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Discover a smorgasbord of science at the Junior Museum & Zoo. Each week, we'll explore a variety of exciting science topics. Join us and learn about things that chirp, fizz, and zoom.

Discover a smorgasbord of science at the Junior Museum & Zoo. Each week, we'll explore a variety of exciting science topics. Join us and learn about things that chirp, fizz, and zoom.
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Science exploration at the Junior Museum & Zoo offers weekly topics on chirping, fizzing, and zooming phenomena.
Science exploration at the Junior Museum & Zoo offers weekly topics on chirping, fizzing, and zooming phenomena.
Science exploration at the Junior Museum & Zoo offers weekly topics on chirping, fizzing, and zooming phenomena.
Science exploration at the Junior Museum & Zoo offers weekly topics on chirping, fizzing, and zooming phenomena.
Explore hands‑on tabletop activities on earthquakes, plate tectonics, rock formation, and mineral properties, plus interactive touchscreens and an open‑air duck pond display with bird experts at the EcoCenter.
Librarian Heidi leads sing‑along, rhyming and story reading in the El Camino Room at Downtown Library, for ages 1 and under and 3–11.
Librarian Juliana leads bilingual sing‑along, rhyming and story sessions at College Terrace Library, indoors or outdoors depending on weather, for ages 5 and under.
Librarian Heidi leads stories, songs, rhymes, and movement activities for children under two and their caregivers at the Children’s Library Treetop Room.
After‑hours gallery tour and hands‑on studio session to create an art project at the Palo Alto Art Center.
Palo Alto Children’s Theatre presents a story‑teller style Sleeping Beauty with simple sets, costumes and wiggle‑time for ages two to six.
Household Hazardous Waste Station (2501 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto) — Dispose unwanted hazardous household products such as used or expired medication, paints, solvents, fuels, cleaners, pesticides and more.
Third autumn quarter bill posted for graduate students, showing new student charges added since the previous bill.
Multimedia exhibition at Cantor Arts Center features a performance score, a dance‑performance‑derived work, a bench redesign for comfort, and a floor that records visitor marks.
Amazing Animals at the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo.
Simple sets and costumes let toddlers wiggle while a storyteller retells Little Red Riding Hood at Palo Alto Children’s Theatre, for ages 2–6.
Skating, crafts, and pizza offered at Mitchell Park Bowl for teens ages 13–19.