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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 02/04/2021

Feb
04
Program

Artful Insects Virtual Workshop, Session 1 (for ages 9-12)

10:00 AM

Learn about the intricate beauty, anatomy, and adaptations of insects during this three week series as we meet the museum’s live insect collection up close on your screen,…

Audience: Children, Preteens and Teens, Virtual Workshop Series

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

Cost: $85 (members), $100 (non-members)

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Feb
04
Program

Discovering Norwich: Prickly Neighbors in the Woods

6:30 PM

Norwich’s nonprofits have teamed up to offer a program series ON ZOOM to help the community get out and about to explore Norwich and meet neighbors. ​Join Montshire Educator…

Audience: Adults, Children, Families

Location: Via Zoom

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Feb
10
Program

Science Story Time: Ice Challenge

10:30 AM

Explore the world of ice fishing in One Frozen Lake by Deborah Jo Larson, then try to extract your own fish from a block of ice.

Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Feb
13
Program

Science Story Time: Ice Challenge

10:30 AM

Explore the world of ice fishing in One Frozen Lake by Deborah Jo Larson, then try to extract your own fish from a block of ice.

Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Feb
15
Program

Solar-Powered Critters (inspired by 2040)

10:00 AM

Motivated by his 4-year-old daughter and concern for the planet she will inherit, filmmaker Damon Gameau’s 2040 shares his global journey to meet the innovators and change…

Audience: Families, Virtual Family Science Workshops, Virtual Workshop Series

Cost: Free

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Feb
28
Program

Animals Up Close: Crawdads

4:00 PM

Meet the most secretive resident of our large fish tanks. Get an up close look at our crawdad — both in the water and out — as we count claws, look for gills, and see what…

Audience: Children, Families, Animals Up Close

Location: Via Zoom

Cost: Free

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Mar
01
Program

Airplay: Virtual Workshop, Session 1 (for ages 4-5 with a caregiver)

9:00 AM

It floats, it falls, it flies, it glides! We’ll build and experiment with them all as we make everything from parachutes to rockets to helicopters, to test and play with again…

Audience: Children, Programs for Preschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

Cost: $110 (members), $135 (non-members)

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Mar
01
Program

Airplay: Virtual Workshop, Session 2 (for ages 4-5 with a caregiver)

10:00 AM

It floats, it falls, it flies, it glides! We’ll build and experiment with them all as we make everything from parachutes to rockets to helicopters, to test and play with again…

Audience: Children, Programs for Preschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

Cost: $110 (members), $135 (non-members)

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Mar
01
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Airplay: Virtual Workshop, Session 3 (for ages 4-5 with a caregiver)

10:45 AM

It floats, it falls, it flies, it glides! We’ll build and experiment with them all as we make everything from parachutes to rockets to helicopters, to test and play with again…

Audience: Children, Programs for Preschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

Cost: $110 (members), $135 (non-members)

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