Create your own spectroscope, which is a tool that breaks up light into its component colors. We will learn about light and then create our spectroscopes using a paper towel […]

Come along on a hike as we search for Monarch caterpillars, chrysalises, and butterflies on Common Milkweed plants throughout the park. As we search, learn more about the life cycle […]

Explore the weather with hands-on experiments and observations. Kids will determine air temperature, soil temperature, wind speed, and cloud coverage using kid-friendly weather equipment and some non-traditional ones like pinwheels […]

Children will get to choose an animal and then build a habitat out of a big box that will be provided. Children will draw, color, and collect things from nature […]

Create your own cartesian diver. This fun toy is an experiment that demonstrates the principle of buoyancy. You will create a diver that will look like a fish, an otter, […]

Join HPD’s program intern, Katlyn Kendall to see how many types of fungus you can find at Oakwoods. As you hike, you’ll be learning about how and where these fungi […]

As summer is fading into fall, so fades the colors of the leaves and the first ones to show their color are the yellow ones. We’ll see how many shades […]

Looking up at the clouds can create imaginative landscapes full of wonder. This program will teach kids about the different types of clouds, and we will read a story called […]