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Provider Name	Resource Link	Provider Location	Abstract
Angel Island State Park	Custom Tour for Overnight Visitors	San Francisco Bay	Offered earlier at variety of sites on Island. For example can tour Immigration Station with Naturalist for 1 hour. Naturalist materials on Island plants and birds sold in Gift Shop.
Angel Island State Park	Living History Program - Angel Island	San Francisco Bay	On island students become soldiers in the 1864 U.S. army. Receive training in militia drill, compass orienteering, mess cooking , bread baking and signaling. Night hike to Mt. Livermore. Cannon firing demonstration. Classes responsible for own food and transportation.
California Academy of Sciences	Penguins + Pajamas	San Francisco	Get ready for the wildest sleepover ever! Tickets sell out quickly, so book your Penguins+Pajamas experience today. Listen to the evening songs of the rainforest birds, sing “twinkle twinkle” to a sea star at the Discovery Tidepool, and head on over to Tusher African Hall to see how penguins get ready for bed. Become a stargazing guru during an after-hours Planetarium show, then settle in for story time while snacking on cookies and milk. Roll out your sleeping bag near your favorite exhibit or creature: in front of schools of beautiful Philippine reef fish, next to the swaying kelp of our California Coast tank, or face-to-face with the albino alligator known as Claude. In the morning, rise and shine with a continental breakfast at the Academy Café. Friday, January 13, 2023 Saturday, January 28, 2023 Saturday, February 18, 2023 Saturday, March 4, 2023 Friday, March 17, 2023 Saturday, April 1, 2023 (Girl Scout Exclusive) Friday, April 14, 2023 Friday, May 5, 2023 Saturday, June 3, 2023 (Girl Scout Exclusive)
Call of the Sea	Youth Voyage	Sausalito	Call of the Sea voyages are overnight programs in which participants ages 13-17 experience nature and build self-confidence through the adventure of sailing a tall ship. Participants work to form a cohesive team to keep watch, sail the ship, and engage in an interdisciplinary curriculum focused on the bay and coastal maritime environment. Physical oceanography including tides, currents, waves, depth and temperature measurements Meteorology including global and local wind patterns and fog Bay and coastal marine science including local organisms, water chemistry, and bottom sampling Navigational exercises, finding position by triangulation, dead reckoning (speed-time-distance), plotting current effects by vectors, and introduction to GPS Sail training along with sailors’ arts, maritime literature, and other relevant topics Scholarships available.
Camp Arroyo	East Bay Outdoor School	Livermore	This East Bay Regional Park property that offers outdoor school for grades 6-8 is operation by Wolfschool.org
Camp Ocean Pines	Overnight Program at Camp Ocean Pines	Cambria	Camp Ocean Pines Outdoor School offers hands-on, standards based environmental education year round providing a great outdoor educational experience for school groups. Our services include meals, afternoon snacks, lodging, lessons, and exciting outings led by experienced naturalists. Students sleep in new passive solar designed cabins built with strawbale construction. Highlights of the 5-day camp include hiking to our secret observation point at the elephant seal breeding grounds in San Simeon, sandy beach studies at San Simeon Cove, or estuary studies and kayaking with the otters in Morro Bay, with transportation included. Onsite, we provide standards-based lessons or a custom program to meet your specific needs. Call to check availability and we'll discuss a program that will best fit the needs of your school.
Chabot Space and Science Center	Odyssey Overnights	Oakland	Bring your youth, scout or school group on a space and astronomy adventure! Imagine looking lightyears away at the cosmos through Chabot’s historic telescopes or in the East Bay’s only full dome planetarium experience. Your group will love hands-on science learning with Chabot’s exciting workshop experiments and exhibitions.   PROGRAM INCLUDES: During the 5:30 p.m.- 9:30 a.m. visit hours, participants will enjoy a themed workshop, planetarium show, exhibit scavenger hunt, Zeiss sky workshop with the East Bay Astronomical Society  and Telescope Viewing (weather permitting). Dinner and breakfast is included. MEALS: Dinner and breakfast are included in your overnight stay. The meals are pre-ordered and delivered. Therefore, we may not be able to accept last-minute adjustments. The deadline to indicate meal preference type is due no later than 10 days prior to the overnight. If unspecified, meat is the default selection.
