Aggie Athletics: Gymnastics
Ages 12 and Under, Lottery Tours, 12:00pm & 1:00pm, capacity 60 each tour
Experience UC Davis Gymnastics! Meet and work with members of the gymnastics team and coaching staff. Jump into the foam pit, walk down the beam, swing on the bars, and tumble across the floor. 45 minute tours at 12:00 pm & 1:00 pm. Lottery Notification Required.
Arboretum/Facilities Management
Ages 6-12, Lottery Tour, 10:00am, capacity 30
Don't miss the chance to try for an exclusive lottery tour of the Peter Shields Oak Grove at 10:00am. This tour, designed for children ages 6-12, allows you to explore the beauty of our collection up close and learn about the unique features of our trees. We can't wait to see you there! Lottery Notification Required.
Center for Equine Health
Ages 6+, Lottery Tours, 9:00am, 10:00am & 11:00am, capacity 20 each tour
Calling all horse crazy kids! The Center for Equine Health is the home of horse teaching, research, and outreach for the School of Veterinary Medicine. Join us to learn what it’s like to be an equine veterinarian, meet some of our amazing equine ambassadors, and find out why horses are such special animals! Lottery Confirmation Required
Coffee House at Memorial Union
Ages 6+, Lottery Tours, 10:00am, 10:45am, 11:30am, 12:15pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 2:30pm, 3:00pm & 3:30pm, capacity 12 each tour
Don’t miss this opportunity to see behind-the-scenes of the largest restaurant on campus!
See what goes into serving over 7,000 people a day and learn about the Coffee House’s unique history and how its student-driven food service model works. Staggered tours of the kitchen area will be followed by either build-your-own personal pizza for lunch (10am, 10:45am, 11:30am, 12:15pm and 1pm tours) OR a cookie decorating session for take-home treats (2pm, 2:30pm, 3pm and 3:30pm tours). Total experience approx. one hour long. Lottery Notification Required.
DataLab: Data Science and Informatics
Ages 13+, Lottery Tours, 9:00am & 10:00am, capacity 15 each tour
Go on a virtual hike of a dynamic landscape in virtuality (VR) and talk with data scientists to learn how we’re developing this technology for research and teaching (ages 13+). Tours at 9:00am and 10:00am. Lottery Notification Required
Goat Barn
Ages 4+, Lottery Tours, 10:00am & 11:00am, capacity 12 each tour
Bring your kids to meet our kids! Visit the Goat Barn for a goat milking demonstration, brief tour, and the chance to meet goat kids. Lottery Notification Required.
Linguistics
Ages 7-12, Lottery Tours, 10:00am, 11:00am, 12:00pm & 1:00pm, capacity 5 each tour
Participate in a real speech science experiment! Have you ever wondered how you’re able to understand speech? Or how your mouth and tongue coordinate to produce it? Come participate in a real speech science experiment. The appointment is for 45 minutes: the experiment will take about 5 minutes. After, you'll see a short presentation on our research and have time for kids (and adults!) to ask questions and get a tour of the lab. Participation in the experiment is voluntary; the study has been approved by the UC Davis Institutional Review Board (IRB) ethics committee.
For more information about consent, go to: https://phonlab.ucdavis.edu/child-consent-participate-experiment-volunteer.
Lottery Notification Required.
Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology
Ages 6+, Lottery Tours, 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am & 12:00pm, capacity 10 each tour
How do scientists’ study wild animals and conservation issues? Visit the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology and take a tour of the Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology! Get a sneak peek at the research collections of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. You’ll see real specimens (study skins, fluid-preserved, eggs, nests, and skeletons) of species that occur around the world. 45 minute tours will start at 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am, and 12:00pm. Lottery Notification Required.
Rats in Research
Ages 8+, Lottery Tours, 2:00pm & 3:00pm, capacity 8 each tour
Working with rats is fun. They enjoy a nice massage while being handled. Rats have helped us study many diseases and treatments which have helped people and other animals live longer and healthier lives. Come to rat handling class to learn ways to work with rats that make them more comfortable and provide them with the best care we can so they can help us find cures and treatments for many diseases. 45 minute classes at 2:00pm and 3:00pm. Lottery Notification Required.
Sheep Barn
All Ages, Lottery Tours, 10:00am & 11:00am, capacity 25 each tour
Come and tour both of our sheep barns, learn how we operate and how we are involved with not only the Animal Science Department but with other entities on campus. We will end the tour in the lambing barn, where you can visit with the spring born baby lambs. Lottery Notification Required.
Unitrans
Ages 5+, Lottery Tour, 12:00pm, capacity 40
Tour the Unitrans Maintenance Facility and go for a ride on one of the busses! See how those great London buses make the University GO! 12:00pm. Lottery Notification Required.
Veterinary Genetics Lab
Ages 8+, Lottery Tours, 10:00am & 11:00am, capacity 12 each time slot
Are you interested in genetics? Have you ever wondered what DNA looks like? Come talk to the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory team to learn about animal genetics and how genetic testing can improve animal health. After a short discussion, you will get a chance to isolate and look at DNA from strawberries! Sessions will be held at 10:00am and 11:00am. Lottery Notification Required.
Vet Med: Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology
Ages 7+, Lottery Tours, 10:00am & 11:00am, capacity 15 each tour
Come meet Chonk the Axolotl! Discover these amazing and adorable animals that you may have seen in Pokémon and Minecraft and learn about how they are helping researchers
understand stem cells and regeneration. Spend some time creating your own axolotl art and crafts to take home. Lottery Notification Required.
Vet Med Teaching Hospital
Ages 10+, Lottery Tours, 11:00am (x2), capacity 12 each tour
The tour of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital includes both the small and large animal clinics and will give you an opportunity to see the workings of an animal hospital. You won’t see many animals, however, because they are being treated for an illness. Tours last an average of one and a half hours, and two tours are offered at 11:00am. Lottery Notification Required.