Teen Program Connected
La Brea Tar Pits Teen Program will return soon. Check back for updates.
The team of science-interested teens will meet throughout the program to support each other in advancing their knowledge and interest in the skills that go into research, exploration, and science communication at La Brea Tar Pits.
This program aims to provide our participants with a positive and supportive network to explore their interests in the natural world, and an experience that stands out on future job and college applications.
La Brea Tar Pits Teen Program Connected 2019–2020
Our 2019-2020 Teen Program cohort worked behind-the-scenes with expert staff from La Brea Tar Pits (LBTP) to explore the scientific work done at the Tar Pits and the stories of the past that this research has revealed. We've asked the teen programmers to help you stay connected to the Tar Pits while our doors are closed!
Teen Program Interviews and Activities
Videos
Teen Program Interview with Fossil Preparator Connie Clarke
Teen Program members T.J. and Maya talk with Connie Clarke, a fossil preparator from the La Brea Tar Pits. Keep listening to find out what goes into the process of sorting and cleaning fossils in the Fossil Lab itself.
Teen Program Interview with Researcher Fellow Libby Ellwood
Teen Program members Helen and Tom interview Libby Elwood from the La Brea Tar Pits research team. From reconstructing skeletons to displaying fossils, find out more behind the scenes techniques and stories. Hear about a researcher’s experience working at the Tar Pits.
Activities
Bring the Ice Age animals back to Los Angeles by making your own Ice Age scene or tar pits display!
Teen Programmer Jaden
A Columbian mammoth grazed on grass right by the La Brea Tar Pits over 10,000 years ago! Make your own grazing giant and share it on Instagram with #dioramachallenge!
Teen Programmer Jaden
A mammoth walks into an asphalt seep just outside where the La Brea Tar Pits museum stands, sealing his fate once and for all. Make your own mammoth and share it on Instagram with #dioramachallenge!
Teen Programmer Jaden
A Columbian mammoth eats the vegetation by a cliff near the La Brea Tar Pits. Make your own mammoth and share it on Instagram with #dioramachallenge!
Teen Programmer Jaden
Two mammoths walk together, close to their herd in Los Angeles over 10,000 years ago. Make your own Ice Age animal scene and share it on Instagram with #dioramachallenge!
Teen Programmer Jaden
Each one of these Dire wolf skulls was found right in LA at the La Brea Tar Pits! Make your own Tar Pits display and share it on Instagram with #dioramachallenge!
Make your own Tar Pits slime!
Teen Programmer Violet
Though “La Brea” means “the tar,” and we’re known as the Tar Pits, what we have here is asphalt: the lowest grade of crude oil. Tar is made by humans by distilling materials like coal or peat. We have asphalt here because of Southern California’s unique geology. Over many centuries, asphalt preserved the fossils of thousands of specimens, as small as seeds and as big as mammoths
Teen Programmer Violet
Teen Programmer Violet
Teen Programmer Violet
Teen Programmer Violet
Teen Programmer Violet
Teen Programmer Violet