Archive for 'Learning'
Hunt for Skittering Critters During “No Family Left Inside” Program, June 12
Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by Karen Newbern.
Door County Ponds and creeks harbor some of the most fascinating creatures – caddisflies that build their own homes out of sand or vegetation, whirligig beetles that spin in mad circles on the surface, and damselfly nymphs that breathe through feathery “tails.” Parents and children can explore together and discover these amazing creatures during “Skittering [...]
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Door County Festival of Nature’s 50 Field Trips, Birdwatching, Hikes and Canoe Trips Opens With “The Niagara Escarpment: Its Natural History and Preservation”
Posted on 21. May, 2010 by Staff Reporter.
“Door County Festival of Nature” celebrates the natural features of the Peninsula. Door County’s unique natural communities and features – including the Niagara Escarpment, the bedrock foundation of the Peninsula – are the focus of the eighth annual Door County Festival of Nature. The Festival begins with a special keynote presentation, open to the public, [...]
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“No Family Left Inside” Programs Offered by The Ridges Sanctuary and Door County YMCA
Posted on 05. May, 2010 by Staff Reporter.
Why Would You Let A Child Get Muddy, Wet, Scratched, Dirty, and Happy? Children love anything muddy, wet, moving, or natural. They will spend long happy hours squishing their toes in the mud beside a stream as they watch for little critters and listen to the sounds of nature. Remember turning over a rock and [...]
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“Learn to Think Like a Bluebird” Door County Master Gardeners Association Continuing Education Program, Mar 9
Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by Staff Reporter.
It’s the return of the Bluebird Doctor, Tuesday, March 9 at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay at 7 pm, free! Dr Kent Hall will present the Door County Master Gardeners spring program dedicated to one of the region’s favorite seasonal residents. Come learn to “think like a bluebird.” Dr. Hall is considered one [...]
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Happening This Week at Door County’s Crossroads: Kitchen Physics
Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Coggin Heeringa.
The Collins Learning Center at Crossroads will be closed on Thanksgiving Day so staff can enjoy their holiday dinner with family. Ah, Thanksgiving dinner. There’s the turkey, the corn, beans and squash, the yeast rolls slathered with butter and the mashed potatoes with a fist-sized lump of butter melting seductively. Butter melting… changing state from [...]
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Locavores and Sustain Door, Inc. Complete Year Long Door County 100-mile Food Challenge
Posted on 13. Aug, 2009 by Staff Reporter.
In 2007, the New Oxford American Dictionary chose locavore, a person who seeks out locally produced food, as its word of the year. As spring turned to summer this year, the Door County 100-mile Food Challenge came to an end for several Door County residents. A year ago these locavores entered into an agreement with [...]
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