Calendar of Events
South Meadow School: LAB GIRLS+ Afterschool Club
South Meadow School Hancock Road, Peterborough, New Hampshire, United StatesLAB GIRLS+ is an afterschool program at South Meadow School helping girls+ develop their interest in STEAM learning, field science skills, and career opportunities. Open to students in grades 5 through 8 at South Meadow School. Free of charge.
Nature on Tap: Trivia Night
Calling all bird nerds, frog fanatics, and botany buffs! Put your nature knowledge to the test during an evening of nature trivia in Post & Beam’s cozy taproom.
Babies in Backpacks & Toddlers in Tow at Converse Meadow
Converse Meadow Trail Converseville Road, Rindge, NH, United StatesJoin Harris Center educator Jazimina MacNeil for these pint-sized adventures in Keene and beyond! Together, we’ll explore, wander, and discover the magic of nearby nature. This ongoing series is a great way to meet other families with little ones who love spending time outside.
Great Brook School: Afterschool Yeti Club
Great Brook Middle School School Street, Antrim, New Hampshire, United StatesCome be a part of fun and adventure in the woods with Yeti Club! We’ll practice wilderness skills like orienteering, shelter and fire building, outdoor survival skills, tracking animals, and more. Release your inner Yeti and join us! Open to students in grades 5 through 8 at Great Brook School. Free of charge.
Afterschool Club: LAB GIRLS+ Experiments from the Wild
Jaffrey Public Library 38 Main St., Jaffrey, NH, United StatesIf you like having hands-on experiences in nature, making observations and discoveries, and studying wild animals, then this afterschool club is for you! From pigeons and sparrows to squirrels and other small mammals, come explore the wild side of STEM with Harris Center naturalists Jaime Hutchinson and Susie Spikol.
Easygoing Hike in Francestown
Join longtime outing leader Ben Haubrich and naturalist Susie Spikol for a gentle, 2.5-mile roundtrip walk through conserved land in Francestown.
Great Brook School: LAB GIRLS+ Afterschool Club
Great Brook Middle School School Street, Antrim, New Hampshire, United StatesLAB GIRLS+ is an afterschool program at Great Brook Middle School helping girls+ develop their interest in STEAM learning, field science skills, and career opportunities. Open to students in grades 5 through 8 at Great Brook School. Free of charge.
Mushroom Meander with the Morel Quandary Club at Goose Pond
Join fungi-philes John Benjamin and George Caughey for a fungstatic foray at Goose Pond in Keene. From boletes to amanitas, explore the fascinating world of fungi.
Great Brook School: Afterschool Yeti Club
Great Brook Middle School School Street, Antrim, New Hampshire, United StatesCome be a part of fun and adventure in the woods with Yeti Club! We’ll practice wilderness skills like orienteering, shelter and fire building, outdoor survival skills, tracking animals, and more. Release your inner Yeti and join us! Open to students in grades 5 through 8 at Great Brook School. Free of charge.
Mushroom Meander with the Morel Quandary Club at the Harris Center
Join fungi-philes John Benjamin and George Caughey for a fungstatic foray at the Harris Center in Hancock. From boletes to amanitas, explore the fascinating world of fungi.
Film Showing: The Mighty Weasel
The weasel family is often associated with unsavory behavior – we “badger” people, “ferret” out the enemy, and “weasel” out of obligations – but do these critters deserve their bad reputations? Decide for yourself during a big-screen showing of this enlightening PBS Nature documentary.
Mammal Evidence Investigations: A Workshop for Teachers
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalists Janet Altobello, Jenna Spear, and Jaime Hutchinson for this fun and stimulating professional development workshop for teachers of all grades. Who uses the gaps in a stonewall for shelter? Who prowls through our schoolyard at night? Where can we find evidence of wild mammals right outside our classroom? This workshop will inspire you to step outside and investigate New Hampshire’s wild land mammals just beyond your school door.
Great Brook School: Afterschool Yeti Club
Great Brook Middle School School Street, Antrim, New Hampshire, United StatesCome be a part of fun and adventure in the woods with Yeti Club! We’ll practice wilderness skills like orienteering, shelter and fire building, outdoor survival skills, tracking animals, and more. Release your inner Yeti and join us! Open to students in grades 5 through 8 at Great Brook School. Free of charge.
Early Winter Ramble for Veterans
Search for early signposts of winter in the Harris Center woods with naturalist Susie Spikol. We’ll take a slow meander to the Big Boulders, stopping to look and listen for winter bird calls, evergreen boughs, and evidence of mammals preparing for the cold months ahead. This hike is only for veterans.
Afterschool Club: LAB GIRLS+ Experiments from the Wild
Jaffrey Public Library 38 Main St., Jaffrey, NH, United StatesIf you like having hands-on experiences in nature, making observations and discoveries, and studying wild animals, then this afterschool club is for you! From pigeons and sparrows to squirrels and other small mammals, come explore the wild side of STEM with Harris Center naturalists Jaime Hutchinson and Susie Spikol.
Nature Observation Games: A Workshop for Teachers
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalists Janet Altobello, Jenna Spear, and Jaime Hutchinson for this fun and stimulating professional development workshop for teachers of Pre-K to grade 6. During this workshop, we’ll play a variety of outdoor games that focus on heightening our observation skills, and then create sets of materials that you can begin using the very next day with your class.
