The California Academy of Sciences is a science museum—and scientific and educational institution—located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

Ocean acidification is one of several threats to coral reef ecosystems, but separating its effects from other factors is difficult. Experiments in the lab to determine the consequences of higher acidity on corals don’t take other environmental factors into consideration, and experiments in the field prove just as challenging for the opposite reason: it’s difficult to isolate the effects of ...

Read through the Role Play Summary Table at the end of the lesson to get a better understanding of the specific flows your students will be learning. Note that the entire carbon cycle is composed of even more specific flows between the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere than those discussed here. This role-play teaches an age-appropriate version of the carbon …

The Academy Café and Terrace Restaurant offer local, seasonal, and sustainable cuisine to please every palate.

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The focus is the place inside Earth’s crust where an earthquake originates. The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus is the epicenter. When energy is released at the focus, seismic waves travel outward from that point in all directions. There are different types of seismic waves, each one traveling at varying speeds and motions. It's these waves that you feel during …

The only place on Earth where you can visit an aquarium, planetarium, rainforest, and natural history museum under one roof, the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco is also a powerful voice for exploration, education, and sustainability.

Raise a goblet, don thy finest garb, and make haste: A night of revelry and merriment awaits thee at California Academy of Sciences. Gather yer crewe and step back into ye olde good times, featuring a costume contest, dance lessons, live performances, hands-on crafts, local artisans, and more. Dressing up is part of the fun – costumes* are celebrated and highly encouraged!

The Academy’s amphibian biologist Dave Blackburn has contributed to AmphibiaWeb for about ten years and recently became more involved in expanding the project. “I joined the steering committee nearly three years ago. I actively work as part of a team on issues related to the systematics displayed on AmphibiaWeb, but, perhaps more importantly, am actively invested …

May 2, 2025 · Stomp, chomp, and roar! We're throwing an after-hours prehistoric party for dino-lovers of all ages on May 2.