Learning Resources

Take this brief survey to share your feedback on our Learning Resources page with us.

ceres d. black gabrielino

Design a Mural Inspired by Barbara Carrasco

Explore your Los Angeles through art and history

Our Live Animal Care Staff are holding a rosy boa in a school group presentation

Video | GR 2-5 | PK-GR 1

Animal Meet & Greet: Fears and Phobias, Pt. 2

What makes us afraid of some animals?

Pink toed tarantula

Video

Animal Meet & Greet: Whiskers and Hairs, Pt. 1

Why do invertebrates need hairs? Meet some of our live animals and find out!

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

la brea tar pits shadow puppet workshop kids art craft program

Activity | All Grades

Make Your Own Ice Age Shadow Puppet!

In this activity, you can make your own shadow puppet, inspired by the animals we find at La Brea Tar Pits!

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