(ADULTS, AND CHILDREN 10 AND UP WITH ADULT) AT MAPLEWOOD NATURE CENTER FRIDAY, August 17, 9:00AM–10:30AM Help the Nature Center study and record wildlife observations during the current season. Option to bring your own camera, smartphone or tablet and download the iNaturalist app ahead of time. If rainy, program will be cancelled. Free! Register by August 16. Activity Registration #16045

MAGNIFICENT MONARCHS (FOR ALL AGES) Love Monarchs, and want to work to try to protect them? Find out why and how monarchs are tagged. Learn about their magnificent migration. See monarchs in their life cycle stages. Make a monarch seed bomb for native seed packets to sow that will help these beautiful butterflies survive. Prepay $5/person Register online by Thursday, August 16. Activity Registration #16062

(FOR CHILDREN AGES 8+, WITH ADULT) Build solar ovens to cook tasty treats, power fans with real solar cells, meet an animal that uses the sun to power its movement, go on a hike around the pond, and finish up with fun activities in the nature play yard! We’ll learn a lot about how nature and people use the sun to survive. Prepay $4/ person by Thursday August 23. Activity Registration #16063

Join us for our final Celebrate Summer get-together! We'll have games, inflatables, KID City Laugh-In, 3M Visiting Wizards, Nature Center Activities, & Much More.