Right in our own backyard!  Great weekend or off-track trips:

•Griffith Park Observatory        http://www.griffithobs.org/

•California Science Center, Exposition Park, Los Angeles.http://www.casciencectr.org

• Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacifichttp://www.aquariumofpacific.org/

• Los Angeles River Tour     http://www.lalc.k12.ca.us/target/units/river/tour/       

•Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Areahttp://www.nps.gov/samo/

•Channel Islands National Park
            http://www.nps.gov/chis/

• Chula Vista Nature Center, Chula Vista.http://www.chulavistanaturecenter.org

• Descanso Gardens, La Cañada.http://www.descanso.com/education.cfm

• Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert.http://livingdesert.org

•Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest (features natural history of the upper Mojave Desert). http://www.maturango.org

•Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles.http://www.nhm.org

• Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles.http://www.tarpits.org

• Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont.http://www.rsabg.org