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Activities for School Field Trips

Choose a half day or full school day trip. We will work with you
to providethe activities that are most beneficial to your class. Half day programs complete two or three rotating activities, full day programs can completeup to five rotating activities. Call the Dana Adobe, 929-5679 for information and reservations.
A fee of $2 per child is requested

Bird Walk Learn about the birds that live on the land around the Adobe and also the migrant birds who live here part of the year. Almost 100 species of birds inhabit the rancho at different times of the year (seasonal).	Branding Learn what the brands were used for and how to read them. Design your own brand.
Dancing *Learn some Mexican folk dances that the Dana children may have danced at a Fiesta* at Rancho Nipomo.**	Sketch Captain Dana's Tree Learn about the native California Sycamore tree. Also learn about other trees and plants that grow on the rancho: native, naturalized, and invasive.
Tour of the Adobe Learn how the Dana family lived over 150 years ago and see the house they lived in.	Walk the Rancho Learn to read a site map and find particular locations such as the tallow vat or where the barn stood by reading the map.
Tortilla Making Learn about the foods the Dana family ate and how they cooked their food. Learn how to make Tortillas.	Brick-making Learn about the basic building material of the early California homes and help make adobe bricks.
Chumash stories and games Learn how the Chumash taught their children important life skills through stories and games and participate in some of those games.