Education
Programs available by appointment
Visitor's
Center Open Tuesday through Saturday, 11am - 4pm
Discovery
Garden Always Open
Environmental Ed
Programming is available for Elementary Schools
The following lessons are
offered at the assistance of the Sacramento River Discovery Center
Interns.
- Garden; plants, drought tolerant concepts,
propagating, painting and drawing
- Aquatic insects; students get their feet wet and
explore living organisms in the water at Ben's Pond or the slough.
- Birding; ID, bird parts and observation
- The SRDC center and Salmon Story, students learn
the life cycle of the salmon, water diversion, watersheds and other
exploratory items in the center.
- Riparian and Habitat Walk; students explore the
four different habitats found at the SRDC
- Wildlife tracks in the slough; students take
plaster castings of tracks found in the Sacramento River Slough.
Student groups rotate through any
of the subject areas usually within your time allotted.
Interns Joel Thomas, Lance Zazueta and James Waddell
finish installing the new SRDC sign.
