Join Chabot Space & Science Educator and nature enthusiast, Sam Bell, on a hike to find and photograph plants and animals along the trail using the free app, iNaturalist. iNaturalist uses crowdsourced community input to share and map plants and animals near you.

Build a Spectroscope to see the absorption and transmission of light through a leaf. A leaf does not use all of the light that shines onto it, a “leaf filter” spectroscope identifies the wavelengths of light that is absorbed by the leaf

Watch the development of a plant growing from seed, witness how the stem, leaves, and roots emerge from the seed and take a time-lapse picture of the different stages of seed development. Works best with fast-growing radish seeds.
You’ll need tupperware, rubberbands, a paper coffee filter, and seeds

Grow, track, and observe what conditions plants need to survive and how they are adapted to live on planet Earth. Then, come up with a plan to grow your own food in outer space and compare it with current tests being done on the International Space Station! Chabot has 5 separate activities that help students learn, create, engage, interact, and get inspired.

DIY meteorology, the study of weather, with everyday household items. Learn to make a rain guage, anemometer for wind speed and direction, with activities to monitor and record weather over time with a weather journal.

Learn plant biology with Chabot Space & Science: Soaked in water, dried beans spring to life. Learn your way around a legume as you explore the various structures that protect and feed a developing plant embryo.

Learn about Lupines with Jasmine Barsukov of Solano Land Trust. Lupine flowers are typically blooming in spring and early summer, and can produce their own fertilizer.