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  • Spring Birding

    Join this Hitchcock tradition! Scott has been leading classes since 1979. Space is limited and in high demand. with Scott Surner Evening classes at Hitchcock: Wednesdays, 6:30-8pm, February 12, April […]

    $315 – $380

  • Girls into the Wild: Spring Session

    Often you just need to run, explore and play outdoors! That’s what we do at Girls into the Wild, and lots more. Girls into the Wild is designed to get […]

    $330 – $396

  • Nature Discovery Preschool: Beanstalks to Butterflies

    Metamorphosis and how things change in nature is the theme for this popular program. Children will compare their own lives, from newborn to preschooler, with the life cycles of other […]

    $220 – $264

  • Nature Discovery Preschool: Beanstalks to Butterflies

    Metamorphosis and how things change in nature is the theme for this popular program. Children will compare their own lives, from newborn to preschooler, with the life cycles of other […]

    $220 – $264

  • Living Building Tour

    Did you know the Hitchcock Center is a Living Building? It is the 23rd building in the world and the 4th in Massachusetts to achieve the Certified Living Building designation! […]

    FREE

  • Help Install New Drift Fences at the Salamander Tunnels on Henry Street in Amherst

    Bring your muscles and get ready to dig in the dirt! We’ll be digging holes for the new fence stakes and making a trench along the fence-line to bury the bottom of the new fence. It’s going to be tough work but should help a lot to reduce the number of salamanders that have been […]

    FREE

  • Chain Reactions and Creative Contraptions – POSTPONED

    Playful Engineers teaching artist and engineering enthusiast Jay Mankita will present a hands-on workshop in which participants will have a chance to design, build, test, and play with Rube Goldberg […]

    FREE

  • Homeschool II: Digital Ecology

    Join us to become Eco-photographers! We will be using the camera as a tool to study nature and enhance our observation skills. We’ll explore our world by viewing it through […]

    $450 – $540

  • Homeschool II: Digital Ecology

    Join us to become Eco-photographers! We will be using the camera as a tool to study nature and enhance our observation skills. We’ll explore our world by viewing it through […]

    $450 – $540

  • Homschool II: Digital Ecology

    Join us to become Eco-photographers! We will be using the camera as a tool to study nature and enhance our observation skills. We’ll explore our world by viewing it through different lenses. During this spring’s Homeschool II class we will delve into the environment through outdoor activities, games, observations and investigations, field trips, art and […]

    $450 – $540