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Nurture Nature Center receives million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation

  Beginning in July 2021, Nurture Nature Center will lead the four-year project “Building Insights through Observation: Researching Arts-Based Methods for Teaching and Learning with Data” funded by the National Science Foundation’s Discovery Research PreK-12 program. The project will conduct foundational research to understand the ways in which arts-based instructional methods and geospatial data visualization... Read More -

Nurture Nature Center welcomes five new grant-funded projects, including a million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation

Nurture Nature Center (NNC) is excited to begin working on five new grant-funded projects, including a million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation. Beginning in July 2021, NNC will lead the four-year project “Building Insights through Observation: Researching Arts-Based Methods for Teaching and Learning with Data” funded by the National Science Foundation’s Discovery Research... Read More -

Nurture Nature Center awarded two new grants to support programs and education about the local environment

Nurture Nature Center was recently awarded two new grants that support programs and education about the local environment.  In April 2022, NNC received a 2022-2023 Environmental Education Grant for $20,000 from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).  The PA DEP awarded $632,897 in Environmental Education Grants to support 63 projects addressing environmental justice, climate... Read More -

Nurture Nature Center talks sustainability and climate on Lehigh Valley Discourse

Nurture Nature Center’s Executive Director, Rachel Hogan Carr, and Science Director, Kathryn Semmens, spoke with Sally Handlon, host of the WDIY program Lehigh Valley Discourse on April 15th, 2021 about sustainability and climate change initiatives in the Lehigh Valley. You can listen to the conversation here. With Earth Day approaching, the discussion focused on efforts... Read More -