Coloma Outdoor Discovery School	Coloma Outdoor Discovery School	Coloma	Coloma Outdoor Discovery School (CODS) is an outdoor education school providing educational programs since 1990. The campus is located on the banks of the South Fork American River, across from the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, within the Coloma Resort. OVERNIGHT PROGRAMS OFFER EXPERIENCES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: California Gold Rush Adventure Learning about the past to change the future! a 1-day Gold Rush and 2-day/1-night Gold Rush program
Exploring New Horizons	Sempervirens Outdoor School	Felton	Live in a cabin with classmates; visit the redwoods, oak woodlands, marsh and tide pools. Teamwork, ecology, evening campfires, night hike w/ astronomy, mock town hall meeting. Important preparation is medical forms for students. 4 and 5 day programs offered.
Exploring New Horizons	Pigeon Point Outdoor School	Felton	Curriculum options include Natural History, Redwood History, Marine Ecology, Redwood Forest habitats and Lighthouse history. Nighttime activity options include campfires, star hikes, skits, simulation games, and puppet shows. Operated at the Pigeon Point Lighthouse, 50 miles south of SF on Highway 1. Important preparation is medical forms for students. Some bookings are made for the fall, but Jan to June is best. Three-day, two-day, full day, and half day programs are available.
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy	Camping in the Presidio	San Francisco	Camping at the Presidio gives lasting memories and a unique experience for the many local children who had never had the opportunity to spend the night in the wild. Once deemed eligible, organizations send a representative to a CAP Leadership training to equip them with the resources to have a successful youth camping trip. We provide training, free camping gear, free guided park programs, free resource kits and free pre-trip orientations. We also provide affordable round-trip transportation and volunteer support if needed.
NatureBridge at Golden Gate	Residential Field Science Program	Sausalito	overnight environmental science programs in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area offer students the opportunity to engage in inclusive, hands-on learning experiences in one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most pristine coastal locations. Students explore Rodeo Beach and the trails of the Marin Headlands, challenge themselves physically, build meaningful relationships and discover a caring relationship with the natural world. We collaborate with each school or group to ensure their program experience meets their educational goals.
NatureBridge at Yosemite	Residential Field Science Program	Yosemite	overnight environmental science programs in Yosemite National Park offer students the opportunity to engage in inclusive, hands-on learning experiences in one of the world's most iconic national parks. Students explore the deep valleys, grand meadows and sequoia forests, while challenging themselves physically, building meaningful relationships and discovering a caring relationship with the natural world. We collaborate with each school or group to ensure their program experience meets their educational goals.
Point Bonita YMCA	Point Bonita Residential Outdoor Education	Sausalito	hrough pond studies, tide-pooling, animal sightings, plant walks, geology talks, and ecologically demonstrative games, the Outdoor Education Program transforms state science standards into real life experience. As students touch a sea anemone, look at magnified bugs, watch a bee pollinate a flower, hear the call of a red-wing blackbird, sample herbs in our organic garden, they are drawn into the miraculous nature of life. As theory becomes reality, they begin to care about our world.
San Francisco Maritime National Park	Overnight Encampment on a Tall Ship	San Francisco	Spend a night going back in time and experiencing first-hand what it was like to work and sleep aboard a permanently moored turn-of-the-century tall ship. Celebrate San Francisco's maritime heritage and travel back to the "Age of Sail". Try your hand at traditional maritime tasks such as raising a sail, swabbing the deck, rowing a longboat, and riding a bosun's chair into the rigging. 7:30pm - 8:00am
San Mateo Outdoor Education	San Mateo Outdoor Ed	Redwood City	Only San Mateo County schools. 5 days and 4 nights; children stay in cabins with high school cabin leaders; exploratory hikes through forests and beach. During a week at Outdoor Education, students learn about the natural world, explore the forest and beach ecosystems, and work together as a community.
