Growing, Gardening and NNC
Please call to discuss costs related to this program.
LENGTH: 1 hour
AGES: 6 and up
Want to come explore our Urban Recycle Garden? This program teaches about different seasonal plants and community gardening. Kids get the opportunity to draw their own dream garden, dig their hands into the dirt and even take home seeds. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. Program only available during the summer.

Interactive Watershed Exhibit
Can be included as an add-on program to a Science on a Sphere© presentation. As an add-on program the cost is an additional $2/person. As a stand-alone program the cost is $5/person.
LENGTH: 1 hour
AGES: 7 and up
The Interactive Watershed Exhibit is an augmented reality sandbox that allows students to change a sand landscape and see how elevation (shown as colors) and contours change in response. Students can use clouds or their hands to create rain and see how water moves through the landscape. The program teaches watershed science, topography, hydrology, and geomorphology/landforms. An accompanying worksheet and activity are included as part of the program.

Exploring the Living Local Mural (artist: Tom Maxfield)
Can be included as an add-on program to a Science on a Sphere© presentation. As an add-on program the cost is an additional $2/person. As a stand-alone program the cost is $5/person.
LENGTH: 30 minutes to 1 hour
AGES: 7 and up
The Living Local Mural is a beautiful 14.5’ x 5’ curved mural exhibit that depicts a range of local environments including rural, suburban and urban scenes, reflecting typical land use throughout the Lehigh Valley. The mural features over 80 environmental talking points and is designed to facilitate learning about ecological processes and spur discussion about sustainable decision making. The mural creates a context to pose questions, cultivate dialogue, and illustrate the complexity and interdependency of environmental issues. Students can interact with the mural through discussions, a guidebook, and worksheets. A smaller traveling version of the mural is also available if an offsite visit is requested.

Exploring the Manifest Destiny Mural (artist: Alexis Rockman)
Can be included as an add-on program to a Science on a Sphere© presentation. As an add-on program the cost is an additional $2/person. As a stand-alone program the cost is $5/person.
LENGTH: 1 hour
AGES: high school and college
Manifest Destiny is an 8 by 24 foot replica. The original (oil and acrylic on wood) is at the Smithsonian in New York. The mural represents downtown Brooklyn as seen from the eastern short of Manhattan around the year 5000. Rockman sought to show how changes in the short term can eventually lead to destruction. He engaged with ecologists, paleontologists, biologists, archaeologists and architects to create the painting. Students can silently reflect on the painting and participate in a group discussion of what the mural represents, the hidden details, and what it means for human behavior now and in the future.