Warm up all of your senses – smelling, feeling, looking, listening and even tasting. Use your scientific detective tools to explore the nature center in the springtime! For preschoolers with an adult. Dress for outdoor activities. Fees: $5 preschooler (ages 3-5), free for ages 2 and under, $5 adults. Registration Deadline:24 hours prior to program […]
Warm up all of your senses – smelling, feeling, looking, listening and even tasting. Use your scientific detective tools to explore the nature center in the springtime! For preschoolers with an adult. Dress for outdoor activities. Fees: $5 preschooler (ages 3-5), free for ages 2 and under, $5 adults. Registration Deadline:24 hours prior to program […]
Your senses come alive in nature! Come participate in an exciting nature scavenger hunt, listen to nature sounds, sniff out some interesting smells, and feel the different textures found around the Nature Center. We’ll have a snack to explore our taste buds and make nature-inspired art creations. Activities from this workshop may be applied towards […]
Join Education Director, Marcy Fratzke, for a look at Creekside Forest School. Prospective families and community members are invited to attend. Children welcome. A portion of the tour will be outdoors.
Make the most out of your child’s day off school!** Send them to the "Mystery Moments" In-Service Day Camp at ICNC. Students will discover some unusual happenings at Indian Creek Nature Center. Through teamwork and detective skills, students will uncover clues that help explain several mysterious (but not scary) events. Please send a sack lunch […]
Scouts will attempt requirements 1-3, 4a1, 4b, 4c, 4e, 5 and 6 at this workshop. Scouts will be responsible for one other requirement from 4 (d, f, g or h) and 4a2, and either 7 a or b on their own. Current Requirements link: https://www.scouting.org/merit-badges/nature/ Fees: $12 per scout. Scout leaders free (limit 2 per […]
Make the most out of your child’s day off school!** Send them to the "Spring Travelers" In-Service Day Camp at ICNC. Students will meet some of Iowa's spring travelers!! We will learn about migratory song birds and help band them as they embark on their spring migration. Please send a sack lunch and snack, and […]
Come to a geocaching event to learn how the Global Positioning System (GPS) works. Learn to enter waypoints in a GPS receiver and find a geocache! Bring your own GPS unit or borrow one of the Nature Center’s units. This completes most of the Geocache badge. Fees: $10 per scout, Scout leaders free (limit 2 […]
Daisies, Brownies and Juniors: Learn about what scientists do and see how you can do science in your own backyards and communities by participating in a sampler of citizen science projects. Go on a hike to observe the phenology of the seasons, observe and record bird sightings or help us monitor water quality. Fees: $10 […]
Get everything you need for a bountiful garden and beautiful yard at the annual Spring Plant & Art Sale hosted by the Friends of the Nature Center. Shoppers will find a variety of beautiful wildflowers, hostas, vegetable starters, gardening tools, geraniums, perennials, native prairie plants, and more. Proceeds from the plant sale support the environmental […]