The Stream Profile Chamber lets visitors experience what it would be like to go below the surface of Taylor Creek. The floor-to-ceiling glass bay windows, waterfall, creek-bottom-like walking surface and sound effects allow visitors to experience the Taylor Creek environment without getting wet! Trout, crayfish, insects, frogs, and other inhabitants of Taylor Creek might be seen displaying some of their natural survival habits. 

The viewing windows artistically fade into a huge mural that wraps around the walls of the Chamber. Visitors can view scenes of the Taylor Creek ecosystem throughout the four seasons, with a final scene looking down Taylor Creek where it empties into Lake Tahoe. The mural contains many plants and animals native to Taylor Creek. Children and adults will enjoy locating and identifying each species. There are also several animals hiding throughout the Chamber that will require a few more observations skills to find. 

Visitors may also learn about the unique characteristics of the Taylor Creek ecosystem from the informative interpretive signs comparing the Taylor Creek ecosystem with other streams in the Tahoe Basin. The food web of the Taylor Creek ecosystem is described in the underwater root system of a huge cottonwood tree "growing" in the middle of the Chamber! Other interpretive panels describe the story of survival and life in one of Lake Tahoe's most unique watersheds.