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Learning Resources

Painting of ice age Los Angeles featuring animals found as fossils at the Tar Pits

Lesson Plan | PK-GR 1

Energy from the Environment

Students will use their observation skills to better understand that Ice Age Los Angeles was a complex ecosystem where many kinds of plants and animals found the resources they needed to survive.

basalt stone basin from Mexico

Video | GR 6-12

Undead Warrior Hummingbirds: Aztec Symbols of Rebirth

Text at top reads "It came from the Tar Pits!" with sketch of mouse

Reading | GR 6-12

It Came from the Tar Pits

Students birdwatching in Nature Garden

Lesson Plan | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Sounds of Nature

Group of boys with binoculars on a nature walk pointing up

Teacher Guide | All Grades

Community Science In Your Classroom

Two kids hold up petri dishes. One kid uses a cell phone to take a photograph of an insect inside of the petri dish.

Teacher Guide | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Creating an iNaturalist Account

GI with guest at observation deck in nature gardens

Teacher Guide | All Grades

Using the Outdoor Classroom

Use this guide to take your teaching outdoors!

kids in the dry creek bed in the nature gardens

Activity | All Grades

Take a Nature Walk

You might be surprised to learn that you can take a nature walk anywhere!

painted lady butterfly on flower

Video | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Butterfly Scavenger Hunt

student pointing at spike on tree trunk

Activity | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Urban Nature Word Search