Me and my family entered the museum.  The guy at the ticket booth looked at our City Passes.  He ripped out the one that was for the California Academy of Science.  But he also ripped out another one, too.  (ed. note: The mistakenly ripped ticket was for the Bay Aquarium or the Monterrey Aquarium.)  Oops.  “Sorry,” the man said.  “Get the man at the desk to write a note.”

Working on Junior Scientist packets in the Galapagos area.

We went to the desk. A man was there.  We explained. He understood.  He wrote a little note. (ed. note: He actually stapled his business card to the mistakenly ripped ticket.)

Mom told us there was a packet we could do while we were looking around.  We went to the man. (ed. note: It was a different man from the two already mentioned.  This man was in the coat check area.)  The man told us it was free but he had to see our parents’ ID card.  Dad showed him his.

First, the man showed us a little pack.  It had a ruler, a box of colored pencils, a magnifying glass, a tape measure, a pencil sharpener, and a marker.   We got a pin to show that we were junior scientists.

We kept the things in a backpack, but were supposed to give it all back at the end.  (ed. note: Except the pin.)

Other things of note from the California Academy of Science:

Seeing the coral reef from down below.

Watching birds and butterflies in the rainforest canopy.