An interactive storytime about how humans are connected to each other and the natural world. Daily, 10:15 a.m.

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Students will explore tectonic plate boundaries and different types of seismic waves generated by earthquakes.

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Step in and hang on as our earthquake simulator recreates California's powerful 1906 and 1989 quakes.

Next Generation Science Standards: MS-LS1.A, MS-LS1.C, HS-LS1.A, HS-LS1.C (DCIs); Systems, Scale, Energy and Matter (CCCs) Take a journey inside a leaf of a redwood tree! Enter the stoma and view the ...

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Plates: Massive rocks that make up the outer layer of the Earth’s surface and whose movement along faults triggers earthquakes ...

Students will explore tectonic plate boundaries and different types of seismic waves generated by earthquakes.