We’re excited to announce a new anthology of essays entitled Education in Times of Environmental Crises: Teaching Children to be Agents of Change. This is an anthology written for teachers about how to work with children and increase their awareness of environmental challenges that lie ahead and empower them to make a difference.
The Hitchcock Center has a dynamic group of interns who work with our educators across all programs each season. Meet the interns who have been working with us this fall. Sam Cordero […]
By Olivia M. Perrault
Have you ever heard of a living building? I hadn’t either, and that’s why I was so excited to visit the new Hitchcock Center! In this short report you will learn what a living building is!
Hitchcock Center Staff
Hitchcock Center staff share meaningful experiences of the first month working in our living building.
By Julie Johnson
The time has arrived!! We are opening the doors to our gorgeous new environmental education center at 845 West Street tomorrow, Tuesday, September 13! Though we are still working to put the finishing touches on our building and site, we welcome learners, explores, and nature lovers of all ages to come visit our incredible new building that is free and open to all.
By Julie Johnson On June 29, 2016, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) visited the Hitchcock Center’s new living building site and announced an exciting federal grant award to the Hitchcock Center from […]
By Marcus Simon
On June 9, over 240 guests partied with the Hitchcock Center in celebration of our award-winning science and nature education programs at the first annual Battle of the Botanicals held at the Powerhouse at Amherst College. Six teams of local chefs, mixologists, and small business owners showcased their talent in amazing cocktail and food pairing tasting stations that featured local botanicals like beets, rosemary and bee pollen.
By Marcus Simon
The results from the 2016 Biothon are in. This year a record 20 teams, including 7 youth outings, participated in finding 620 different species throughout the Valley. Teams also helped to raise over $13,300 for the Hitchcock Center’s programs.
By Jeff Mazur
Hello and welcome to Nature Summer Camp 2016! I am incredibly excited for my first Nature Summer Camp with the Hitchcock Center. The teacher naturalists, Katie and I have been as busy as beavers around here getting ready for the first day of camp next week. We can’t wait to meet all the campers! I am super thrilled about our staff. We are lucky to have three returning counselors, three fabulous new ones, a dedicated volunteer teacher naturalist and two wonderful support staff!
By Patrick O’Roark
The arrival of spring brings many wonderful and welcome things: warmer weather, nesting songbirds, and wildflowers among them. If you’re a student it also brings another very welcome event, April vacation! During the week of April 18 to 22 many students in the region enjoyed a break from their studies at school. Some families take this time to vacation together, but not all parents can get away from work and other responsibilities. The Hitchcock Center offers a camp during this week to accommodate these folks, and for the kids that come it is an opportunity to engage with science and nature through games, crafts, songs, and outdoor exploration. At Hitchcock vacation camp the focus on learning through fun.
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