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Smart Use of Smart Devices in Your Home: A Hands-On Night of Learning
Have you seen stories about smart home devices being hacked or home guests making unauthorized purchases on smart speakers? Join a team of security & privacy researchers from Dartmouth and the SPLICE research team for a hands-on night of learning about smart home devices, vulnerabilities, and how to protect yourself from common security and privacy threats!Filter Events Click to access filters
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Program(s) starting 09/25/2021
Cars Go Zoom Virtual Workshop for ages 4-5 with a caregiver
10:00 AM
Design and test cars all month long. From building our own toy cars to testing hot wheels under scientific conditions, we’ll bring out the car mechanic and engineer in every kid!
Audience: Children, Programs for Preschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $70 (members), $85 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
Event Notes: Registration has closed
View Event DetailsCars go Zoom Virtual Workshop for ages 6-8
1:00 PM
In this virtual workshop for children ages 6-8, design and test cars all month long. From building our own toy cars to testing hot wheels under scientific conditions, we’ll…
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $120 (members), $140 (non-members)
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsHanover Garden Club: Designing a Right-Sized Foodscape
1:00 PM
Foodscaping is all about making the most of the square footage that is available. Discover strategies to cultivate a smaller footprint while still growing the flowers and food…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Cost: Free
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsTest Tube Science for ages 4-6
10:00 AM
Predict, experiment, and make observations as we create our own unique mixtures each week. It’s the perfect blend for a gleeful and messy science time.
Audience: Children, Programs for Preschoolers
Location: On-site at the Montshire
Cost: $100 (members), $120 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsAirplay for Homeschoolers age 6-8
10:30 AM
Explore air, including its physical properties, how objects interact with it, and how moving air can be a force that behaves in interesting ways.
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers
Location: On-site at the Montshire
Cost: $100 (members), $120 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsAirplay for Homeschoolers ages 9-12
1:00 PM
Explore air, including its physical properties, how objects interact with it, and how moving air can be a force that behaves in interesting ways.
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers
Location: On-site at the Montshire
Cost: $100 (members), $120 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsMushroom Walk
1:00 PM
Join expert Faith Hunt on this annual foray that will introduce you to a spectacular variety of local fungi. This fascinating program concludes with an opportunity to sample…
Audience: Adults, Mushroom Walk
Location: Montshire grounds; meet in the Classroom
Cost: $65 (members), $75 (non-members)
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsScience Story Time: Color Mixing
10:30 AM
A favorite for young museums families! We’ll read the book Mouse Paint by Ellen Stole Walsh. Then, we’ll make our own rainbow of colors using mixing trays, pipettes, and…
Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsScience Story Time: Sort it Out
10:30 AM
We’ll read the book Sort it Out by Barbara Mariconda about a pack rat and his great collection objects to get us ready for our own sorting challenge. Each family will get a…
Audience: Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
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