Activities

Nature Lab Winter Mini-Mester: Tuesdays

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab Mini-Mester is a 4-week, SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands-on/minds-on weekly science exploration. Lab materials are included […]

$60
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Nature Lab Winter Mini-Mester: Wednesdays

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab Mini-Mester is a 4-week, SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands-on/minds-on weekly science exploration. Lab materials are included […]

$60
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Nature Lab Winter Mini-Mester: Tuesdays

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab Mini-Mester is a 4-week, SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands-on/minds-on weekly science exploration. Lab materials are included […]

$60
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Nature Lab Winter Mini-Mester: Wednesdays

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab Mini-Mester is a 4-week, SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands-on/minds-on weekly science exploration. Lab materials are included […]

$60
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Nature Lab Winter Mini-Mester: Tuesdays

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab Mini-Mester is a 4-week, SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands-on/minds-on weekly science exploration. Lab materials are included […]

$60
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Nature Lab Winter Mini-Mester: Wednesdays

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab Mini-Mester is a 4-week, SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands-on/minds-on weekly science exploration. Lab materials are included […]

$60
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Nature Lab: Winter 2024/Wednesday Classes

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hand on/minds on weekly science exploration. Courses will […]

$75
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Nature Lab: Winter 2024/Wednesday Classes

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hand on/minds on weekly science exploration. Courses will […]

$75
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Project WET

Mill Mountain Discovery Center 2000 J P Fishburn Pkwy,, Roanoke, VA, United States

Join this upcoming workshop to learn how you can make water topics come alive for your learners. Project WET features a collection of 64 field-tested, hands-on activities and lessons for grades K-12. Content ranges from local to global, from laboratory to the field, and can be used in a wide range of teaching settings. After […]

$30
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Nature Lab: Winter 2024/Wednesday Classes

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hand on/minds on weekly science exploration. Courses will […]

$75
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Nature Lab: Winter 2024/Wednesday Classes

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hand on/minds on weekly science exploration. Courses will […]

$75
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Nature Lab: Winter 2024/Wednesday Classes

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hand on/minds on weekly science exploration. Courses will […]

$75
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Nature Lab: Winter 2024/Wednesday Classes

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hand on/minds on weekly science exploration. Courses will […]

$75
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Nature Lab Spring Session: Wednesday Classes

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hand on/minds on weekly science exploration. Courses will […]

$75
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Nature Lab Spring Session: Wednesday Classes

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hand on/minds on weekly science exploration. Courses will […]

$75
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Nature Lab Spring Session: Wednesday Classes

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hand on/minds on weekly science exploration. Courses will […]

$75
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Nature Lab Spring Session: Wednesday Classes

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hand on/minds on weekly science exploration. Courses will […]

$75
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Solar Eclipse Viewing Event

Did you miss the Great American Eclipse in 2017? Not to worry. There is an eclipse coming on April 8th. While Roanoke will not see a total solar eclipse, you can still witness the eclipse at 88% coverage, without having to travel anywhere. Join Parks and Recreation Naturalists on Mill Mountain for the viewing event. […]

Free – $2
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Nature Lab Spring Session: Wednesday Classes

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hand on/minds on weekly science exploration. Courses will […]

$75
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Nature Lab Spring Session: Wednesday Classes

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hand on/minds on weekly science exploration. Courses will […]

$75
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Bug & Bat Night

Join us at Mill Mountain Park for some s’mores and science, as a park Naturalist helps you get to know some of the night shift wildlife that inhabit our parks and backyards. We will use UV lights in order to attract some nocturnal insects that we otherwise never get to see, and use highly sensitive […]

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Bug & Bat Night

Join us at Mill Mountain Park for some s’mores and science, as a park Naturalist helps you get to know some of the night shift wildlife that inhabit our parks and backyards. We will use UV lights in order to attract some nocturnal insects that we otherwise never get to see, and use highly sensitive […]

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Bug & Bat Night at Wasena Park

Wasena Park 1119 Wiley Drive SW, Roanoke, VA, United States

Join us at Wasena Park for some s’mores and science, as our park Naturalists help you get to know some of the night shift wildlife that inhabit our parks and backyards. We will use UV lights in order to attract some nocturnal insects that we otherwise never get to see, and use highly sensitive microphones […]

