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Come explore the prairie with an artistic twist! After a nature walk to look for shapes, textures, colors and more you'll get creative with mud

Come explore the prairie with an artistic twist! After a nature walk to look for shapes, textures, colors and more you'll get creative with mud

Life on Colorado’s plains was anything but easy—especially for the women who helped build homes, families, and communities in this challenging

Step back in time and experience life on a prairie homestead! Families learn what it was like to care for friendly farm animals on an 1800s farm

Step back in time and experience life on a prairie homestead! Families learn what it was like to care for friendly farm animals on an 1800s farm

Fossils give us clues about animals and plants that lived long ago. In this class, students discover how fossils form, explore different types of

In the late 1800s, a new crop arrived in Colorado that would transform the state’s agriculture and economy: the sugar beet. Sometimes called “white

Meet the birds of the Colorado prairie. Learn about birds through scientific observation, scavenger hunts, and crafts. Then venture onto the prairie

Meet the birds of the Colorado prairie. Learn about birds through scientific observation, scavenger hunts, and crafts. Then venture onto the prairie

Earth is home to many different environments, each with its own climate, plants, and animals. In this class, students explore major world biomes and

What was childhood like for Indigenous children who lived on the plains long before Colorado became a state? In this engaging program, students learn

Before this land became the Plains Conservation Center in the 1950s, many different people called it home. Indigenous communities and homesteaders

The body is made up of many systems that work together to keep us alive and healthy. In this class, students explore several major body systems

In 1864, a violent event took place along Sand Creek in southeastern Colorado—one that continues to shape conversations about the state’s history

A whole world of living things exists beyond what we can see with our eyes. In this class, students explore microscopic organisms such as bacteria and