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Lara Litchfield-Kimber, plant pathologist and executive director of the Montshire Museum of Science.

Featured Upcoming Event on April 2 at 1:00 pm

Fertile Minds: Children Belong in the Garden with Lara Litchfield-Kimber

Gardens are incredible learning landscapes—especially for children. Gardening encourages the development of critical early learning skills in young children. For older students, gardens provide dynamic learning environments in which to explore math, science, history, and culture. This presentation invites you to reimagine traditional gardens as powerful living classrooms.

Bio: Lara Litchfield-Kimber earned her BA from Amherst College and her MS from Cornell University. Formally trained in the agricultural sciences as a plant pathologist, Lara left research and teaching to become an entrepreneur, starting Fertile Minds, Inc., an informal science education group in Ithaca, NY, that developed children’s gardens to teach math and science. She joined the science center field in 2004 at Ithaca’s Sciencenter and later served as the executive director of the Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum in Poughkeepsie, NY, for nine years before coming to the Upper Valley in January 2022 to assume the role of executive director of the Montshire Museum of Science.

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Events starting 12/01/2018

Dec
01
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Color Mixing

11:00 AM

Learn how to mix up colors!

Audience: Families

Location: Science Discovery Lab

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Dec
01
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Mirror, Mirror

3:00 PM

Use mirrors to investigate reflection and symmetry.

Audience: Families

Location: Science Discovery Lab

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Dec
02
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Microscopic Investigations

11:00 AM

Use hand lenses and microscopes to magnify different items. Discover a new world that can't be seen with the naked eye.

Audience: Families

Location: Science Discovery Lab

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Dec
02
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Lab Coat Investigations

3:00 PM

An activity for adults and children 9 years of age and older.

Audience: Children, Preteens and Teens

Location: Science Discovery Lab

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Dec
08
Special Event

Circus Science

11:00 AM

Explore the scientific principles of balance. Learn all about how our own bodies balance. Create whimsical balancing toys. Investigate rotational motion by creating different spinning top designs.

Audience: Children, Families

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Dec
09
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Sound Science

3:00 PM

Sounds are all around us!

Audience: Families

Location: Science Discovery Lab

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Dec
15
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Hoopster Gliders

11:00 AM

Learn to build a glider that soars through the air!

Audience: Families

Location: Science Discovery Lab

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Dec
15
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Lab Coat Investigations

3:00 PM

An activity for adults and children 9 years of age and older.

Audience: Children, Preteens and Teens

Location: Science Discovery Lab

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Dec
16
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Color Mixing

11:00 AM

Learn how to mix up colors!

Audience: Families

Location: Science Discovery Lab

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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