Who are we?
We are 15 students between the ages 11 and 17 from Oakland California who are part of a special program at the Oakland Museum of California. We are all young science explorers that love to go on adventures. We are from Frick Middle School, Carter Middle School, Skyline High School, Merrit College High School, Cesar Chavez Middle School, and Emery Middle School.

What sorts of things did we do?
Our field trips take us to new places to see and learn about new things. We observe nature and like to make sure that living things are living well.

Where did we go?
Between January and June, 2000, we went on six field trips in Northern California. We went to the tidepools in Half Moon Bay to look at little animals, hiked around Año Nuevo to see the elephant seals, kayaked in Monterey Bay, went whale watching on a boat, cruised the San Francisco Bay, and explored caves near Lake Shasta.

What did we learn?
We learned about different kinds of marine animals. We learned about elephant seals, whales and other marine mammals. We learned how to kayak. We also learned about San Francisco Bay. We discovered things we never knew before about caves in California. We learned alot!

What did we like best?

My favorite part of the program was going caving because we were crawling through caves and holes and I saw that as a great adventure.
(Kamira Buns)

What I liked was tidepools because while we were there we had to watch the waves because the tide might come in and we might get stuck.
(Thien Nguyen)