Learn at Home

Play photo bingo! Take a look around home or go on a neighborhood walk and snap photos of anything that fits the descriptions in the photo bingo card.

Use recycled materials and art supplies found at home to create a critter with adaptations to survive at Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

Create a zine about your neighborhood. What are your favorite things about your community? What makes your neighborhood special? What would you like everyone to know about your community?

Create your own personal map of Oakland that shows what you care about. Every day, maps help us navigate public transportation, find places to eat, track the weather, and even visualize political opinions.

Make a camera sculpture that captures this moment in time using objects you have at home.

Create your own greenhouse garden. Using seeds and your homemade greenhouse, you can plant seeds and track the progress in a nature journal.

We invite you to watch our video featuring reflections from Black Panther Party members and then use the questions in the worksheet to reflect on the stories shared, parallels to today, and to consider what it takes to create change in your community.

Become a documentary photographer! Documentary photography is used to document events or environments that are historical as well as everyday life. These photos are created to make an impact, raise awareness and inspire action.

Share who you are through the colors, patterns, and materials you choose to create your own weaving.

Explore the plants and animals of Yosemite wherever you are, from our Gallery of California Natural Sciences to your home. Use your close observation and research skills to discover where it gets its energy from, what eats it, and adaptations, using your findings to create your own food web.

Find repurposed art materials at home, like cardboard, to build a sculpture.

Design a mandala using found objects in your home or in the natural world.

In Guatemala, the flight of the giant barriletes (kites) is part of the Days of the Dead tradition on November 2. We invite you to make your own barrilete.