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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) for starting 08/17/2019
Montshire at Home: Bugs and Creepy Crawlers
7:30 AM
Spend a week exploring the world of bugs and creepy crawlers with Montshire at Home. Check out the videos and downloads of activities that you can easily do at home!
Audience: Families
Cost: Free
View Event DetailsMontshire Live at Home! Creepy Crawly Cockroaches
11:00 AM
Bring all your bug questions for this special live Zoom webinar with Montshire Educators, Rebecca and Amy.
Audience: Families
Location: via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: Free
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsMontshire at Home: Air
7:30 AM
Spend a week exploring the science behind air with Montshire at Home. Check out the videos and downloads of activities that you can easily do at home!
Audience: Families
Cost: Free
View Event DetailsMontshire at Home: Skeletons
7:00 AM
Spend a week exploring the science of skeletons with Montshire at Home. Check out the videos and downloads of activities that you can easily do at home!
Audience: Families
Cost: Free
View Event DetailsMontshire Live at Home: Bones and Fossils
11:30 AM
Learn about the lives of animals and the world’s past through bones and fossils!
Audience: Families
Location: via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: Free
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsMontshire at Home: Light
7:00 AM
Spend a week exploring the science of light with Montshire at Home. Check out the videos and downloads of activities that you can easily do at home!
Audience: Families
Cost: Free
View Event DetailsHealth Research Live: COVID-19’s Impact on Rural Health Equity
2:00 PM
A Discussion on COVID-19’s Impact on Rural Health Equity Speakers: Anne N. Sosin, MPH Global Health Initiative Program Director, The John Sloan Dickey Center for International…
Audience: Adults, Health Research Live!
Location: via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: Free
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsMontshire at Home: Color Chemistry
7:00 AM
Spend a week exploring color chemistry with Montshire at Home. Check out the videos and downloads of activities that you can easily do at home!
Audience: Families
Cost: Free
View Event DetailsPush Cart Science
1:30 PM
Stop by the Science Park Terrace to take part in a hands-on activity with a Montshire science educator.
Audience: Families
Location: Science Park Terrace
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
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