Dr. Ryan Hastings specialized in tornadoes and severe weather for his PhD. This included several field projects to study storms. Dr. Hastings will introduce the basics of how to spot severe weather, and how tornadic thunderstorms work. Weather permitting, we may go outside and look at the clouds and see what's going on with the...
Get your winter games on with the naturalists at W.S. Gibbs Memorial Park! If we have snow, we will do some sledding on our hill and have snowball fights. If there is no snow, our naturalists will bring some fake snowballs and have an epic snowball fight! We’ll also play some other winter-themed games and...
Our Park Naturalists and volunteers come to your local library each month to share a story about a native animal and lead a craft or activity. These programs are FREE to attend and are most appropriate for preschool to upper elementary age children. Advance registration is required by contacting your library. Please note: With the ever-changing circumstances involving the COVID-19 pandemic, Animal...
Explore the wonders of wind through hands-on activities and experiments. How high can you fly a kite? What is a pinwheel and how does it work? Will the shape of a paper airplane’s wings effect how it flies? Bring your own kite or borrow one of ours and come explore the wild wind. All other...
Join Sam Lashley from the National Weather Service for this discussion on how severe weather develops and how it impacts residents of Indiana. Learn how you can become a volunteer weather observer for the National Weather Service! Weather safety information and online resources will be shared for monitoring weather forecasts ahead of and during...
