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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 02/19/2019

Feb
19
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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Feb
19
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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Feb
20
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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Feb
20
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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Feb
21
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Straw Rockets

11:00 AM

You've heard of paper airplanes, but how about paper rockets?

Audience: Families

Location: Science Discovery Lab

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Feb
21
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Fossils: Evidence of the Past

3:00 PM

You will get a chance to handle real fossils from the Museum's collection and then use a variety of clues to uncover their origins.

Audience: Families

Location: Science Discovery Lab

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Feb
22
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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Feb
23
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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Feb
23
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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