California Education Standards met at the
San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum: SCIENCE

The San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum inspires learning through play. Play at the Museum takes place in a series of rich environments that provide children with opportunities to learn by doing. Many of these opportunities directly relate to the education standards supported by the state of California. Though the value of a day spent at the Museum cannot be described simply in terms of the education standards that it meets, we have highlighted standards that speak directly to the Museum experience.

FIRST GRADE

1ST FLOOR

Lava Tube
• Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations

Sabertooth Cat Dig

• Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations
• Students know that fossils come from breakage and weathering of larger rocks
• Students know that fossils provide evidence about the plants and animals that lived
long ago and that scientists learn about the past history of Earth by studying fossils

Claymation Volcano
• Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations

Shake Table
•The motion of objects can be observed and measured. Students know an object’s motion can be described
by recording the change in position of object over time—Physical Sciences
• Students know objects fall to the ground unless something holds them up—Physical Sciences
• Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations

Magnet Table
•The motion of objects can be observed and measured.
• Students know the way to change how something is moving is by giving it a push or a pull
• Students know magnets can be used to make some objects move without being touched

Playmotion
•The motion of objects can be observed and measured. Students know an object’s motion can be
described by recording the change in position of the object over time

Earth Organ
• Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations

2ND FLOOR

Zoomtown Clock
• Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations

Climber
• Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations
• The motion of objects can be observed and measured. Students know an object’s motion can be described by recording the change in position of the object over time—Physical Science

Cosmic Coaster
• The motion of objects can be observed and measured. Students know an object’s motion can be
described by recording the change in position of the object over time—Physical Science
• Students know objects fall to the ground unless something holds them up—Physical Science

What’s Up Doc
• Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations

Farmer’s Market
• Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations

OUTDOORS

Sunflower
• The motion of objects can be observed and measured—Physical Science
• Students know the position of an object can be described by recording the change in position of the
object over time—Physical Science

Water Table
• Earth is made of materials that have distinct properties and provide resources for human activities—Earth Science
•Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations