Discovery Cube Los Angeles
While this is not an outdoor trip. It is an excellent place for Los Angeles k-5 students to learn about the Los Angeles Environment. How do we get our water and how do we manage our waste? What does an eco friendly house look like? Study wind and water physics. Learn about careers in geology and archeology. Take a virtual visit by helicopter to a San Fernando Valley house into the sewers and through a water treatment plant. There is admission costs.
Located next to Hansen Dam Recreational Center in North East LA county this site can make a great day of discovery for spending 2.3 hours inside and then planning some outdoor activities outside under the tall shady trees. This trip can be combined with a visit to Lopez Canyon Environmental Ed site or Sepulveda Basin.
Entrance
There is a huge parking lot for the science cube at 11800 Foothill BLVD, 91342.
Call for group prices
Mission
Environmental Stewardship, STEM, Healthy Living and Early Learning
Learning
Many hands on experimental displays
Just outside of the Cube is a large shady area for outdoor activities
There are hiking trails across from the cube
There are many activities in the Recreation area nearby.
upward blowing wind tunnel experiment
tornado cloud machine
Demo on how Santa Ana winds form
Interactive climbing wall
How animals see
Plant Lab
Exlanation
Plate Tectonics
Dark Room with floating globe
fish habitats
explanation
Water management movie environment
Physics of mechanical advantage
Physics of Hockey
Physics of wind erosion
Assemble your own race car
add weights to test momentum vs friction
race car test tracks available
Pangea Puzzle
Rocks Everywhere
What are rocks?
Igneus
Geology Career?
Sedimentary
Take a virtual tour of a flight into the LA water treatment system
After flying through the sewers, Tillaman water treatment plant processes the waste.
The helicopter exits where the water goes into the LA River
Blue Bin Sorting
4 team competition
Grab the right recyclable materials!
Shoot your paper air plane
experiment with wings
The engineering process
Inspect the Eco House for a badge
Eco House and Garage
Get Ipad to play the inspection game
Choose a character
Inspect for flaws or success
Get your badge when complete
Inspection
Earthquake preparedness
Earthquake bin and mulching bin
Conserve
Capture
Water