Science & Math   

Ready to spring into bird watching? Our group will search for spring migratory and non-migratory birds. Join us at local parks where we will listen, identify and enjoy the birds we come across. Explore a few resources, Merlin App & ebird.org (from Cornell University of Ornithology) to help learn more & enhance birding adventures, then ask questions about them at our meet-ups. Whether you’re a novice birder, want to sharpen your skills, or maybe just get out in nature, come join us.

Come join me for a journey into the plant world. See how plants have had an inseparable relationship with humans since the beginning of our time together on Earth. Join whether you are a beginning gardener or an expert in the world’s amazing array of flora. Possible field trips include: A School Native Plant Garden, The Long Beach Community Garden, The VA garden, and the CSULB Japanese Garden.

We will have a veggie potluck on the day of the last class, where people will also have an opportunity to share recipes and pictures of their gardens and/or particularly interesting gardens they had seen during the Mary Lou Heard regional garden tour.

 In this class we will examine the formation of stars and planetary systems. Since the last three decades, more than 6,000 planets are now confirmed to exist orbiting around other stars! We will learn why planets are common in our Milky Way galaxy. We will discuss the planets of our solar system, their moons, and countless fragments of material such as asteroids, comets, and meteoroids that orbit in interplanetary space. Through these studies, we will gain a richer outlook of our own place in the universe.

Note: This class has been updated to reflect the recent discoveries made in astronomy.