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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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Program(s) starting 07/23/2019

Sep
06
Program

Homeschoolers Series: Kitchen Chemistry (Ages 6-8)

10:30 AM

This three-part series of science classes will concentrate on chemistry that can be done at home with ingredients found in the kitchen. Activities will explore density,…

Audience: Children, Homeschoolers

Cost: $75 (members), $85 (non-members)

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Sep
06
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Homeschoolers Series: Kitchen Chemistry (Ages 9-12)

1:00 PM

This three-part series of science classes will concentrate on chemistry that can be done at home with ingredients found in the kitchen. Activities will explore density,…

Audience: Children, Preteens and Teens, Homeschoolers

Cost: $75 (members), $85 (non-members)

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Sep
08
Program

FIRST® LEGO® Rookie Coaches Training

1:00 PM

Interested in starting a FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®) team, but have more questions, or are not sure where to start? This workshop is for you!

Audience: Adults

Location: Classroom

Cost: Free

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Sep
08
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Training for FIRST® LEGO® League coaches—FLL® Programming Workshop

2:00 PM

Worried that you don't know anything about programming and have a gaggle of kids to teach? Well, put your mind at ease!

Audience: Adults

Cost: Free

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Sep
10
Program

Rock Gardens

1:00 PM

Marianne Kuchel will demonstrate how you can utilize the Upper Valley’s abundant ledge and stone for even a small rock garden or lovely troughs, as well as plants you might…

Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club

Location: Community Room

Cost: Free

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Sep
24
Program

Afterschool Adventures (for K-2) — Fall Session Begins

3:30 PM

Explore science and nature using hands-on experiences and real experiments. We will hypothesize, test, observe, and use our creativity. Explore a different theme each week!…

Audience: Children, Afterschool Programs

Location: Classroom

Cost: $150 (members), $165 (non-members)

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Sep
27
Program

Montshire Makers: Amplify It!

6:00 PM

Anything can be an instrument with a contact mic! Learn how to amplify and record sounds with contact mics and an iPad. Back at the Makers studio, use Garage Band to layer…

Audience: Preteens and Teens, Montshire Makers

Location: Classroom

Advance: $8 (members), $10 (non-members)

Door: $12 (members), $15 (non-members)

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Oct
01
Program

Soil Health & Edible Landscapes

1:00 PM

Can we as gardeners and land managers help to slow water down, deepen watersheds, increase biological soil health and create conditions for thriving ecosystems, all while…

Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club

Location: Community Room

Cost: Free

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Oct
18
Program

Montshire Makers: Monster Heads

6:00 PM

Design and construct a wearable monster head, just in time for Halloween! Glowing LED eyes encouraged.

Audience: Preteens and Teens, Montshire Makers

Location: Classroom

Advance: $8 (members), $10 (non-members)

Door: $12 (members), $15 (non-members)

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