Information for Current Splash Teachers

  • Need Help With Fairy Shrimp?
  • Information for Current Splash Teachers
  • Elementary Program Field Trips 2011-12
  • Print Replacement Pages from the Curriculum
  • Preparing for Your Field Trip
  • Sacramento Splash - Helping children understand and value their natural world picture
  • Elementary Program Field Trip Calendar 2011-12
  • Elementary Program Field Trip Calendar 2011-12
  • Directions to the Splash Education Center
  • Documents for Teachers

Information for Current Splash Teachers

If you are a 4th or 5th grade teacher who will be participating in the Splash Elementary Program this school year, this page contains information and documents that may be useful to you.  If you have not yet been accepted into the program, please visit Information for Prospective Splash Teachers.

Preparing for Your Field Trip

On the day of your field trip, please arrive at the Splash Education Center between 9:15 and 9:30 a.m. Another class, either from your school or from a different school, will arrive at about the same time. Upon arrival, please keep your students on the bus or in vehicles to await further instructions. This avoids chaos in the parking lot.

Materials Loan Agreement 2011-12

Please fill out this form if you are a teacher participating in the Splash Elementary Program in 2011-12.

Documents for Teachers

Lost your Materials Loan Agreement?  Can't find the directions the Field Trip Chaperone Instructions? If you have misplaced any of the documents sent to you by our program coordinator, please click on the links above to open printable PDF versions.

Directions to the Splash Education Center

Splash is located at 4426 Excelsior Road in Mather, CA. Please reference the above PDF for driving directions.

Warning: If you generate directions to the Splash Education Center using an online map tool, such as MapQuest or Google Maps, be sure to check them against our directions. The online maps have a tendency to select nonsensical routes.

Print Replacement Pages from the Curriculum

If you need to print any or all of the pages from the Teacher's Manual, Critter Catalog, or Flower Facts, please go to the Elementary Curriculum: Investigating Vernal Pools.

Elementary Program Field Trips 2011-12

This section is for teachers who are participating in the Splash Elementary Program in 2011-12. You can view the field trip calendar showing scheduled field trips and available dates. You can also submit a reservation for a field trip, providing you have received an invitation for our program coordinator.

Need Help With Fairy Shrimp?

On this page, you will find detailed instructions for successfully growing fairy shrimp in your classroom. These are the same instructions found in Appendix E of your Teacher's Manual.

If you would like us to mail you a packet of fairy shrimp eggs, please fill out this form.

Directions to the Splash Education Center

4426 Excelsior Road
Mather, CA 95655

Phone: (916) 364-2437
Fax: (916) 364-1367

Please be advised: Splash does not maintain regular business hours.  If you'd like to visit, please join us for an upcoming event .

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Sacramento Splash - Helping children understand and value their natural world picture
Did you know there are tigers in vernal pools?

This is an Aquatic Beetle larva, more commonly known as a "Water Tiger." It's pincers are like hypodermic needles and it uses them to suck the fluid out of its prey. Yummy!