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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 12/05/2020

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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Dec
16
Program

Health Research Live! Advances in Telehealth

12:00 PM

Telehealth has rapidly expanded in the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. What advances have been made and how does this affect public health? What does this mean for how…

Audience: Adults, Health Research Live!

Location: Via Zoom

Cost: Free

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Dec
19
Special Event

Beautiful Bugs

10:00 AM

Explore the wonderful world of bugs! Meet a variety of live insects that can even inpire you as you create your own beautiful artwork to take home.

Audience: Children, Families

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Dec
19
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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Dec
23
Program

Science Story Time: Shadows

10:30 AM

Build your own shadow puppets after getting inspired by all the animals found in Michael Bartalos’ Shadowville.

Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Dec
26
Program

Science Story Time: Shadows

10:30 AM

Build your own shadow puppets after getting inspired by all the animals found in Michael Bartalos’ Shadowville.

Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Dec
30
Program

Science Story Time: Toppling Towers

10:30 AM

Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty features a kid that can never stop building and building! We’ll make our own towers with 100’s of cups and other oddities as we reach for…

Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Jan
02
Program

Science Story Time: Toppling Towers

10:30 AM

Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty features a kid that can never stop building and building! We’ll make our own towers with 100’s of cups and other oddities as we reach for…

Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Jan
04
Program

Messy Mixtures Virtual Program (for ages 4-5 with a caregiver)

9:00 AM

In this virtual program for children ages 4-5 and an adult, we will mix, experiment and get messy with science. Each week we will focus on a different experiment, use a variety…

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

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

Cost: $100 (members), $125 (non-members)

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