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Rescue Team get ready! Natural disasters approach, and rescue is needed! Learn the science behind earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, and more. Then, engineer solutions to problems that natural disasters bring with them!

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Wildlife Defenders, your time is now! Explore new habitats and environments, and design ways to protect the ice pack, cleanup the coast, and rescue the rainforest!

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Turn your family into scientists and explore fun science concepts with us! Make cool discoveries through experiments, projects, and play. Different activities each month. Please register only one member of your family. January: Ramp and Roll! Design cars and marble roller coasters as we explore rolling downhill, centripetal force, and friction February: Feathers and Flight – design wings and planes, test your aerodynamic designs, and explore wind and air resistance and how they help (or hinder) animal or human powered flight.

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Recycle your pumpkin at the Pumpkin Smash and Bash! Roll your pumpkin down the Centennial Sled Hill in a fun competition that kicks off the event, smash and bash them, then launch them into piles of compost. Go green by helping to clean up the newly smashed pumpkins and learn about composting. Please remove any candles, stickers, and glow sticks before bringing your pumpkin to the event. Event is free, but registration required. When you arrive please check in at the tent.

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Spark the natural curiosity in your “Wild One” as we take in the wonders of the outdoors. Inside our classroom, we'll discover leaves, pumpkins, seeds, and other autumn surprises with sensory play and exploration, stories, and themed activities. Then we'll head out for a nature walk around the pond and prairie, and over to visit the animals in the Nature Center. Dress for a mess. No class November 23 and 24.

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