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…
Programs
Are you ready for Nature’s Noel?
Our annual holiday event, Nature’s Noel, is just around the corner! If you are in the market for fresh evergreen decorations, handmade gifts of all kinds or frozen soups and appetizers, or if you just…
Join our mailing list!
Indian Creek Nature Center is now offering an electronic mailing list! Follow this link and enter your email address. If you are a past or current member of the Nature Center, an email will be…
Sierra Club Chili Luncheon and Silent Auction
Is anyone feeling hungry? Join us at Indian Creek Nature Center for our annual Sierra Club Chili Luncheon and Silent Auction on Saturday, November 14th. Sample some delicious homemade chili and bid on a variety…
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…
Menu for the Future
Do you know where your food comes from? It seems like a simple question, but if it is so simple, why is it so difficult to answer? In an age of industrialized food systems, the…
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…
Let’s get (solar) cooking!
Are you interested in learning how to build your own solar cooker? Are you concerned with “greening” your energy? Do you just love to eat? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then…
Wild Outdoors!
Does the sight of sixteen third and fourth graders with knives make you nervous? Read on to find out why you shouldn’t be! (more…)