BE ADVISED: On Sunday March 15, the parking lot at La Brea Tar Pits will be closed at 3 pm. Alternative parking structures are located at the nearby SAG-AFTRA building and the Petersen Automotive Museum. For questions or directions, please call 213.763.3466 or email info@nhm.org.

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Mammoth and Mastodons hero image

Video | All Grades

Mammoth Behavior

What do we know about mammoth behavior? How can we learn more?

ceres d. black gabrielino

Design a Mural Inspired by Barbara Carrasco

Explore your Los Angeles through art and history

Our Live Animal Care Staff are holding a rosy boa in a school group presentation

Video | GR 2-5 | PK-GR 1

Animal Meet & Greet: Fears and Phobias, Pt. 2

What makes us afraid of some animals?

Pink toed tarantula

Video

Animal Meet & Greet: Whiskers and Hairs, Pt. 1

Why do invertebrates need hairs? Meet some of our live animals and find out!

Painting of ice age Los Angeles featuring animals found as fossils at the Tar Pits

Lesson Plan | PK-GR 1

Energy from the Environment

Students will use their observation skills to better understand that Ice Age Los Angeles was a complex ecosystem where many kinds of plants and animals found the resources they needed to survive.

basalt stone basin from Mexico

Video | GR 6-12

Undead Warrior Hummingbirds: Aztec Symbols of Rebirth

Text at top reads "It came from the Tar Pits!" with sketch of mouse

Reading | GR 6-12

It Came from the Tar Pits

Students birdwatching in Nature Garden

Lesson Plan | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Sounds of Nature

la brea tar pits shadow puppet workshop kids art craft program

Activity | All Grades

Make Your Own Ice Age Shadow Puppet!

In this activity, you can make your own shadow puppet, inspired by the animals we find at La Brea Tar Pits!

Group of boys with binoculars on a nature walk pointing up

Teacher Guide | All Grades

Community Science In Your Classroom