March 2019
Little Explorers: Pi
JOIN THE FUN! Little Explorers falls on National Pi Day this year so get ready to learn all about 3.14! There will be story time, fun indoor/outdoor activities and a chance to explore the Museum. Recommended for Ages 3-5. All ages are welcome! Admission is…
Find out more »April 2019
Transportation
FREE EVENT sponsored by STCU! Don't miss out on hands-on activities all about trains, planes, automobiles, and more. Representatives from The Museum of Flight in Seattle are coming as special guests! More vendor information to follow. All ages welcome.
Find out more »Sagebrush Ecosystems Educator Training
Free Hands-On Resources, Curriculum, Lunch/Refreshments + In-Service Credit! Join Rick Reynolds, veteran educator and author of Inquiry, Exploration, and Service Learning in the Sagebrush Ecosystem and Janice Elvidge from the National Park Service and The River Mile Network as we explore a variety of resources…
Find out more »Western Scablands
View Frenchman Coulee, the Drumheller Channels, and the giant current ripples of West Bar with Ice Age Floods expert, Gary Kleinknecht. Stops include the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park and Tonnemaker Hill Farm where the remains of an Ice Age mammoth were found. Transportation and…
Find out more »White Bluffs Hike
Join geologist-author Bruce Bjornstad on a hike atop the scenic White Bluffs within the Hanford Reach National Monument. Enjoy the unique geology and beautiful display of wildflowers high above the free-flowing Columbia River. This easy to moderate hike is ~5 miles round-trip with an elevation…
Find out more »May 2019
National Math Festival: Geometric Bubbles
Math lovers, mark your calendars! Experience math in a hands-on, playful way by dipping three-dimensional geometrically designed bubble wand structures into a soap solution and experimenting to see what magical results can be obtained. Hint: The geometric forms may not be what you were expecting!…
Find out more »Dry Falls
Ice Age Floods expert, Gary Kleinknecht, leads this excursion to the remains of quite possibly the largest waterfall on Earth, Dry Falls. Included in the tour of vast scablands and coulees are the Drumheller and Othello Channels. These Ice Age features showcase the erosive power…
Find out more »Wallula Gap Hike
Join geologist-author Bruce Bjornstad on a hike within spectacular Wallula Gap, one of the most significant features associated with the Ice Age megafloods. This strenuous hike will traverse the wild western edge of the gap to the scenic Mounds Pond Overlook. The trail is ~6…
Find out more »June 2019
August 2019
Coyote Canyon Mammoth Dig
Gary Kleinknecht, Education Director of the Mid-Columbia Basin Old Natural Education Sciences (MCBONES), presents a behind the scenes tour of a working excavation site of a Columbian mammoth. Travel to Wallula Gap, Esquatzel Coulee, and Devil's Canyon to view other remnants of the Ice Age…
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