(California Science Center) Divers place kelp inside an underwater exhibit during its construction at the California Science Center.
California Museum Celebrates Ecosystems
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MARCH 22, 2010
California Science Center

The $165-million Ecosystems Experience opens Thursday with its one-of-a-kind view of the world at the California Science Center. And it's free.
You can make reservations at the California Science Center website: www.californiasciencecenter.org
Explore the varied ecosystems of land and sea, and discover how the physical and living worlds are connected and shaped by the same fundamental ecological principles. Ecosystems invites you to explore environments that range from the most ordinary and domestic to the most remote and inhospitable. Investigate the gallery’s eight Zones, each of which illustrates a different ecological principle:
Extreme Zone: Discover how even in the harshest environments, species adapt to their surroundings.
Forest Zone: Learn about the sources and importance of biodiversity in ecosystems.
River Zone: Investigate the ways flowing fluids carry energy and matter from place to place.
Island Zone: Look at how isolation reveals the processes of evolution.
Rot Room: See how rot and decomposition release nutrients that nourish life.
Global Zone: Focus on the ways living and physical systems interact on a global scale.
L.A. Zone: Learn about the ecological challenges faced by urban ecosystems when it comes to water, waste, energy and wildlife.
Family Discovery Room: Explore how our homes are habitats, providing us—as well as pets and pests—with food, water and shelter.
Conversations with the Curator: Dr. Chuck Kopczak talks about his trip to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.