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  • Winter Preschool Day: Animals Getting Ready for Winter

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

    Celebrate the outdoors in winter with your preschooler and Colleen! Sign up for one, two or all three winter programs. Come prepared for winter outdoor exploration! With Colleen Kelley Ages […]

    $20 – $25

  • Saturday Family Science Series: Evergreens and Beyond

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

    Join us for seasonal nature and science programs each second Saturday of the month. Designed for children with their parents, these programs will explore cool topics in nature. January 12: […]

    FREE

  • Looking East Community Gallery Exhibit Opening

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

    Looking East Artist: Jay Alexander On exhibit January – March 15, 2019. Exhibit opening January 12, 11am-1pm. Jay Alexander’s paintings present a contemporary reinterpretation of several dominant themes in classical […]

    FREE

  • Nature Study Club: Bark: Getting to Know Trees in Winter

    Fieldtrip Location

    Join us for our sixth 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, […]

    $265 – $315

  • 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 […]

    $205 – $255

  • Homeschool Discovery Day: Animal Tracks & Signs

    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 […]

    $45 – $55

  • Our Living Building Tour

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

    Come meet our newest educator – our building! It is designed to model systems in nature, it is net zero energy, net zero water, has composting toilets, and has been […]

    FREE

  • 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 […]

    $250 – $300

  • Winter and Early Spring Birding

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

    Join Scott Surner for the 2019 winter and early spring birding class. This year because of Scott’s schedule we have him from January through mid- April. This will give participants […]

    $275 – $325

  • Girls into the Wild

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

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

    $300 – $330