Exploring & Preserving Maryland's Natural Treasures
This fall, we are teaming up with Common Tone to bring Story Makers to the Maryland Museum of Natural Sciences. Designed for children aged 1-5 and their caregivers, each session will include a family craft and music event that explores a story through songs, art, movement, and play. Children will create and take home a craft inspired […]
Cost: $0-120
Creating a safe haven for butterflies and moths goes beyond just planting beautiful flowers to attract them to your space. In this presentation, we’ll explore: How to select and nurture native plants (esp. keystone species) that host Lepidoptera (specialists and generalists), How to recognize and remove the most common non-native invasives & How to provide […]
Cost: $0-0
Our Class Pet Is A Living Fossil is a photographic nonfiction book that follows Mr. Eric Jayne’s fifth‑grade “horseshoe crab scientists” as they raise and study one of Earth’s most extraordinary animals. This unique classroom project blends hands‑on science, stewardship, and storytelling, showing how students, their teacher, and scientist Stephanie Tuckfield work together to protect a […]
Cost: $0-5
Grab your binoculars and join us for an early morning expeditionary paddle from Wye Island Natural Resource Management Area to Pickering Creek Audubon Center! This 2.5-mile paddle will take us through a dynamic coastal environment as we explore the quiet and protected waters surrounding Wye Island before making our way up Pickering Creek to the […]
Cost: $20-80
Remember Hodge Podge Lodge? If you’re of a certain age and grew up on the East Coast, you may have fond memories of this children’s television series from the 70’s, featuring Miss Jean and her animal friends. Relive those moments on this birding walk, which includes a visit to the Lodge, now at Howard County […]
Cost: $15-20
Before you spot a single mushroom cap, an entire hidden kingdom is already at work beneath the forest floor. We begin by breaking down the core biology and identification groups that help you recognize fungi in the field. This call starts with the basics of fungal biology and the major identification groups used in the […]
Cost: $60-80
Community Science Field Experiences For the Family Open to the Public
ExStream Fun
Cost: $0
This fall, we are teaming up with Common Tone to bring Story Makers to the Maryland Museum of Natural Sciences. Designed for children aged 1-5 and their caregivers, each session will include a family craft and music event that explores a story through songs, art, movement, and play. Children will create and take home a craft inspired […]
Cost: $0-120
Join the Natural History Society of Maryland for an exploratory paddle through the expansive tidal freshwater wetlands of Jug Bay. This nationally recognized research area is one of the Chesapeake region’s most significant examples of the long relationship between people and the landscape. Archaeological evidence reveals a continuity of human habitation spanning more than 13,000 […]
Cost: $30-50
Step off the shoreline and into the heart of shark conservation and marine research. Join us for an immersive marine science weekend in Miami, where we’ll go beyond observation to become active participants in shark research as we catch and tag sharks, explore what’s behind the scenes at a NOAA lab, and submerge ourselves in […]
Cost: $995-1095