Earth month is every month!
Join us for tasting and hiking on the trails.
Enjoy discoveries on our 152 acre preserve.
Earth month is every month!
Single Day Enrichment Programs
Spring 2025
Springtime at Sunset
Grades 3-6
Friday, May 9 from 7 - 9 pm
$45 per student
Limited to 12 students
Come and experience Woodcock Nature Center at dusk in this special drop-off program for 3-6th graders!
We'll start by meeting a couple of our resident animals in the nature center, and then educators will lead students
on a evening hike! While out on the trails we will look for and learn about some of the beautiful wild animals that become more active in the evening. We'll listen and look for frogs by our vernal pools and boardwalk, search for salamanders underneath logs and on the forest floor, and keep our eyes and ears open in search of any other nighttime animals we often hear at our preserve!
Educators: Tommy McCarthy and Kevin Andros
Registration required
Moth Madness
Grades 3 - 6 and 7 - 10
Friday May 16 from 7:30 - 9:30 pm (Grade 3 - 6)
Thursday June 5 from 8:30 - 10:30 pm (Grade 7 - 10)
$45 per student
Limited to 12 students
In this special nighttime program, we will uncover the wonderful world of moths! These primarily nocturnal insects
are seldom seen and underappreciated for their strikingly beautiful patterns and interesting range of adaptations
and behaviors. Educators will lead students in visiting light traps and baited trees which will attract different moth species, and we will learn together about what we end up seeing and identifying! There are over 1,000 species of moth that live in New England and we are always excited to discover more of them!
Educators: Tommy McCarthy and Kevin Andros
Registration required
All About Amphibians - Grades K - 2
Saturday, May 24 from 9:30 - 11:30 am
$45 per student
Limited to 12 students
This special drop-off program for grades K-2 will be focused on Connecticut's amazing Amphibians! Educators will lead students on a hike, along which we will look for and learn about amphibians that live in local forests. We'll listen and look for frogs by our vernal pools and search for salamanders underneath logs on the forest floor. To end the program we will head inside the nature center to meet two amphibian ambassador animals!
Educators: Kevin Andros and Kelly Donahoe
Registration required
Create your own Terrarium!
Grades 3-6
Friday, May 30 from 6- 8 pm
$45 per student
Limited to 12 students
In this program for students in grades 3 - 6, we will create our own closed terrariums inside glass mason jars! These terrariums will be modeled after our native forest floors - they will come out as cool living decorations that will remind you of nature and change over time! A closed system terrarium shouldn't need any watering or maintenance once created either - everything that it needs will be contained in the jar and recycled.
Educators: Tommy McCarthy and Kevin Andros
Registration required
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Nature is for everyone!
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