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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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Creative Engineering Camp: Toys and Mechanics for Grades 3-5
9:00 AM
When it comes to mechanics, it’s what’s on the inside that counts! Join us as we engineer with a bit of whimsy and creativity, and make use of real tools – including a…
Audience: Children, Creative Engineering April Break Camp
Cost: $70/day (special discount for multiple day sign-ups) (members), $80/day (special discount for multiple day sign-ups) (non-members)
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View Event DetailsExperiment!
11:00 AM
Try your hand at experimenting with anything from electricity to chemistry, magnetism to colors. Experiment with a different topic each time - a family activity for all ages at…
Audience: Children, Families
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsLife Sciences Explorations
3:00 PM
Use scientific tools to examine anything from skulls to seeds, anatomy to animal tracking. Explore a different topic each time - a family activity for all ages.
Audience: Children, Families
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsCreative Engineering Camp: Structures for Grades 1-3
9:00 AM
Campers will build high and wide with a variety of materials and engineering challenges. Test the limits of different materials and create architectural and engineering wonders.
Audience: Children, Creative Engineering April Break Camp
Cost: $70/day (special discount for multiple day sign-ups) (members), $80/day (special discount for multiple day sign-ups) (non-members)
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View Event DetailsBuilding and Engineering
11:00 AM
Build, problem solve, and test your own contraptions – from parachutes to gliders, string telephones to aluminum boats. Build a different project each time – a family…
Audience: Children, Families
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsLab Coat Investigations
3:00 PM
Each Lab Coat Investigation explores a different topic—from making batteries to using microscopes, extracting DNA to modeling glaciers. For adults and kids 9 and up at the…
Audience: Children, Families, Preteens and Teens
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsCreative Engineering Camp: Cardboard Creations for Grades 3-5
9:00 AM
From model cities to pinball machines, at Montshire we love to build with cardboard. Learn the many design uses of cardboard, unlock the secrets of 3D construction, and use real…
Audience: Children, Creative Engineering April Break Camp
Cost: $70/day (special discount for multiple day sign-ups) (members), $80/day (special discount for multiple day sign-ups) (non-members)
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsExperiment!
11:00 AM
Try your hand at experimenting with anything from electricity to chemistry, magnetism to colors. Experiment with a different topic each time - a family activity for all ages at…
Audience: Children, Families
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsLife Sciences Explorations
3:00 PM
Use scientific tools to examine anything from skulls to seeds, anatomy to animal tracking. Explore a different topic each time - a family activity for all ages.
Audience: Children, Families
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
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