Educators will notice a natural progression of content spanning the earth and life sciences in this series of three clips using broad scientific data sets. Start off your unit with a hands-on, ...

The Academy is open for members only every Tuesday from 8:30-9:30 am and Sunday from 10-11 am. 10:15 a.m. Learn about animals' senses—including your own!—through this interactive Sensory Storytime.

Help everyone stay healthy: It's not required, but we encourage all guests to stay up-to-date on their vaccinations and to mask up indoors. If you’re feeling sick or have been in close contact with ...

Help everyone stay healthy: It's not required, but we encourage all guests to stay up-to-date on their vaccinations and to mask up indoors. If you’re feeling sick or have been in close contact with ...

“The Forest Of The Monarchs,” a photo of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoacán, Mexico, taken by National Geographic Explorer Jaime Rojo won the 2024 BigPicture Grand Prize.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (February 25, 2025) — A new study of coyote movement patterns published today in Ecology Letters challenges previous research that suggests ecological landscape features—like the ...

Generally, field trips can be scheduled on most dates with the exception of holidays and school breaks. Your school's academic calendar plays a role: a field trip must occur on a school day, not on ...

poster or butcher paper construction paper in four different colors to represent the different spheres (we suggest blue to represent hydrosphere, green to represent biosphere, yellow to represent ...

Each of the winning images in the BigPicture: Natural World Photography exhibition enshrines a fleeting moment on Earth that might otherwise escape our attention. Visit the exhibition at the Academy ...

Mind-expanding talks and presentations by the brightest stars in the field of astronomy.

Become a marine biologist for the day and explore the depths of our aquarium to find and identify a variety of marine species. This package includes: Recommended for ages 4 and up. $629 members, $699 ...

Planet home “In Habitat Earth," says Ryan Wyatt, Director of Morrison Planetarium, "we’re advancing the boundaries of traditional planetarium content, which focuses primarily on astronomy and space." ...