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  • Summer Camp Session 3: Leadership Training camp

    Ages 11-13 July 11-22 (two weeks) $595 members / $625 Leadership Training Camp is back for its third season in Summer 2016! We are thrilled to be continuing this program as a two-week session jam-packed with outdoor adventures, group challenges, nature hikes and leadership discussions. This exciting camp is a combination of all the usual […]

    $595 – $625
  • Hitchcock’s new “living” building site tour

    Thursday, July 14, 4:30-5pm Join us at our our construction site for a free tour. Open to all, no registration required. Park and meet in the Red Barn parking lot at Hampshire College. Locate it on the map.

    FREE
  • Nature Discovery Preschool

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

    Under Your Toes to Above Your Nose – Layers of the Forest with Colleen Kelley Ages 3-5 (adult required to attend with child) Fridays, Morning session: 9:30am-11:30am Afternoon session: 1:00pm-3:00pm September 23, 30, October 7, 21, 28, November 4, 18, December 2, 9, 16 Members: $205/Non-members: $225 Limited to 12 families per session Come join us this Fall to […]

    $205 – $225
  • Summer Camp Session 4: Clues to Nature’s Past

    Ages 6-7 & Ages 8-10  July 25 – August 5 (two weeks) $495 members / $525 non-members Come find out what the Pioneer Valley was like millions of years ago! With day trips, crafts, songs and nature hikes, we will make connections between our local ecosystems of today and those of prehistoric times, including the animals, […]

    $495 – $525
  • Summer Camp Session 5: Rube Goldberg Machines Week!

    Ages 6-7 & Ages 8-10  August 8 – 12 (one week) $275 members / $305 non-members Rube Goldberg is back by popular demand in the summer of 2016! You’ll love this camp if you love watching energy flow from one thing to another, like in marble runs, water walls and falling dominoes! We will spend this […]

    $275 – $305
  • Hitchcock Center Closed for Moving

    The Hitchcock Center staff is migrating to our new living building home. We invite you to come visit us when we reopen in our new home located at 845 West St. in September, approximately 2.5 miles south of our former center on Route 116. See you there!

  • Volunteer Training

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

    Visitor Center/Reception The Visitor Center will be the heart of our new living building. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to greet the public and introduce them to our building and philosophy, as well as orient them to our programs, trails, gardens, and exhibits, etc. This will also include sharing the live animals, answering the phones, […]

    FREE
  • Volunteer Training

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

    Visitor Center/Reception The Visitor Center will be the heart of our new living building. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to greet the public and introduce them to our building and philosophy, as well as orient them to our programs, trails, gardens, and exhibits, etc. This will also include sharing the live animals, answering the phones, […]

    FREE
  • Homeschool I: Marvelous Mammals

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

    with Katie Koerten Ages 6-8 Tuesdays, 10:00am-2:00pm 10 classes: September 13, 20, October 4, 11, 18, November 1, 8, 22, 29, December 6 Members: $420/Non-members: $448 Come to our first homeschool class in the new Hitchcock Center Living Building, now in a 10-week format! This fall we’ll be learning all about bears, bats, squirrels and […]

    $420 – $448
  • Homeschool II: Digital Ecology

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

    with Jeff Mazur Ages 9-12 Tuesdays, 10:00am-2:00pm 10 classes: September 13, 20, October 4, 11, 18, November 1, 8, 22, 29, December 6 Members: $420/Non-members: $448 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 […]

    $420 – $448