuolumne Adventure Club” Tuolumne River Trust, 829 Thirteenth Street Modesto, CA 95354 (209) 236-0330  http://www.tuolumne.org/content/
“Field Studies Opportunities”, Independence Charter School, Salida Union School District  Lorraine Freeland   209-545-4415 - ‪Volunteers needed & appreciated!
“Traveling Teachers, and Museum Docents”                                         Great Valley Museum         https://www.mjc.edu/instruction/sme/gvm/     (209) 575-6196 Great Valley Museum, within the MJC West Campus Science Community Center Brian Sanders, sandersb@mjc.edu
4 H - Robert Withrow-Clark, UC Davis Cooperative Extension, (209) 953-6118 Urban Farming Project volunteers needed  http://cesanjoaquin.ucanr.edu/about/contact/?facultyid=26634
“Ag In Motion”  National Ag Science Center. Michele Laverty, Director 604-4916   P.O. Box 4937, Modesto, CA 95352     (209)521-2902          http://www.agsciencecenter.org