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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 04/21/2021

Apr
25
Program

Animals Up Close: Frogs and Toads

4:00 PM

Join us for some mealtime fun as we feed the frogs and toads together. Meet the museum’s amphibians, learn how to tell them apart, and see who’s got the fastest tongue this…

Audience: Children, Families, Animals Up Close

Location: Via Zoom

Cost: Free

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May
03
Program

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

9:00 AM

In this program for 4-5 year olds and their adult caregiver, we will combine science and math in fun and engaging ways as we explore patterns, geometry and number relationships.…

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

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

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

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May
03
Program

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

10:00 AM

In this program for 4-5 year olds and their adult caregiver, we will combine science and math in fun and engaging ways as we explore patterns, geometry and number relationships.…

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

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

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

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May
03
Program

Science Counts: Virtual Workshop, Session 3 (for ages 4-5 with a caregiver)

10:45 AM

In this program for 4-5 year olds and their adult caregiver, we will combine science and math in fun and engaging ways as we explore patterns, geometry and number relationships.…

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

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

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

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Event Notes: Canceled

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May
04
Program

Build Small, Think Big: Virtual Workshop, Session 2 (for ages 9-12)

1:00 PM

Use the design-engineering process, and some advanced cardboard construction techniques, to investigate the sustainability of our lives, homes and communities. Work together to…

Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

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

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May
04
Program

Hanover Garden Club: Be Here Now: Using Ecological Thinking to Preserve the Planet

1:00 PM

The collective actions of people are now altering planetary systems in profound and undesirable ways. Crossing tipping points will lead to truly existential challenges for many…

Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club

Location: Via Zoomzoom; details to follow after registration

Cost: Free

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May
06
Program

Under Pressure: Virtual Workshop, Session 1 (for ages 6-8)

10:00 AM

If you’ve ever released a blown up balloon you’ve experienced pressurized air doing work - albeit a bit chaotic. Build with the surprising strength of squashed air…

Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

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

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May
06
Program

Under Pressure: Virtual Workshop, Session 2 (for ages 6-8)

1:00 PM

If you’ve ever released a blown up balloon you’ve experienced pressurized air doing work - albeit a bit chaotic. Build with the surprising strength of squashed air…

Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

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

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May
07
Special Event

Fiddlehead Fling Reimagined: A Virtual Event

7:00 PM

This fresh take on the Montshire’s annual benefit event relocates from the museum galleries to the Zoom room. This virtual evening event includes a gift box of culinary…

Audience: Adults

Location: Via Crowdcast

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