Choose your field trip experience
Discovery Lab & Tour
The best class field trip ever! Immerse your students in hands-on lab investigations with live animals and realia. Lab activities are designed for specific grade levels to support the Next Generation Science Standards. Your Discovery Lab is followed by a guided tour of sites at Long Marine Laboratory. 32 students maximum. Learn more.
Self-guided Exploration
Customize your own experience with a variety of indoor and outdoor activities to fit your schedule and group size. Live animals inspire your students to make their own observations, wonder, and develop questions. Knowledgeable docents illuminate how researchers work in the lab and the field. Students learn how marine scientists think and work to understand our ocean planet. Learn more.
Reserved Tour
Reserve a private outdoor tour for your students guided by a volunteer docent. Experience spectacular coastal views and discover why science matters. Explore how science sparks innovation and leads to solutions for the Santa Cruz community and beyond. Your class will marvel at Ms. Blue, a humongous blue whale skeleton whose restoration is sparking climate-friendly innovations sure to inspire. Before or after your tour, explore the Seymour Center’s exhibits, aquarium tanks, shark pool, and seawater touch table. Learn more.
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Homeschool Day
Explore “Coastal Connections” at Homeschool Day on Friday, February 21, 2025, from 10 AM–12:30 PM. Enjoy a morning of special programming for homeschool families, including hands-on science investigations, marine-themed crafts, and guided tours. Touch live animals and explore coastal climate science activities and exhibits. Admission fees apply.
RSVP here to receive $1 off each admission on Homeschool Day 2025.
Distance Learning
Bring marine science into your classroom or home with Seymour Center resources.
Climate-smart Actions
Your students can make a meaningful difference together. Check out these fun ideas for Climate-smart Actions.
Questions? Email discover@ucsc.edu