Summer fun
Summer camps started this week and we’ve got kids all OVER the place here all having a BLAST! Our Young Explorers are planting an American Indian “Three Sisters” garden of corn, squash and beans that…
Kids
Calling All Kids!
If you’re wondering what to do with the kids this summer, take a look at the variety of summer camp options offered at the Nature Center! We have programs that run from just an hour…
Youth Volunteer Day!
Ready to get your hands dirty? ICNC invites youth ages 11 and older to participate in a summer solstice day (June 21st from 9 AM to 3 PM) of volunteering to help restore Nature Center…
Spring critter programs at ICNC!
Leaping lizards! It’s all about spring critters at the Nature Center this week! Join us bright and early on Thursday, May 6th for Dawn Watch: Return of the Little Brown Bats. Greet the sunrise with…
Put on your snowshoes!
Yesterday afternoon, some area homeschoolers hit the powder to try their hand (and feet!) at snowshoeing. Though it took a little while to get the hang of it, everyone was successful, tired and a little…
One last Sense of Wonder post…
Sunday and Monday at the Nature Center were alive with the sounds of children experiencing nature. (Curiously, that sounds a lot like a marimba!) We dedicated the new trail on Sunday, and the media coverage…
Preschoolers and Moms: Busy as Bees!
Last month, MOMS Club of Cedar Rapids – South* brought eight preschoolers out for one of our most exciting preschool programs: Busy, Buzzing Bees! The preschoolers were just as busy as the bees as they…
Sense of Wonder
It’s officially Autumn, and it’s time for something new and exciting from the Nature Center! For the last few months, our staff members in conjunction with Metro High School have been hard at work on…
Gone Fishin’
What’s new at the Nature Center? Fishing! Yesterday our homeschool students and their families ventured off-property to Lake Murphy (just down the road) to learn about lake ecology… and to just plain “go fishing”!…
Halloween.
It’s a time where you ask yourself, “What Goes BUMP in the Night?” Well, the Nature Center wants to help you find out! Come to our Halloween program “What Goes BUMP in the Night?” and…