Sly Park Enviromental Education Center	Sly Park Conservation and Education Center	Sacramento	Program is thematically presented and effectively connects the disciplines of science, history/social science, math, language arts, visual and performing arts and physical education. Students stay in cabins with high school counselors.
Tilden Nature Area-Tilden Regional Park	Gillespie Group Campsite	Berkeley	Gillespie is a ADA-accessible group campsite with capacity for 75 campers. The site has seven 10-ft. picnic tables and a 10-ft. serving table, a large group BBQ, an outdoor utility sink, a large storage cabinet (bring your own lock), small amphitheater, fire pit, shelter, 3 drinking fountains and 3 ADA-accessible flush toilets. Parking for maximum of 15 vehicles possible, which must be arranged in advance through the Reservations Office. Carpooling is strongly suggested. No tents or sleeping bags are allowed on the lawn as it is watered overnight. To call the park dial 1-888-EBPARKS, option 3, ext. 4562. Check-in 2 p.m. / Check-Out 12 noon except JUNE THROUGH AUGUST, FRIDAY CHECK-IN WILL BE 4:30 PM and MONDAY CHECK-OUT WILL BE 8:00AM. GPS 37.88184N/122.226092W
Tilden Nature Area-Tilden Regional Park	Wildcat View Campgrounds	Berkeley	This primitive group campsite is located at the south end of Tilden Regional Park near the Tilden Nature Area. The site has eleven 10-ft. picnic tables, a large group BBQ, 4 double-BBQ braziers, a shelter, 2 fire circles, 4 drinking fountains and 3 chemical toilets, and can accommodate up to 75 campers. Campers must park at the gate and HIKE 1/2 mile to the site. Maximum of 3 cars may park at the site; maximum of 12 vehicles may park outside the gate. Please carpool. To call the park dial 1-888-EBPARKS, option 3, ext. 4562. Dogs, Interactive play equipment (bounce houses, dunk tanks, etc) and GENERATORS are NOT ALLOWED. DIRECTIONS FROM HWY24, exit Fish Ranch Rd, go uphill, turn right on Grizzly Peak Blvd. Follow Grizzly Peak Blvd for approx 4 mi to the wide intersection with Spruce. Veer right to take Canon Dr (parallel to Grizzley). Right on Central Park Dr, left on Lone Oak. Park at gate at Lone Oak Rd off Central Park Dr. GPS 37.90547N/122.26269W
Tilden Nature Area-Tilden Regional Park	New Woodland Group Camp (sleeps 50)	Berkeley	This a primitive WALK-IN group campsite located at the north end of Tilden Regional Park for organized groups of up to 50 campers. Maximum of 3 cars may park at the site. Maximum of 7 vehicles can park outside the gate, campers must hike everything in 1/2 mile to the site. The site includes five 8-ft. picnic tables, a 20-ft. table, six 3-ft. BBQ pits, a shelter, two fire circles, a drinking fountain and two chemical toilets. THERE ARE NO SHOWERS OR FLUSH TOILETS. NOT ALLOWED: Dogs, interactive play equipment (bounce houses, dunk tanks, etc.) and generators. To call the park dial 1-888-EBPARKS, option 3, ext. 4562. DIRECTIONS: Take Fish Ranch Rd off Hwy 24 to Grizzly Peak Blvd., where you will turn right. Follow Grizzly Peak Blvd for 3.1 mi to Spruce. Cross the wide intersection and make a sharp left turn down Canon Dr to enter the park. Turn right on Central Park Dr, left on Lone Oak. Park at gate at Lone Oak Rd off Central Park Dr. GPS 37.90547N/122.26269W
USS Hornet	Youth Overnight Program	Alameda	For the ultimate history experience, bring your class on board as junior crewmembers in a fun-spirited, military style sleep over. Includes an overnight stay in the enlisted crew berthing area; two meals; an evening program of movies; shipboard games, and storytelling; a souvenir Crewmember path and certificate; and coupons for admission to the museum and a Flight Simulator ride.
