Let our experts do the teaching!
Students $30 - Chaperone $18
Explore the park as Gilroy Gardens Docents lead groups of students through presentation, investigation and experimentation models in life and earth sciences. For Students in grades K-5. Limited availability.
Program Includes:
- 3 hours of directed education
- 6 grade-appropriate learning stations
- Workbooks for each student provided upon arrival
- Nature Detective Certificates for each student with a discount to return on another public operating day
- Pre and post-visit classroom activites
Learning Stations
In this hands on learning experience, students K-5 will learn about the anatomy of a flower, how to identify different rocks and minerals, meet the animals in the food chain, and find the food you eat. At Natural Science Days, learning is fun!
Plants With Funny Shapes
Grades K-5
Students learn the difference between natural tree adaptations and man's ability to shape nature, using our ornamental conifer garden as a living example at this investigation station.
The Food We Grow and Eat
Grades K-5
Students learn about the many different foods we eat that grow in a tropical environment and search for living examples of the food they eat at this investigation station in a tropical greenhouse.
You Rock!
Grade K-5
Students sort and compare various types of rocks and record their observations at this experimentation station.
Plant Parts
Grades K-2
Students learn the parts of a plant by actively identifying from live examples at this interactive station.
Water Conservation
Grades K-2
At this presentation station, K-2 students will learn about Water Conservation, why it is good for our environment, and what you can do to help.
Who Looks Like Who?
Grade K-2
students learn about characteristics of native California birds and animals and which characteristics are inherited or environmental at this presentation station.
Create A Food Chain
Grades 3-5
Students learn about the Food chain at this presentation station as they are introduced to native California animals and how they interact within our local ecosystem.
Worms Eat Our Garbage
Grades 3-5
students learn about composting, why it is good for our environment, and how decomposers fit into the food chain at this presentation station.
Plant Parts
Grades 3-5
Students learn the parts of a plant by actively identifying from live examples at this interactive station.
NSD Registration
Contact us for questions and future resesrvations for Natural Science Days.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please send email to learning@gilroygardens.org or call 408-840-7190.