EXPLORE! Whooo Gives a Hoot?

Online registration form is below. To sign up for any or all of the Explore! sessions, fill out the form below.
You will receive an email with payment information. Your reservation is not complete without payment.

Designed for kids in grades K to 5, the winter EXPLORE! programs will run on six Tuesdays, January 14, 21, 28 and February 4, 11, 18. Sessions are after school, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Location is to be announced.

All program activities are outside, and each week features a different theme. Taught by educators from Buttonwood Nature Center, home of The Institute, programs include educational activities related to the season and theme. Students may attend any or all sessions.

January 28: Whooo Gives a Hoot?

Students will discover the amazing life of owls. They’ll learn to use binoculars, and will go on a hike to look for owls in the forest. Owls are known to be hard to spot—but kids are guaranteed to see the owl that they’ll craft to take home.

Pre-registration and payment in advance are required.
Fee: $6 per child, per session for member of Buttonwood/The Institute, and $7 per child, per session for the general public. 

Attendance is limited. To register, use the form below. 

Check out the other Winter EXPLORE! sessions:

February 4: The Science of Snow

February 11: Clever Camouflage

February 18: The Basics of Black Bears

For more information, email to [email protected] or call 717-762-0373.

EXPLORE! programs are sponsored by The Anderson Family Fund, in memory of Vida Mae Anderson, and by our Today’s Horizon Fund Contributors: The Nora Roberts Foundation; Alma W. Oyer; Marge Kiersz; APX Enclosures; Don Gibe and Nancy Erlanson; and the family of the late Carolyn Terry Eddy, with daughters Connie Fleagle & Kim Larkin. Facility support courtesy of Washington Township.