Big Announcement today!

Biology with Berta will now be doing in-person group lessons!

These lessons will be held on Tuesdays Starting at 1pm and lasting till 3pm.Lessons will be $15 per class and location will be in Prunedale at Grace Community Church on Paradise Road. I will be doing two different age groups, a 5-9 year olds group and a 10 and up group. 

• The 5-9 year old group will have one meeting per topic and kids will get to learn and play with crafts, stories, and games that help them understand and remember the topics. 

 

• The 10 and up group will have two meetings per topic with a little more advanced hands-on projects. Students will have similar craft and games but each topic will have a hands-on project for students to challenge themselves while learning. 

Please contact me via email or text to sign up!

Bird Watching!
Students will be learning about our local native birds and maybe even some invasive species. We will learn how to spot them with our eyes and ears. Students will also learn about obstacles birds face every day in today’s world and how they can help the birds! 

• August 17th, 5-9 year olds will have fun trying to be birds and survive a day in the modern world.
• ​August 24th and 31st, The 10 year old and up class will be learning how to use apps while bird watching to add value to citizen science projects around the world by using an internet enabled device right from their own backyards. 

Mad Chemistry  
Everyone loves a good and messy explosion. In this class students will partake in several chemistry experiments and get their hands dirty while they learn. From elephant toothpaste to volcanic eruptions with class will be a blast! 

• September 7th, 5-9 year olds will talk about acids and bases and make one big class volcano!
  
• September 14th and 21st, The 10 year old and up class will be learning about acids and bases and catalyzes and design their own volcanic explosion! 
  

Frog life cycle
Everyone loves frogs! In the class students will learn all about frogs and their ecosystems. What frogs do in the wild and about their life cycle. We will end the class with a frog dissection. 

• September 28th, 5-9 year olds will partake in plastic model dissections. 
  
• October 12th and 19th, The 10 year old and up class will be using real specimens for dissections.
  

Insect hunt and learn! 
Students will learn about the important role insects play in our lives and why we need them around! 

• October 26th, 5-9 year olds will also get the chance to hunt for insects. 
  
•  November 2nd and 9th, The 10 year old and up class will learn how to preserve and start an insect collection. 
  

Who is in my backyard? 
Mammals are all around us in this beautiful area we live in. In this class students will learn about our local mammals and will learn how to find tracks and how to identify tracks when they do come across them.  

• November 16th, 5-9 year olds will have fun learning about mammals in our area and looking for tracks using a track guide.
  
• November 30th and December 7th, The 10 year old and up class will be learning about the mammals in our area and how scientists document and take molds of footprints to take home for further study.