Registration is now open! These have waiting lists, so don’t delay! Engineering is now part of our public school science curriculum.
STEM Organizations
Offers interdisciplinary environmental field studies, courses, and workshops for university students, K-12 learners and educators and the public. See also Galena Creek Visitor Center. Campfire series, naturalist-led hikes and Youth Summer Day Camp
From planting and harvesting to preparing what we grow, Urban Roots follows food from seed-to-table, empowering students to answer the question, “Where does our food come from?
Fun classes, workshops and events. Exploratorium Class, Summer Natural Science and Art Camps designed to “encourage our children to conserve and protect the environment and to become wise stewards of the earth’s natural resources.
The McCarran Ranch Preserve was the Conservancy’s first restoration project on the lower Truckee River, and the work done there has become a model for how to fix the Truckee.
UNR, in the Mackay School of Mines Building. “Houses an outstanding collection of minerals, ores, fossil specimens and photographs, in addition to mining related relics.
(northern Nevada)
200 eye-popping cars with authentic street scenes and sounds. Think about all the engineering that went into creating the modern automobile!
Berlin is a Nevada Ghost Town, and the park highlights fossils of Ichthyosaurs, prehistoric marine reptiles. A nature trail connects to campground to the Fossil Shelter, information and viewing windows are available at the Fossil Shelter if you cannot attend a scheduled tour.
The Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office website home page has some cool videos on the Devil’s Hole pupfish, Mojave Population of the Desert Tortoise, Mojave Desert Tortoise Hatching, Sage Grouse Life History. They offer a number of education events and programs.