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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 03/20/2021

Mar
28
Program

Animals Up Close: Painted Turtles

4:00 PM

Come out of your shell and say hi to the Montshire resident reptiles – the turtles! We’ll look at our painted turtles up close, examine the bones of a giant snapping turtle,…

Audience: Children, Families, Animals Up Close

Location: Via Zoom

Cost: Free

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Apr
05
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Space Craft: Virtual Workshop, Session 2 (for ages 4-5 with a caregiver)

10:00 AM

Become an artistic astronaut as we explore outer space through crafting constellations, making moons, and painting planets. For preschoolers and their adult caregiver.

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

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

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

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Apr
05
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Space Craft: Virtual Workshop, Session 3 (for ages 4-5 with a caregiver)

10:45 AM

Become an artistic astronaut as we explore outer space through crafting constellations, making moons, and painting planets. For preschoolers and their adult caregiver.

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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Apr
06
Program

Optical Illusions Virtual Workshop Session 1 for ages 9-12

10:00 AM

Trick your eyes and brain! Each week we’ll try and then make our own optical illusions. From thaumatropes to afterimages, we will discover the science behind each optical…

Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

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

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Apr
06
Program

Hanover Garden Club: Houseplants by Design: Adding Plants to Your Décor

1:00 PM

You want houseplants. You need houseplants. But do you really utilize houseplants to their fullest potential? Join Tovah Martin in this virtual lecture filled with photos and…

Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club

Location: Via zoom; details to follow after registration

Cost: Free

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Apr
06
Program

Pinball Wizard Virtual Workshop for ages 12-15

1:00 PM

In this virtual workshop, 12-15 year olds will design, test and build your own working, cardboard pinball machine around a theme of your choosing. Engineer a launcher, flippers,…

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

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

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

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Apr
06
Program

Optical Illusions Virtual Workshop Session 2 for ages 9-12

3:30 PM

Trick your eyes and brain! Each week we’ll try and then make our own optical illusions. From thaumatropes to afterimages, we will discover the science behind each optical…

Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series

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

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Apr
08
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Airplay: Virtual Workshop, Session 1 (for ages 6-8)

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, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

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

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Apr
08
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Airplay: Virtual Workshop, Session 2 (for ages 6-8)

3:30 PM

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, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

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

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