Vida Verde	Overnight Field trips to	Pescadero	Vida Verde is a 3-day, 2-night environmental outdoor education camp. Trips are a non-stop, jam-packed flurry of charged activities during which teachers and students experience both educational and personal growth. During our three days together, the home base of the trips is the 100 acre OVY camp on San Gregorio Creek. For maximum exposure we also travel to a nearby organic farm (a 300 acre facility with goats, a teaching kitchen, solar power, chickens, composting, and vegetable production), Sam MacDonald County Park to hike and explore the redwoods and creeks, and Pescadero State Beach & Marsh Natural Preserve to explore those ecosystems, tidepools, and play at the water’s edge! Eligibility: Vida Verde programs are offered to schools for which 85% or more of the students qualify for free/reduced price lunch AND who do not otherwise have an overnight environmental education opportunity in grades 3-6. The programs are offered to 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. One grade per school is served, giving each student passing through your school a chance to come to V.V. Groups are limited to 30 students per trip at Vida Verde.
Walden West	Walden West Outdoor School	Saratoga	Visiting students will explore an outdoor classroom with experienced naturalists and stay in cabins overnight. They teach Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools (CA NGSS) through hands-on learning while exposing students to new social settings, exploring different environments, and enrichment experiences. Students leave the program with a new sense of personal responsibility, independence and understanding of the natural world around them.
Walker Creek Ranch	Marin County Outdoor School	Petaluma	The Marin County Outdoor School at Walker Creek Ranch is dedicated to helping elementary school teachers satisfy their educational goals through quality instruction within a special learning environment that inspires and motivates students to achieve an appreciation of the natural world. Using principles of thematic instruction, the Outdoor School enhances a student's critical thinking, processing, and socialization skills. The Outdoor School offers 4 and 5-Day residential programs geared to 5th and 6th grade students. Older and younger age groups may be considered, based on availability.
Web of Life Field (WOLF) School	Residential Outdoor Science School	Aptos	The ecological concepts covered-- energy, life cycles, adaptations, communities, diversity, change, and interdependence-- give students a framework for exploring the natural world. Students learn by participating in hands-on field study sessions, keeping journals, attending theme meetings, campfires to share songs, skits and stories, night hikes, and town hall meetings which reinforce the feeling of community. Campuses in Santa Cruz, Penninsula Redwoods, and Livermore. 2-5 day programs available.
Web of Life Field (WOLF) School	WOLF PACC Team Building Program	Aptos	The WOLF PACC (Personal Awareness Community Commitment) Program challenges your students to learn the keys to successful interaction, responsibility and personal growth through leadership and initiative activities in a beautiful outdoor retreat or camp-style setting. Students participate in field study activities on the trail including mental and physical challenges, learning about positive choices, cooperation and respect, as well as science and natural history study inspired by the outdoor surroundings. Campuses in the Santa Cruz, Sonoma, and Sierra Foothill areas. 2-5 day programs available.
Web of Life Field (WOLF) School	Living History Program (Gold Rush)	Aptos	Designed for the gold rush studies. Take a journey back in time and join us for an exciting program for students and their teachers. History comes alive as participants re-enact the life and times of Native Americans, early settlers and gold miners. Students will learn how different cultures have utilized natural resources over the years and examine their impact on the environment. Understanding history helps students make informed decisions, which will shape the future. Campuses in Santa Cruz, Sierra Foothill, and Sonoma areas. 2-5 day programs available.