Agency Details:

Chabot Space & Science Center

Our Mission
Chabot Space & Science Center (CSSC) is an innovative teaching and learning center focusing on astronomy and the space sciences and the interrelationships of all sciences. Its observatory, planetarium, exhibits, and natural park setting are a place where a diverse population of students, teachers, and the public can imagine, understand, and learn to shape their future through science.

Description:
Chabot Space & Science Center is a full service hands-on science center featuring exhibits, planetarium, megadome, telescopes and unique opportunities for visitors of all ages.

Student Programs: Innovative and effective on-site and outreach K-12 programs will serve over 50,000 school children annually.

Teacher Programs: Up to 2,000 K-12 teachers annually can take part in professional development programs, who in turn reach up to 60,000 Bay Area students each year.

Public Programs: More than 200,000 yearly visitors have access to an array of science and technology educational experiences, including classes, lectures, shows and interactive exhibits.

Contact people:

Megan Gray, Volunteer Manager, (phone), (email) Lisa Hoover, Youth Volunteer Manager, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (510) 336-7491

Address:

10000 Skyline Oakland, CA 94619 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.chabotspace.org

Directions:

From downtown Oakland, or San Francisco: Go east on I 580 to Highway 24 (towards Walnut Creek). From 24, go south on Highway 13 (Warren Freeway) towards Hayward. Take the Joaquin Miller/ Lincoln Avenue exit. Turn left and proceed up. . . (more)

Last updated on November 7, 2009