Saturday
October 3, 2026
Time: 10am - 4 pm
Children's Natural History
Museum
free parking
Teachers
and their families are welcome to join us for a rockin’ time! Meet
geologists, paleontologists, seismologist, and other earth scientists that
can help you make this subject hands-on!
Sorry, not open to general
public
schedule
10:30
Intrgrating elements and
compounds with minerals
11:30
Integrating Rocks with Plate Tectonics
12;30
Teaching SF Bay Fossils Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Gaetano
1:30 Hayward
Fault and Changing Landscape
2:30 Incorporating trip to
museums in your curriculum
Staff can guide you in the museum and discuss future field
trips or homework assignments, especially for middle and high students.
FREE rock, fossil, and
mineral specimens for classroom use
Specimen identification and
help from real scientists. Even bring samples from home.
Learn to use our free
curriculum in the classroom.
Get help with lesson planning for
earth science topics
Create arts and crafts about the Bay
Area's Natural History to use in your classroom.
Discover how and where to
search for fossils with our staff paleontologists.
Become an expert in bone
identification with our collections manager.
Build your own classroom activities
with guidance from staff
Receive teaching materials
from the USGS, NOAA, and the California Geological Survey. Gain
access to online educational resources provided by the UC Museum of
Paleontology and the UC Berkeley
See 21 foot map of East Bay and trace of Hayward Fault that is slowly moving
(creeping) and get maps for your classroom walls.
Sponsors:
Math Science Nucleus
Northern California Geological Society
University of California, Museum of Paleontology
MATH/SCIENCE NUCLEUS
4074 Eggers Drive
Fremont,
California 94536
(510) 790-6284 or Text: (510) 304-4300
msn@msnucleus.org;
https://www.msnucleus.org
