Activities

Bug and Bat Night Carvins Cove

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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

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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

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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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