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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.