Life Lab
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| General Agency Information | |||
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| Name: | Life Lab | ||
| Address: | 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Driving Directions | ||
| Primary Phone: | 831-459-2001 | ||
| Fax Number: | 831-459-3483 | ||
| Email Address: | lifelab@lifelab.org | ||
| Website: | www.lifelab.org | ||
| Days/Hours of Operation/Phone: | Monday-Friday, 8-5 | ||
| Description: | The Garden Classroom is located on the UCSC CASFS Farm. We are open to the public every day of the year 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Drawing on over thirty years of work with young people in gardens, Life Lab, a nonprofit organization, has emerged as a national leader in the garden-based learning movement. Through workshops and consultations, we have provided tens of thousands of educators across the country with the inspiration and information necessary to engage young people in gardens and on farms. Our workshops and award-winning publications are the go-to resource for educators and families interested in engaging young people in gardens. At the Life Lab Garden Classroom educational center in Santa Cruz, CA, we continue to promote experiential learning for people of all ages through field trips, our "Food What?!" youth empowerment and food justice program, children's camps, and teacher workshops. Life Lab offers workshops, children's day camps, classes and field trips to its two-acre children's garden, The Garden Classroom. The Garden Classroom is an interactive model school garden, open to the public seven days a week. Life Lab, located at UCSC, has developed a comprehensive elementary (K-5) science program that builds on its successful garden-based curriculum, "The Growing Classroom." ACCOMMODATIONS FOR DISABLED: The Garden Classroom is accessible. FEES: None to visit the Garden Classroom, fees for service (see website), fees for sales (see website) FUNDING SOURCE: Private foundations, University of California Office of The President, grants, donations, fees for service and sales. | ||
| Programs: | Camp
Field Trips and Intern Program Educator Professional Development MBSP Food What?! | ||
| Publications: | Garden Times, newsletter Kids' Garden Cards Life Lab Science Curriculum Popcorn and Maize Activity Guides Sowing the Sees of Wonder, book The Growing Classroom Activity Guide | ||
| Languages other than English: | Spanish | ||
| Accommodations for Disabled: | See description notes | ||
| Public Transportation: | Available Within Four Blocks | ||
| Eligibility: | Call for Information | ||
| Fees: | See Description Notes | ||
| Areas Served: | United States | ||
| Physical Location: | Santa Cruz | ||
| Funding Source: | See Description Notes | ||
| Officials | |||
Don Burgett | |||
| Subject Headings | |||
| Day Camps Educational Programs Elementary Schools Garden Tours Government Agencies | |||
| This record last modified February 11, 2013 | |||
