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  • 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

  • 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

  • Winter Preschool Day

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

    Friday, Jan. 19: Animal Signs – Winter Wonderland Track Detectives Come walk through Hitchcock Center’s winter wonderland searching for tracks and signs of active winter animals. We will make a […]

    $24 – $24.50

  • Girl Scout Program: Engineer for a Day at the Hitchcock Center!

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

    The Hitchcock Center’s new “Living” Building, is designed to mimic nature! Come interact with the features that make this building among the “greenest” buildings in the world. Educator Katie Koerten […]

    $12

  • Girl Scout Program: Engineer for a Day at the Hitchcock Center!

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

    The Hitchcock Center’s new “Living” Building, is designed to mimic nature! Come interact with the features that make this building among the “greenest” buildings in the world. Educator Katie Koerten […]

    $12

  • Nature All Year Study Club: Tracking

    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

  • Repair Public: An Experiment in Community Fixery

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

    Repair Public is an exercise in community resourcefulness. The basic idea is to encourage people to learn how and/or where to fix broken items instead of tossing them into a […]

    FREE

  • The “Environmental Canon” Book Club

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

    A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold with Rae Griffiths – Teaching Creatures and Casey Beebe – Hitchcock Center First half of book: Sunday, November 5, 2pm-3:30pm OR Thursday, November 16, 6pm-7:30pm […]

    FREE

  • January Curriculum Day

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

    (No school for Amherst schools) Monday, January 22 8:30am-3:00pm Ages 6-9, Grades 1-3 $60 members/$70 nonmembers Register here. Limited to 10 participants.

    $60 – $70

  • Homeschool Discovery Day

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

    Do you love science and nature? Do you want to see what the Hitchcock Homeschool program is all about? Sign up for our Discovery Days, our one-time programs about science […]

    $42 – $46