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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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starting 10/07/2021
Jan
08
Special Event
Creepy Crawly Craft Party
10:30 AM
Get crafty with your favorite creepy crawlies! We’ll visit the Montshire’s live insect colonies and learn all about these fascinating creatures. Combine science and art…
Audience: Families
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsJan
13
Program
Science Story Time: Parachutes
10:30 AM
We’ll explore what makes us feel safe as we read the book Parachute by Danny Parker and then make our own miniature parachute to launch off the museum balcony.
Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsJan
20
Program
Science Story Time: Fossils
10:30 AM
Enjoy the amazing illustrations in Steve Jenkin’s Prehistoric Actual Size before exploring the museum’s own fossil collection.
Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsJan
24
Program
Homeschool Series: Insect Investigations for ages 6-8 (3 part series begins)
10:30 AM
Discover insect diversity and adaptations, while meeting a new live insect at each class. Explore their behaviors and life cycles and examine them up close using magnifying…
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers
Location: On-site at the Montshire
Cost: $75 (members), $90 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
Event Notes: Program is canceled
View Event DetailsJan
24
Program
Homeschool Series: Insect Investigations for ages 9-12 (3 part series begins)
1:00 PM
Discover insect diversity and adaptations, while meeting a new live insect at each class. Explore their behaviors and life cycles and examine them up close using magnifying…
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers
Location: On-site at the Montshire
Cost: $75 (members), $90 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
Event Notes: Program is canceled
View Event DetailsJan
27
Program
Science Story Time: Mirrors
10:30 AM
Families will have the chance to use mirrors to solve ingenious puzzles in the book M is for Mirror by Duncan Burmingham. After the story you’ll get to experiment with…
Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsFeb
01
Program
Hanover Garden Club: The Skinny on Garden Pests and Diseases
1:00 PM
Learn about current and emerging pests and plant diseases in the garden and landscape that can impact the home gardener. Ann will also discuss the best approach to management…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Location: Program offered on Zoom
Cost: Free
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsFeb
03
Program
Science Story Time: Wiggle Bots
10:30 AM
Join us as we read the book Stop! Bot! by James Wang. Afterward, we’ll have fun building our own fences to keep scurrying mechanical bots under control.
Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsFeb
10
Program
Science Story Time: The Montshire Moose
10:30 AM
Meet the bull moose in the Discovering the Natural World exhibition as we read Looking for a Moose by Phyllis Root. We’ll then have the chance to practice our own tracking…
Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
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