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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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Dire wolf wall

Activity | All Grades

DIY Fossil Skull Puppet

In this activity, you can make your own fossil skull puppet!

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Video | GR 6-12

Leaves as Thermometers

Learn how to capture temperature using a collection of leaves.

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

Activity | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

DIY Paleoart

Combine art and science to create an image of prehistoric life.

Materials needed to create your own journal

Activity | All Grades

Make Your Own Nature and Art Journal

Little boy in hat crouches on a low rock ledge and looks into the nature gardens pond

Activity | GR 2-5 | PK-GR 1

Outdoor Exploration Guide

Pink toed tarantula

Video | PK-GR 1

#MuseumLikeMe: Spider Moves

Two grade-school age students writing while in nature

Activity | All Grades

My Wild L.A.

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Activity | PK-GR 1

Color Me Wonderful

Have fun with these coloring pages.

Image of ladybug resting on a plant

Activity | GR 2-5

Marvelous Metamorphosis

Learn about how some bugs grow.

California Quail

Video | GR 6-12

L.A. Bird Walk: Juniper Hills and Big Rock Creek

Reconnect your ears to nature.