Welcome

Our facility will be closed on Friday, March 22nd for an all-staff meeting.
Our building will reopen to the public at 10am on Saturday, March 23rd.

As always, our grounds and trails featuring self-guided tours are free and open daily from dawn until dusk.

Our facility is open on weekdays from 9am to 4pm and on weekends from 10am to 2pm.

As always, our grounds and trails featuring self-guided tours are free and open daily from dawn until dusk.

Home School (Ages 5-8): Changes Over Time

The Earth is constantly changing and scientists have made observations of these changes over many years. We will learn the difference between short-term and long-term changes, such as climate and animal adaptations. […]

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Home School (Ages 5-8): Water, Water Everywhere

April showers bring….chances to see Earth’s water cycle in action! We’ll spend the afternoon learning about water resources, exploring the water cycle, experimenting with fresh and salt water and seeing water conservation in action. […]

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Home School (Ages 5-8): Hatchlings and Sprouts

Imagine starting life with a pocket of food attached to your body, or having to drill your way through a hard shell on your first full day of life. What if you were surrounded by thousands of other eggs, or had to dig your way to the earth’s surface to start your life? Plants and animals enter the world in all different forms. […]

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Bioneers Film Screening: Blue Mind

Join the Aldo Leopold Nature Center and Sustain Dane on Wednesday, March 18, 6-8 PM for a free video keynote from Wallace “J” Nichols, esteemed marine biologist, on the healing impacts of water and its importance in our lives. The video, “Blue Mind,” is an encore screening from the Bioneers Conference, held annually in San Rafael, CA. This event […]

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ExTREEme Celebration

In honor of Arbor Day (April 24) and Earth Day (April 22), we’ll celebrate how trees help people, animals and our environment. […]

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Animal Magnetism

Magnets are in use all around us, from your refrigerator door to doctor’s offices! Did you know the earth is one giant magnet, and that for centuries people and animals have used the north and south poles for navigation? […]

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Beyond the Naked Eye

Registration closes at midnight the night before programming.
Explore objects too big or too small to see with the naked eye! From water molecules to the atmosphere we’ll use microscopes to enlarge small objects & organisms, learn about and build molecules. We’ll make the far away and extremely small come to life! […]

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Breathe! (Cadette Girl Scouts)

In this program, we’ll use all our senses to explore air and start you on the path towards earning your AWARE Journey award. Hands-on activities will investigate the concepts of wind speed, sound, cloud types, air pressure and temperature. […]

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Blue Marble Campaign

Reach For The Stars! The Aldo Leopold Nature Center is embarking on a Blue Marble campaign to install the region’s first ever Elumenati Omnifocus Projection System in our Immersion Theater. This one-of-a kind panoramic astronomy and earth science theater software was developed by the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History and will […]

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