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Learning Resources

The museum at La Brea Tar Pits is currently closed for a two-year renovation. Indoor exhibitions and experiences are temporarily paused. While our physical doors are closed, our commitment to supporting educators continues through our virtual learning resources and at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

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All Grades

Create Your Own Field Journal

Record your observations of the world around you with this print-out field journal.

A monarch butterfly rests on a flowering plant.

Teacher Guide | All Grades

Planting A Monarch Waystation

Provide monarch butterflies with the resources they need to sustain their migration and reproduce.

close up of sabertooth skull in fossil lab collections tar pits

Lesson Plan | GR 2-5 | PK-GR 1

Tar Pits Fossil Count

Activity | GR 2-5

Mammoths and Mastodons Scavenger Hunt

Learn all about and explore the similarities and differences of Mammoths and Mastodons with this scavenger hunt.

Tar Pits with Lake Pit shot evening dusk night

Activity | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Excavation Scavenger Hunt

Use this scavenger hunt as a guide to get to know the Lake Pit and the projects being worked on here at the La Brea Tar Pits.

Colorful artwork of TAC Guide 2 which shows downtown LA, parrot, snake, flowers, and gemstones

Activity | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Birds of the Natural History Museum: A Field Guide for Beginner Birders

This field guide was designed to introduce you to the wonderful world of birds! How many birds will you spot today?

Colorful artwork of TAC Guide 1 which shows downtown LA, parrot, snake, flowers, and gemstones

Activity | GR 6-12

Take a Walk on the Urban Wild Side: Scientific Illustration

Learn the basics of scientific illustration as we follow the story of P–22, a mountain lion who found his way to Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California.

Activity | All Grades

Design a Mural

In this activity, explore Los Angeles through art and history!

slide with the text "Alan Salazar, Chumash and Tataviam Elder", and a picture of Alan, a man with shoulder length white hair and a patterned shirt

Video | All Grades

Storytelling with Alan Salazar

A group of birds make use of the feeds at the Museum's bird watching platform

Activity | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Learning Resources

Take this brief survey to share your feedback on our Learning Resources page with us.

Create Your Own Field Journal

Planting A Monarch Waystation

Tar Pits Fossil Count

Mammoths and Mastodons Scavenger Hunt

Excavation Scavenger Hunt

Birds of the Natural History Museum: A Field Guide for Beginner Birders

Take a Walk on the Urban Wild Side: Scientific Illustration

Design a Mural

Storytelling with Alan Salazar

Observing Bird Behavior

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