Exhibits
- Listen to the Mountains, Rivers, Ocean Aquacast.
- Watershed Resources
Links to websites and information on watershed related topics - Watershed Teacher Materials
Educational materials for the classroom 
Our Watersheds: Pathway to the Pacific
Grand Opening November 15, 2008
The Aquarium of the Pacific has opened its new watershed environmental exhibition, classroom, and native garden, Our Watersheds: Pathway to the Pacific. This exhibit, reflecting the Aquarium’s largest addition since Shark Lagoon, gives visitors the opportunity to learn more about our local watersheds and what we can each do to protect them. It also teaches guests about sustainable water use now and for the future.
Our Watersheds: Pathway to the Pacific tells the story of the changing relationships of people within the San Pedro Bay drainage basin and their environment. Visitors can interact with a three-dimensional watershed model. In a water interactive, guests can “make it rain” on the watershed to learn about what happens to the water once it lands on our mountains and streets. Exhibit stations feature photos, hands-on interactives, and information that teach about where our water comes from, what people can do at home to conserve the most water, and what our options are to sustain the supply of water needed for Southern California.
The Our Watersheds exhibit is surrounded by native plants found along the coastal areas of the San Pedro Bay watersheds. The classroom features a living roof with coastal shrubs and grasses. This new building is LEED® Platinum certified—the highest nationally accepted benchmark for green design, construction, and operations. In addition to being a fully functioning carbon-neutral classroom, this building serves as an example of alternative energy use, sustainable design, and water conservation and reuse. The classroom will be used for school and community groups to learn about watersheds.
The watershed exhibit is open to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekends and 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Weekday mornings it is used by school groups to educate students in this hands-on learning opportunity about our watersheds.
To learn more about watersheds, click here where you can explore what is featured in the exhibit at the Aquarium and more, including a virtual build-your-own native plant garden.
