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  • Nature Play Afterschool

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

    Spring Session with Jeff Mazur Wednesdays, 3:30pm- 5:30pm, extended days 1:30pm-5:30pm March 22 – June 7 (no class April 19) Extended days: March 29 & May 10 Members: $272 / Non-members: $300 Open to all children in grades 1-3. Limited to 10 participants.

    $272 – $300
  • Girls into the Wild

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

    with Katie Koerten Ages 8-11, Grades 3-5 Thursdays, March 23 – June 15 (no class April 20 or June 8) 3:30pm-5:30pm Members: $297/Non-members: $352 Limited to 10 participants.

    $297 – $352
  • Film Screening: A Plastic Ocean

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

    Thursday, May 4, 7pm $8 Suggested donation Registration appreciated In A Plastic Ocean, a new feature-length adventure documentary, an international team of adventurers, researchers, and Ocean ambassadors go on a mission around the globe to uncover the shocking truth about what is lurking beneath the surface of our Ocean. The proliferation of plastic products in […]

    $8
  • Nature Discovery Preschool

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

    Animals That Build with Colleen Kelley Ages 3-5 (Adult required to attend with child) Fridays, Morning session: 9:30am-11:30 am Afternoon session: 1:00pm-3:00pm Members: $205 / Non-members: $225 Limited to 12 families per session. Register here.

    $205 – $225
  • Nature Discovery Preschool

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

    Animals That Build with Colleen Kelley Ages 3-5 (Adult required to attend with child) Fridays, Morning session: 9:30am-11:30 am Afternoon session: 1:00pm-3:00pm Members: $205 / Non-members: $225 Limited to 12 families per session. Register here.

    $205 – $225
  • LIving Building Tour

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

    Public Building Tours: Spring Tour Dates First Fridays at 4pm: April 7, May 5, June 2 Third Wednesdays at 12pm: April 19, May 17, June 21 FREE but please register online. 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 […]

    FREE
  • Youth Birding

    Fieldtrip Location

    with Dan Ziomek, Local Birder and WRSI’s Bird Songs Radio Program For young people ages 8-13 6 Saturdays: April 8 - May 13 7:30am-10am Individual/Youth: Members $60 Non-members $75 Parent/Child Members $100/Non-members $120 Space is limited, registration required Spring migration is the most exciting time of year to get out and see birds! Be the […]

    $60 – $120
  • Bird Walk at the Fort River Refuge

    Fieldtrip Location

    Sunday, May 7, 7:00-9:30 am Ted Watt, Hitchcock Center naturalist FREE No registration - this program is part of Valley Bird Days Join us for a spring morning bird walk as part of Valley Bird Days. We’ll make our way along the new accessible trail, looking and listening for songbirds returning from the tropics for […]

    FREE
  • Spring Wildflowers!

    Fieldtrip Location

    Nancy Goodman, local naturalist and plant conservation volunteer with the New England Wild Flower Society Sunday, May 7, 9am-noon Members $20/Non-members $30 Register here Nancy will guide us on a leisurely stroll along a section of Mitch’s Way in Hadley. The unpaved road parallels the Connecticut River through extensive floodplain forest habitat. We will find […]

    $20 – $30
  • Homeschool I

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

    Raindrop to Reservoir: All About Water Katie Koerten, Hitchcock Educator Ages 6-8 Tuesdays, 10:00am-2:00pm 10 classes: March 14, 21, 28, April 11 & 25, May 9, 16, 23, 30, June 6 Members: $420/Non-members: $448 Limited to 12 participants. Non-refundable within a week of the program; all refunds incur a 10% administrative fee.

    $420 – $448