Environmental Learning Center

What is the Environmental Learning Center?

The Environmental Learning Center was developed to provide students with a hands-on water and environmental education field trip opportunity. The Environmental Learning Center and Learning Garden are an opportunity for students 1-6 grade to participate in activities ranging from healthy eating to owl pellet dissection to microscope investigation.

The Environmental Learning Center aligns with the California Curriculum Standards and the Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI), helping teachers meet their education classroom standards through an exciting field trip.

2018-2019 Field Trip Registration: Fully Booked

Thank you for your interest in scheduling a field trip to the Environmental Learning Center (ELC). Our field trip calendar for the 2018/19 school year is fully booked.

Field Trip Wait List:

If you'd like to be added to a wait list for a field trip, please email the Communications & Outreach team. *More dates may open in the coming weeks.

If you are a teacher from outside the CVWD service area, please contact the Communications & Outreach team for field trip inquiries.

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Student Groups Outside CVWD Service Area

Other community and student groups are invited to participate in the Environmental Learning Center field trip beginning August 2018 at a $5 cost per student. A minimum of 10 students are required to schedule a field trip. Please contact the Communications & Outreach division for more information at (909)987-2591.

CVWD Environmental Learning Center Partners

The Cucamonga Valley Water District is pleased to announce our partnership with the Inland Empire Resource Conservation District/IERCD to offer access to a wider range of activities at the Environmental Learning Center. These additional hands-on activities include the importance of preserving natural resources through growing native plants, and learning about water conservation and wildlife habitats.

The City of Rancho Cucamonga's Environmental Programs Division is a longtime partner of the Learning Center and provides additional hands-on activities to include the importance of preserving natural resources through waste reduction with the activity “It’s Nice to Use, It Twice” and "Food Too Good to Waste".

These new hands-on activities are a welcome addition and will increase student’s knowledge on the importance of environmental stewardship.