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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 11/28/2020

Nov
28
Program

Science Story Time: Float Your Boat

10:30 AM

Build, test, and sink your own boat as we learn about balance and weight (along with the silly antics of some cute critters) in Pamela Allen’s Who Sank the Boat?

Audience: Families, Science Story TIme

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Nov
30
Program

Mini Makers Virtual Workshop: Light and Mirrors

9:00 AM

Join us in our Mini-Makers program all about the science of light and shadows, mirrors and reflections. This three-part virtual program is for children ages 4-5 and an adult to…

Audience: Children, Families, Programs for Preschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series

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

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Dec
01
Program

Playful Patterns Virtual Workshop (for ages 6-8)

10:00 AM

From stripes on a crosswalk to stripes on a zebra, we live in a world of patterns. In this three-part maker-based series, we will explore the science, beauty and utility of…

Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series

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

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Dec
01
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Balancing Act Virtual Workshop (for ages 9–12)

1:00 PM

Feel the force and uncover the cool math and patterns of STEM toys as we explore balance through engineering! Using playground science, simple machines, and a variety of unique…

Audience: Children, Preteens and Teens, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series

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

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Dec
02
Program

Superhero Science Virtual Workshop (for ages 6-8)

10:00 AM

Up, Up, and engineer your way through a variety of challenges! Explore the science behind your favorite superhero or super-shero, build your own superhero action figures, and…

Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series

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

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Dec
02
Program

Make It Move! Virtual Workshop (for ages 6–8)

3:00 PM

Each week, use a variety of special materials provided by the Montshire to experiment with a different force, such as gravity or magnetism. Discover how forces make things move!…

Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series

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

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Dec
03
Program

Homeschoolers Series: Artful Insects (ages 6-8)

10:30 AM

Explore the diversity and adaptations of insects in this three part series that combines natural history and making. We’ll use the museum’s insect collection, live insects,…

Audience: Children, Homeschoolers

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

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Event Notes: Program canceled.

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Dec
03
Program

Homeschoolers Series: Artful Insects (ages 9-12)

1:00 PM

Explore the diversity and adaptations of insects in this three part series that combines natural history and making. We’ll use the museum’s insect collection, live insects,…

Audience: Children, Homeschoolers

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

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Event Notes: Program canceled.

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Dec
16
Program

Science Story Time: Dragonflies

10:30 AM

Explore the remarkable life cycle of dragonflies as we read the book Are You a Dragonfly? by Judy Allen. We’ll then make our own mechanical dragonflies to take home.

Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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