Join TWC staff and volunteers as part of a new Community Science project! During the winter months TWC will support Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s long-term bird studies by counting all birds that gather at the feeding stations outside the Nature Center viewing windows. A quick and easy orientation will be offered on the data collection…

Join Sesame Street’s Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, a Muppet from China. Together, we take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the Moon and discover how different it is from Earth. Children can interact as they watch, drawing constellations in the sky and counting how…

Learn about the night sky from the unique perspective of a Cowboy Astronomer.  Students will learn about stars, their properties, their motion, and seasonal changes in the sky.  They’ll learn about constellations and some of the other objects in the night sky, like the Pleiades star cluster, the Andromeda Galaxy, nebulae, and supernovas, to name…

Join TWC Naturalist Sarah and follow your curiosity, make new friends, and explore the world around us! During each session, we’ll focus on a new topic, practice our science skills – like asking questions and making observations, play games or make a craft, and enjoy time outside. This program aims to foster inquiry skills, creativity,…

Join TWC staff and volunteers as part of a new Community Science project! During the winter months TWC will support Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s long-term bird studies by counting all birds that gather at the feeding stations outside the Nature Center viewing windows. A quick and easy orientation will be offered on the data collection…

Dinosaurs come to life!  Discover the lives of multiple species of dinosaurs, from the Coelophysis of 205 million years ago to the Allosaurus and Diplodocus of the mid Jurassic period.  We’ll see the feathered Sinornithosaurus of China and the T. rex and Triceratops.  Visit fossil sites, study their bones, and reconstruct how these giants lived…

Join TWC staff and volunteers as part of a new Community Science project! During the winter months TWC will support Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s long-term bird studies by counting all birds that gather at the feeding stations outside the Nature Center viewing windows. A quick and easy orientation will be offered on the data collection…

Take a tour of the spring night sky with Robin, our Astronomy Education Specialist. Learn what constellations and bright stars are in the night sky this time of year and what planets we can see. Experience some of the incredible deep sky objects this sky has to offer, including galaxies, star clusters, nebulae, and more.…

Dinosaurs come to life!  Discover the lives of multiple species of dinosaurs, from the Coelophysis of 205 million years ago to the Allosaurus and Diplodocus of the mid Jurassic period.  We’ll see the feathered Sinornithosaurus of China and the T. rex and Triceratops.  Visit fossil sites, study their bones, and reconstruct how these giants lived…

Children will meet Plato, a very curious young mole, and his best friends, earthworms Alfa, Beta, and Gamma. With the help of Professor Socrates, a very distinguished beetle, we’ll discover why we have night and day, why the Moon looks different every night, what the stars and constellations are, and more. There will be mysteries…