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Smart Use of Smart Devices in Your Home: A Hands-On Night of Learning
Have you seen stories about smart home devices being hacked or home guests making unauthorized purchases on smart speakers? Join a team of security & privacy researchers from Dartmouth and the SPLICE research team for a hands-on night of learning about smart home devices, vulnerabilities, and how to protect yourself from common security and privacy threats!Filter Events Click to access filters
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Program(s) for starting 07/27/2019
Tips for Success: Veggies from Artichokes to Zucchini
1:00 PM
Garden writer and organic gardener Henry Homeyer will share his knowledge about growing great vegetables. Do you know what to do on Labor Day so that your Brussels sprouts will…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Location: Community Room
Cost: Free
View Event DetailsHomeschoolers Series: Magnets and Electricity (Ages 6–8)
10:30 AM
In this three-part series, experiment with magnets, electromagnets, and the basics of electricity. Build basic circuits with motors, bulbs, switches, and batteries to explore…
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers
Cost: $75 (members), $85 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsHomeschoolers Series: Magnets and Electricity (Ages 9–12)
1:00 PM
In this three-part series, experiment with magnets, electromagnets, and the basics of electricity. Build basic circuits with motors, bulbs, switches, and batteries to explore…
Audience: Children, Preteens and Teens, Homeschoolers
Cost: $75 (members), $85 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsMontshire Makers: Paper Circuits
6:00 PM
Learn to make electrical circuits on a piece of paper—send a friend a card that lights up!
Audience: Preteens and Teens, Montshire Makers
Location: Classroom
Cost: $8 (members), $10 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsThe Art of the Shade Garden
1:00 PM
Sarah and Gary Milek will share information on their methods for gardening in the shade at Cider Hill Gardens & Gallery. Gary’s wonderful paintings will thrill you and…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Location: Community Room
Cost: Free
View Event DetailsDesign-Less Gardening
1:00 PM
Disregard traditional design rules and adopt a new approach. What clues can you take from your landscape to help you provide the right plant for the right place? Learn to…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Location: Community Room
Cost: Free
View Event DetailsHomeschoolers Series: Microscopes and Biology (Ages 12–15)
10:00 AM
Explore the microscopic worlds living at the Montshire! Use microscopes to investigate the diverse algae growing in our fish tanks and the fungus gardens of our leaf cutter…
Audience: Preteens and Teens, Homeschoolers
Cost: $80 (members), $90 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsScience Story Time: Making Music
11:00 AM
Explore the Montshire’s “Making Music: Science of Musical Instruments” exhibition as we read Play this Book by Jessica Young and Daniel Wiseman. Young children will have…
Audience: Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsMontshire Makers: Slotted Sculptures
6:00 PM
Use our laser cutter to make your own slotted sculpture pieces: flat, 2-D materials that slot together to create a 3-D sculpture. Make a moose with four pieces. Make a rocket…
Audience: Preteens and Teens, Montshire Makers
Cost: $8 (members), $10 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
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