= Adult Programs
 = Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K
 = Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3
 = Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6
 = Ages 9–11 or Grades 4–6
 = Teen Programs
 = Family and Learning Pod Programs
 = Grades 1-6
 = ages-12-15-or-grades-7-9

Click the filter icon below to display specific events by age range, program type and more.

  • Rich Earth Institute: Urine Nutrient Reclamation Project

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Founded in 2012, the Rich Earth Institute established the nation’s first community scale urine recycling program, the Urine Nutrient Reclamation Project. As leaders in this emerging field, we have become […]

    FREE
  • Nature All Year Study Club: Tree Identification

    Fieldtrip Location

    Join us for our fifth year of offering an in-depth natural history course for naturalists and citizen scientists. Each month, in our series of nature explorations with different local naturalists, […]

    $30
  • Homeschool I

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Feathers to Flight It’s spring! What better time of year is there to discover the birds all around us? At Homeschool I we will explore the wonderful adaptations that makes […]

    $420 – $450
  • Homeschool II

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Rocks and Water: The Shaping of Our Valley Discover the stories in the stones around us!  We live in a geologically unique area, and the landscape provides intriguing clues to […]

    $420 – $450
  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Just because it’s cold outside, doesn’t mean your kids need to stay inside to play. Have them join Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program, which is designed to let kids be […]

    $275 – $300
  • Morning Nature Walk for Seniors

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Join John Green a lifelong naturalist as he ambles through a habitat looking and listening. Come see what’s waking up with the March thaw. It’s a wonderful time to explore […]

    $10 – $12
  • Girls into the Wild

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Sometimes you just need to run, explore and play – especially in the winter! That’s what we do at Girls into the Wild, and lots more. Now in its fourth […]

    $297 – $352
  • Homeschool I

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Feathers to Flight It’s spring! What better time of year is there to discover the birds all around us? At Homeschool I we will explore the wonderful adaptations that makes […]

    $420 – $450
  • Homeschool II

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Rocks and Water: The Shaping of Our Valley Discover the stories in the stones around us!  We live in a geologically unique area, and the landscape provides intriguing clues to […]

    $420 – $450