$15 – $45
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Bug & Bat Night at Carvins Cove

Carvins Cove Natural Reserve--Bennett Springs 4300 Carvins Cove Road, Salem, VA, United States

Join us at Carvins Cove for some s’mores and science, as our park Naturalists help you get to know some of the night shift wildlife that inhabit our parks and backyards. We will use UV lights in order to attract some nocturnal insects that we otherwise never get to see, and use highly sensitive microphones […]

$15 – $45
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Nature Lab Fall 1 2024 – Upper Elementary

Mill Mountain Discovery Center Mill Mountain Discovery Center

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Nature Lab: Fall 1 2024 – Middle School & High School

Mill Mountain Discovery Center Mill Mountain Discovery Center

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Bug and Bat Night Carvins Cove

Carvins Cove Carvins Cove

Join us for some s’mores and science, as a Park Naturalist helps you get to know some of the night shift wildlife that inhabit our parks and backyards. We will use UV lights in order to attract some nocturnal insects that we otherwise never get to see, and use highly sensitive microphones to isolate and […]

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PLAY Roanoke Bioblitz Scavenger Hunt

Online Event Online Event

It's a citizen science scavenger hunt! Join Parks & Recreation for our first ever Bioblitz. Using the iNaturalist App, you and your teammates have the goal to catalog as many species of animals, plants, and fungi within city limits in 4 weeks. You can use images, videos, and audio recordings of species with GPS data […]

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Nature Lab Fall 1 2024 – Upper Elementary

Mill Mountain Discovery Center Mill Mountain Discovery Center

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Nature Lab: Fall 1 2024 – Middle School & High School

Mill Mountain Discovery Center Mill Mountain Discovery Center

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Nature Lab Fall 1 2024 – Upper Elementary

Mill Mountain Discovery Center Mill Mountain Discovery Center

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Nature Lab: Fall 1 2024 – Middle School & High School

Mill Mountain Discovery Center Mill Mountain Discovery Center

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Nature’s Bounty Hike

Mill Mountain Discovery Center Mill Mountain Discovery Center

Join Parks & Rec Naturalists for a guided hike on Mill Mountain to appreciate nature's bounty. Indigenous people values, "plant signatures," when foraging wild edibles. This was the belief that a plant's physical characteristics revealed its medicinal and culinary uses. Learn to identify wild edibles and how these plants were used by indigenous people. https://www.facebook.com/events/1446565599348613/

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Nature Lab Fall 1 2024 – Upper Elementary

Mill Mountain Discovery Center Mill Mountain Discovery Center

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Nature Lab: Fall 1 2024 – Middle School & High School

Mill Mountain Discovery Center Mill Mountain Discovery Center

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Nature Lab Fall 1 2024 – Upper Elementary

Mill Mountain Discovery Center Mill Mountain Discovery Center

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Nature Lab: Fall 1 2024 – Middle School & High School

Mill Mountain Discovery Center Mill Mountain Discovery Center

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Bug and Bat Night Mill Mountain Discovery Center

Mill Mountain Discovery Center Mill Mountain Discovery Center

Join us for some s’mores and science, as a Park Naturalist helps you get to know some of the night shift wildlife that inhabit our parks and backyards. We will use UV lights in order to attract some nocturnal insects that we otherwise never get to see, and use highly sensitive microphones to isolate and […]

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Nature Lab Fall 1 2024 – Upper Elementary

Mill Mountain Discovery Center Mill Mountain Discovery Center

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Nature Lab: Fall 1 2024 – Middle School & High School

Mill Mountain Discovery Center Mill Mountain Discovery Center

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Nature Lab: Fall 2 2024 -Middle School /High School

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Nature Lab: Fall 2 2024 -Middle School /High School

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Nature Lab: Fall 2 2024 -Middle School /High School

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Nature Lab: Fall 2 2024 -Middle School /High School

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Nature Lab: Fall 2 2024 -Middle School /High School

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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Nature Lab: Fall 2 2024 -Middle School /High School

Are you looking for a way to add meaningful laboratory instruction and experiential education activities to your science curriculum? Nature Lab is a six week SOL based science program for homeschool and virtual students taught by a fully licensed teacher in Mill Mountain Park that allows for hands on/minds on weekly science exploration. Students regularly […]

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