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Channel Islands Visitor Center Field Trip
January 24 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am
What: Channel Islands Visitor Center Field Trip Program – Sea Star Super Powers! Students observe organisms of the kelp forest ecosystem investigating the structures and adaptations that help them survive.
Visit Overview :
• Welcome and Orientation, 5 minutes
• Park film, “A Treasure in the Sea,” 25 minutes; length may not be appropriate for students under five.
• Ranger Program, 30 minutes
• Self-directed tour in three rotation groups, 45 -60 minutes total (15 -20 minutes in each rotation). Junior
Ranger worksheets will be provided the day of your visit for this portion:
• Visitor Center exhibits (tidepool tank, artifact touch table, pygmy mammoth & terrestrial exhibits)
• Native Plant Garden
• Observation Tower/ Ocean Exhibits/Topographic Maps
Who: ACHEV Members all ages. Program geared toward 2nd-5th graders, but all ages welcome along with parents.
When: Wednesday, January 24th at 9:45. Arrive by 9:30.
How Much: Free!
Rules to Review with Students before Your Visit
• Move safely during your visit: Walk, don’t run.
• To protect them, do not touch the tidepool tank live animals. You may touch items on the touch table.
• Enjoy the exhibits in the stairwell; the elevator is for people who are not able to use the stairs.
• Use “inside voices” in the visitor center area; there are people working upstairs.
• Please use your pencils to draw on your paper only, not on the walls.
• It’s okay to wave to friends from the observation tower, but please don’t shout.
Bookstore/Gift Shop Regulations
• You must notify us prior to your visit if you will allow students to shop after the program by emailing
chis_education@nps.gov.
• Shopping is only allowed AFTER the program, NOT during their rotations through the visitor center.
• Shopping must be managed by the teachers and chaperones.
• Only 5 students allowed in the store at one time with at least 1 chaperone to oversee them.
• 5 minute limit for shopping then they must join the checkout line and the next group can enter.
• No returns allowed.
• If there are non-school group visitors in line for the register, they can move to the front of the line.
• At least one adult must escort each group in the store and are responsible for the above rules, student
behavior, and making sure students understand if they have enough money for their purchase (including
tax) before they checkout.
• If these guidelines are not being managed by the teachers and chaperones, the ranger or store staff will
ask your group to leave the store area and students will not be able to shop.
