Big Bear Discovery Center
A gathering place, a quiet zone, or a climbing and crawling zone. The Nature Explore Classroom at the Big Bear Discovery Center is a place where every child and student can feel they belong and given ample space to explore what nature means to them. “There is so much to see and learn” said, Zen Tuan, in reflection of her visit to the center. “Great for all ages, especially the children” said another “a lot of activities for the little ones”. Every day the Discovery Center strives to give our visitors an impactful and rememberable experience. With 90,000 youth visitors in our classroom each year we aim to give every child an educational experience on how to be a steward of our public lands and how they can take action to be apart of the movement within their own communities and outdoor spaces. This work would not be possible without the help and hard work of over 60 volunteers at the Big Bear Discovery Center who lead all educational programing in our nature explore classroom. While visitors explore the Discovery Zone, the Southern California Mountains Foundation is exploring ways to better their experience and expand the educational opportunities we are providing to them!