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Try your hand at painting watercolors inspired by nature! Together we’ll use our imaginations and enhance our fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination while creating one of a kind watercolor paintings of flowers, insects, animals or plants outside on the rooftop. This event is free for museum members or free with admission. No pre-registration is […]
Our lakes are home to an entire ecosystem! You just need to know how to look to discover it. We'll use pipettes and magnifying glasses to explore living organisms in lakes and ponds. Kids will learn to identify what they find. Learn about scientific thinking, observing, asking questions, finding answers and gain fine motor skills […]
Time to get your hands dirty! Decorate a pot and plant herbs for your garden. As we plant we will learn more about plant cycles and processes, as well as gaining fine motor control as we create our pots and plant seeds in the soil. Free for members or free with museum admission. No pre-registration […]
Astronomy has never been so yummy! We will use toothpicks and marshmallows to make star constellations. Kids can choose a constellation, assemble it, and then choose to eat it or take it home. In the process, we will gain engineering skills and learn to design, plan, and build. This event is free for museum members or […]
How does your garden grow? Decorate pots and start seeds for your garden! Kids will learn more about plant and seed cycles and what it takes to cultivate plants. This event is free for museum members or free with admission. No pre-registration is required.
It's your lucky day! Make a three-leaf or four-leaf clover or shamrock lucky charm with water colors and glue sticks. The word "shamrock" is used to describe many species of clover or three-leaved plants, and derives from the diminutive form of the Irish word "seamair" which means "plant." Today it is a common symbol for Ireland, people […]
Take a bit of our rooftop garden home! Make a bookmark using botanicals grown on the museum's rooftop. Kids will use their imaginations and fine motor skills to create a unique bookmark to bring home. This event is free with museum admission.
Join us on the rooftop to paint pictures on stones to tell a story about nature, plants, animals, or the environment!
Doves have become a universal symbol of peace. We'll learn how to fold paper into dove shapes with messages of peace and mindfulness. This event will take place in the rooftop clubhouse.
Locavorasaurus is a demonstration exploring the bounty that local and seasonal produce has to offer, including tastings of what’s growing in the gardens at the museum. Visitors will learn about the growing cycles of plants and what grows when, as well as, exploring math skills, comprehension, social skills in action, and cooking. Today we celebrate […]
Bring a bit of our popular rooftop play-garden home with you from our rooftop greenhouse garden! Transplant your new plant friend into colorful, unique, recycled ceramic vessels made by other children at the museum. Learn about how to nurture and care for different species of plants, and how having a pet plant can be tons of […]
Fossils can tell us about life long ago. Explore different kinds of fossils and cast a fossil to take home! Kids can pretend to be paleontologists as they discover fossils from long ago. In the process, they'll use fine motor skills and their senses to cast fossils.
