Neighborhood Snakes
Meet the snakes of the San Francisco Bay Area
Neighborhood Snakes brings local wildlife into the classroom through a FREE digital curriculum aligned with K–5th grade science standards.
This program celebrates local biodiversity and encourages students to explore STEAM pathways. Created by biologists and educators, the curriculum aligns with grade-level science standards and reflects a deep commitment to Bay Area wildlife.
Our digital curriculum is FREE, just click on your grade level to get started!
Bring the curriculum to life by adding our in-person interactive presentation to engage students with live, safe-to-handle native snakes and experienced educators. Bilingual and all Spanish presentations available.
As urban development progresses in the Bay Area, encounters with California’s wildlife are increasingly common, especially with snakes living in our neighborhoods. Unfortunately, snakes are one of the most misunderstood groups of animals, and many harmless snakes are killed due to lack of education and understanding. Through learning about the reptiles that share our space, we can have safer human-animal interactions.
Each program has been fit to grade level in content and standards to maximize learning and student engagement, not as passive learners, but as future agents of change for our community. Our educators introduce science concepts that are foundational to future STEAM careers and align with NGSS and Common Core standards.
We have designed Neighborhood Snakes through a lens of equity that not only celebrates local biodiversity, but inspires youth to enter into STEAM careers.
