Upcoming Events

Turtles and snakes and owls, oh my! These creatures will join Site Manager Jess Hughes and student employees of the Hocking College Nature Center to demonstrate how their camouflage works to keep them safe in the wild.

Using a STEAM-based approach, we’ll create, test, explore, and connect with some all-time favorite books.

What do these two things have in common? Find out through experimentation with diffraction gratings and prisms.

Watershed restoration is painting a better way forward. Put your own paint to paper alongside representatives from Rural Action, creating art inspired by work being done to guard against acid mine drainage.

Use food coloring, glitter, and a variety of mix-ins with Librarian Taryn to create your own sensory toy. *This could get messy, so dress accordingly. 

Our world is made up of colors that inspire awe and wonder, including the space above our heads!

What do these two things have in common? Find out through experimentation with diffraction gratings and prisms.

Watershed restoration is painting a better way forward. Put your own paint to paper alongside representatives from Rural Action, creating art inspired by work being done to guard against acid mine drainage.

Using a STEAM-based approach, we’ll create, test, explore, and connect with some all-time favorite books.

Our world is made up of colors that inspire awe and wonder, including the space above our heads!

Watershed restoration is painting a better way forward. Put your own paint to paper alongside representatives from Rural Action, creating art inspired by work being done to guard against acid mine drainage.

Acid mine drainage impacts more than 1,300 stream miles in Ohio.

What do these two things have in common? Find out through experimentation with diffraction gratings and prisms.

Watershed restoration is painting a better way forward. Put your own paint to paper alongside representatives from Rural Action, creating art inspired by work being done to guard against acid mine drainage.

Explore the "magic" of magnetism with Librarian Andrea, and create tiny magnetic dancers in Session #1, then make abstract art employing pendulums and magnets in Session #2 . Join one or both programs!  *Ages 10 and up. 

Join members of the Athens Conservancy for a color walk through the forest, where you can focus on finding one color, or we'll see how many wonderful shades we can find together.

Our world is made up of colors that inspire awe and wonder, including the space above our heads!

What do these two things have in common? Find out through experimentation with diffraction gratings and prisms.

Using a STEAM-based approach, we’ll create, test, explore, and connect with some all-time favorite books.

During National Moth Week, join Butterfly Ridge Conservation Center Director Chris Kline as we get acquainted with what he refers to as the “forgotten pollinators” – moths!

Watershed restoration is painting a better way forward. Put your own paint to paper alongside representatives from Rural Action, creating art inspired by work being done to guard against acid mine drainage.

Use food coloring, glitter, and a variety of mix-ins with Librarian Taryn to create your own sensory toy. *This could get messy, so dress accordingly. 

Turtles and snakes and owls, oh my! These creatures will join Site Manager Jess Hughes and student employees of the Hocking College Nature Center to demonstrate how their camouflage works to keep them safe in the wild.

What do these two things have in common? Find out through experimentation with diffraction gratings and prisms.