Enjoy WildCare activities all summer long!

  • Join the Zoom session ready to have fun learning about wildlife together with our wildlife educator and other students.

  • Meet non-releasable Wildlife Ambassador animals, investigate fascinating taxidermy, share stories, and learn how to help wildlife in your neighborhood.

  • After the Zoom session, visit this Virtual Wildlife Class Portal for more activities, puzzles, and WildCare videos to enjoy at your own pace throughout the summer!

Click on the Virtual Wildlife Class that you have signed up for to see the activities for that class.

You are welcome to do the activities for any of the other classes, too!

California Habitats

June 28, July 16, August 2


Activities

  • California wildlife coloring pages
  • Habitat matching
  • Nature walk bingo
  • Build a habitat
  • Redwood forest biodiversity
  • Meet our Wildlife Hospital patients
  • Play opossum
  • Going green with crayons
  • Ways to be a Wildlife Hero

Feathers, Fur, and Scales

July 2, July 19, August 6


Activities

  • Nature observation journal
  • Neighborhood food web
  • Vocabulary puzzles
  • Vertebrate classes
  • Create-a-species
  • Rosy the rosie boa
  • Baby animal memory game
  • Birds and windows
  • Ways to be a Wildlife Hero

Wetland Wildlife

July 5, July 23

Activities

  • What is a wetland?
  • Wetland wildlife coloring pages
  • Frog life cycle
  • Neighborhood food web
  • Where have all the wetlands gone?
  • Salt marsh harvest mouse
  • Awesome opossum
  • Vocabulary puzzles
  • Cleanup challenge
  • Birding
  • Ways to be a Wildlife Hero

Whooo Lives in the Oak Woodland?

July 9, July 26

Activities

  • Wildlife coloring pages
  • Virtual nature hike
  • Neighborhood food web
  • Secret code wildlife puzzles
  • Acorn treasure hunt
  • Vocabulary puzzles
  • Nocturnal, diurnal, and crepuscular
  • Look out for nests
  • Animal tracking
  • Birds and windows
  • Ways to be a Wildlife Hero

Be a Wildlife Hero!

July 2, July 30


Activities

  • Redwood forest biodiversity
  • Decomposition relay
  • Vocabulary puzzles
  • Wildlife Hospital patients return home
  • Going Green
  • Eco-hero stories and solutions
  • Cleanup challenge
  • Wildlife poster
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Ways to be a Wildlife Hero

Free Virtual Nature Hikes: 2nd-4th grade

WildCare’s Terwilliger Nature Guides have created three exciting Virtual Nature Hikes to bring the forest and grassland habitats to your students during distance learning. Using the interactive techniques of Mrs. Terwilliger, your students will learn about the adaptations of our local plants and animals, and what makes each ecosystem special. Locations include:

WildCare Videos: General audiences

With WildCare closed to the public due to COVID-19, we know our regular visitors are missing us and our educational animals. We miss you too! In 2020 we posted a new video every week featuring a live, close-up look at one of our non-releasable Wildlife Ambassadors, or a sneak peak behind the scenes of the Wildlife Hospital! Enjoy our wildlife videos on our website here.

Questions and Answers

Find answers to your questions about Virtual Wildlife Classes below, or send us an email

  • How does my child join the Zoom session?

    Click on the Zoom link sent to your email with your registration confirmation. You will be prompted to either download the Zoom app and join from there, or you can choose to join from your web browser without creating an account. The password is embedded in the link; do not share the link with anyone else!

  • Will my child get to talk and ask questions?

    Yes! Students will have plenty of time to ask questions, share stories, and interact with other students and our wildlife educators over Zoom. Sometimes students will be automatically muted while our wildlife educators are presenting.

  • Will there be any live animals?

    Yes! Students will get to ask questions and interact with our wildlife educators as they introduce a non-releasable live Wildlife Ambassador animal. We will also show videos of a few of our other Wildlife Ambassadors.

  • When can I visit WildCare?

    Starting June 15, 2021 the Wildlife Ambassador Courtyard will be open to visitors on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am – 2pm. The Museum will remain closed at this time.

    WildCare's address is:
    76 Albert Park Lane, San Rafael, CA 94901.