Using our Discovery Center reptiles, amphibians, and touch-tank inhabitants, students learn about their evolutionary history, life cycles, inheritance and variation of traits, and adaptations. Viewing animals up close, students gain an understanding about environmental forces that cause some animals to change over time, survive well, less well, or not at all. Let our animal experts guide you on a virtual encounter that will be sure to leave everyone smiling and inspired. 

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• 30-minute lesson

• K-3 applicable

This segment gives students the opportunity to “experience today” by guiding them through the flora and fauna that inhabit the Agua Hedionda Lagoon and beyond. Students learn about adaptations, heredity, evolution and diversity, and gain knowledge of the habitat and experience the ecosystem firsthand. Live local raptor presentation available upon request. 
 

90-minute lesson composed of three lessons:

• Awesome Agua Animals

• Bird Beak Design

• The Times, They are a-Changin’

Students “live the past” as they learn about the people that inhabited the Agua Hedionda Lagoon and surrounding area throughout history. Three 30-minute rotations include an “infused language lesson” of common words used in the Luiseno language, traditional weaving to show students the many useful items Luiseno women made with basket weaving techniques, and the medicinal purpose of native plants as students become medicine men and women to heal common ailments.  Local Native American storyteller also available upon request. 

90-minute lesson composed of three lessons:

• Rock Art

• Purpose of Plants

• Traditional Weaving