State STEM Camps & Centers
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STEM Camps, Centers, Museums, Observatories and Tours
Acton – Shambala Preserve .
Atascadero – Charles Paddock Zoo .
Avila Beach – Avila Beach Sea Life Center .
Bakersfield – California Living Museum .
Bodega Bay – Bodega Marine Laboratory UC Davis .
California Valley – Carrizo Plain National Monument Goodwin Education Center .
Cambria – Camp KEEP Cambria Pines Kern Environmental Education Center .
Carlsbad – LEGOLAND California Resort .
Carlsbad – SEA LIFE Aquarium .
Davis – Explorit Science Center .
Edwards – NASA Dryden Flight Research Center .
Eureka – Sequoia Park Zoo .
Folsom – Folsom City Zoo .
Fresno – The Discovery Center Museum of Science & Natural History .
Fresno – Fresno Chaffe Zoo .
Fullerton – Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary UC Fullerton .
Grover Beach – Exploration Station .
Laguna Beach – Pacific Marine Mammal Center .
Lodi – Serpentarium Living Reptile Museum .
Long Beach – Aquarium of the Pacific .
Los Angeles – California Science Center / IMAX Theater / Air & Space Gallery .
Los Angeles – Griffith Observatory / Samuel Oschin Planetarium .
Los Angeles – Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens .
Los Angeles – Natural History Museum of Los Angeles .
Los Angeles – Samuel Oschin Planetarium / Griffith Observatory .
Los Angeles (Rosamond) – Feline Conservation Center .
Los Osos – Camp KEEP Ocean .
Monterey – Camp SEA Lab .
Monterey – Monterey Bay Aquarium .
Morro Bay – Morro Bay Museum of Natural History .
Mountain View – NASA Ames Research Center .
Oakland – Ask Jeeves Planetarium / Chabot Space & Science Center .
Oakland – Chabot Space & Science Center / Ask Jeeves Planetarium .
Oakland – Oakland Zoo .
Palm Desert – The Living Desert .
Pasadena – Mount Wilson Observatory .
Pasadena – NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
Sacramento – California State Railroad Museum .
Sacramento – The Discovery Museum Science & Space Center .
Sacramento – Sacramento History Museum .
Sacramento – Sacramento Zoo .
San Diego – Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography .
San Diego – Mount Palomar Observatory .
San Diego – Rueben H. Fleet Science Center / IMAX Theater .
San Diego – San Diego Air & Space Museum at Balboa Park .
San Diego – San Diego Natural History Museum .
San Diego – San Diego Zoo .
San Diego – SeaWorld .
San Diego (Fallbrook) – Emerald Forest Bird Gardens .
San Francisco – Aquarium of the Bay
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San Francisco – Calif. Acad. of Sciences / Morrison Planetarium / Steinhart Aquarium .
San Francisco – Don Edwards S.F. Bay National Wildlife Refuge .
San Francisco – Exploratorium .
San Francisco – Morrison Planetarium / California Academy of Sciences .
San Francisco – Randall Museum Hands-on seismology, geology, lapidary
San Francisco – San Francisco Zoo .
San Francisco – Steinhart Aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences
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San Jose – Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose .
San Jose – Lick Observatory a long and VERY winding road .
San Jose – The Tech Museum including IMAX Theater .
San Luis Obispo – 4-H Science, Engineering, Technology Summer Camp .
San Luis Obispo – Delphinus School of Natural History .
San Luis Obispo – Hi Mountain Condor Lookout .
San Luis Obispo – PG&E Diablo Canyon Power Plant Tours .
San Luis Obispo – Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School .
San Luis Obispo – San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden .
San Luis Obispo – San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum .
San Luis Obispo – Supercharged Science home school STEM education .
San Pedro – Cabrillo Marine Aquarium .
San Simeon – Coastal Discovery Center at San Simeon Bay .
Santa Barbara – Children’s Museum of Santa Barbara .
Santa Barbara – Gladwin Planetarium .
Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History / Gladwin Planetarium .
Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History .
Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara Zoo .
Santa Barbara – UCSB CSEP Science Center .
Santa Barbara – UCSB Marine Science Institute .
Santa Clara – Mad Science of the Bay Area science camps .
Santa Cruz – Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History .
Santa Cruz – Seymour Marine Discovery Center UC Santa Cruz .
Santa Maria – Santa Maria Natural History Museum .
Sausalito – The Marine Mammal Center .
Stanford – Sally Ride Science Camp .
Vandenberg – Vandenberg Air Force Base Public Tours .