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Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Bird Walk with Tom Locascio

White Tank Mountain Regional Park 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Rd., Waddell

Join Park Volunteer Tom Locascio for a morning walk followed by an informational program in the Nature Center about the birds of White Tank Mountain Regional Park!   Join experienced...

Free with Park Fee

Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Estrella – Invasive Species Removal

Estrella Mountain Regional Park 14805 W. Vineyard Ave., Goodyear

Desert Defender volunteers needed! Join us in removing invasive species and reducing the wildfire risk in Maricopa County Regional Parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology...

Free with Park Fee

Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Hassayampa – Invasive Species Removal

Hassayampa River Preserve 49614 U.S. Hwy. 60 89, Wickenburg

Desert Defender volunteers needed! Join us in removing invasive species and reducing the wildfire risk in Maricopa County Regional Parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology...

Free with Park Fee

Phoenix Zoo: Teacher Workshop

Phoenix Zoo 455 N. Galvin Pkwy., Phoenix

Attend one of our FREE Teacher Workshops to learn more about Project Orangutan, Project AZ Wildlife or BioConnect Kit! Why attend a Teacher Workshop? Increase your confidence in using the...

Free

Arizona State University: ASU Farm Volunteer Day

Maya's Farm 6650 S. 32nd St., Phoenix

ASU Farm is dedicated to fostering a vibrant and inclusive community, cultivating character through sustainable practices, and educating students as whole people. We strive to reconnect people to the land, deepen our...

Free

Pima Air and Space Museum: Mélanie Astles Day

Pima Air & Space Museum 6000 E. Valencia Rd., Tucson

Mélanie Astles is coming to town! Join us on Saturday, February 28th to meet Mélanie, race our drones in hangar 1, and practice your paper airplane construction skills in preparation for...

Free with Admission

City of Chandler: Citrus Tree Class and Picking

Tumbleweed Recreation Center 745 E. Germann Rd., Chandler

Learn all you need to know about planting, growing, and maintaining a healthy citrus tree in Arizona. Taught by Chandler’s Urban Forester, this hands-on workshop allows you to prune delicious...

Free

McDowell Sonoran Conservancy: Geology and Flora – Educational Hike

McDowell Sonoran Preserve - Fraesfield Trailhead 13400 East Rio Verde Drive, Scottsdale

On this hike you’ll see the direct connection between the environment and the desert ecosystem as the plant communities change distinctly when the local geology and terrain changes. The hike...

Free

Arizona State Parks & Trails: Guided Bird Walks at Red Rock

Red Rock State Park 4050 Red Rock Loop Rd., Sedona

Bird enthusiasts join a naturalist for a guided walk appropriate for beginner and advanced birders. Most year-round birds are found in the riparian area next to Oak Creek or along...

Free with Park Fee

Town of Gilbert: HSI Child & Babysitting Safety Training

MCLDAZ - Southeast Regional Library 775 N Greenfield Road, Gilbert

The Childcare & Babysitting Safety (CABS) course, helps build confidence, self-esteem and skills necessary to care for infants and children on a daily basis and in emergency situations. Topics include:...

$65

Reid Park Zoo: Sean Kenney’s Nature Pop!

Reid Park Zoo 3400 Zoo Court, Tucson

Part art. Part engineering. Totally amazing! Add a pop of wonder and a pinch of nostalgia to your spring with Sean Kenney’s Nature Pop! Marvel at over 40 wildly creative...

Free with Admission

Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Plant Hike – Morning Session

Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area 44000 N. Spur Cross Rd., Cave Creek

Join Ranger Nikki on an easy to moderate hike to learn about some of the flowers, shrubs and trees that are found in the Park. It is also National Invasive...

Free with Park Fee

Pinal County Library District: STEM Lab

Pinal County Library District - Apache Junction Public Library 1177 N. Idaho Rd., Apache Junction

Join us every Saturday for STEM Lab, a hands-on adventure in science, technology, engineering, and math. Each week features a different project or experiment, giving kids the chance to explore,...

Free

Rio Salado Audubon Center: Nature Explorers

Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center 3131 S. Central Ave., Phoenix

Join us for a fun, family-friendly nature adventure at the Rio Salado Audubon Center! Families are invited to get outside, explore the trails and gardens, and discover wildlife that calls...

Free

Cave Creek Museum: The Arizona Gold Mining Experience™

Cave Creek Museum 6140 E . Skyline Dr., Cave Creek

The Cave Creek Museum’s AZ GOLD MINING EXPERIENCE™ is unique with its display of the complete hard rock ore extraction process, with the mine shaft, tramway, ore carts, crushing and extraction,...

Free – $20

Mesa Public Library: Making and Playing Simple Percussion Instruments

Mesa Public Library - Gateway Branch 5036 S. Eastmark Pkwy., Mesa

Budding percussionists of all ages will learn how to make and play simple percussion instruments from wood and items found around the home. Duane and Maureen Roen will show some...

Free

Boyce Thompson Arboretum: Nature Play

Boyce Thompson Arboretum 37615 E. Arboretum Way, Superior

Unplug and Reconnect with Nature! Join us for Nature Play at the Children’s Garden, where families can escape the screens and dive into the wonders of the great outdoors. Every...

Free with Admission

McDowell Sonoran Conservancy: Sonoran Desert 101 – Educational Walk

McDowell Sonoran Preserve - Tom's Thumb Trailhead 23015 N. 128th St., Scottsdale

This walk provides a geological and ecological overview of what lives in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, and how the flora and fauna survive and thrive. Restrooms and water are available...

Free

Flagstaff City – Coconino County Public Library: Computer Tutoring

Flagstaff City - Coconino County Public Library - Downtown Public Library 300 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff

30-minute, one-on-one instruction sessions are available for assistance with introductory software, creating email accounts, downloading eBooks and eAudiobooks, résumé development, online job applications, and more. Tutoring check-in is at the...

Free

Liberty Wildlife: Public Open Hours

Liberty Wildlife 2600 E. Elwood St., Phoenix

October through April we are open to the public from 10am until 1pm. Our admission is $10 per adult (18+) and $5 per student (under 18). Children 4 and under...

Free – $10

Arizona State University: CISA Bioconnect

Interdisciplinary Science and Technology 12 6155 S. Innovation Way W., Mesa

Get an inside look at life as an applied biological sciences major! Tour campus, connect with professors and students, have lunch on campus, and learn how to enroll through MyASU...

Free

⭐ Verde Valley SciTech Festival: Audubon Fun Day

Sedona Wetlands Preserver 7500 AZ-89A, Sedona

Explore birds, nature, art, & science with community partners outdoors.     Part of the Verde Valley SciTech Festival, a month-long celebration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), featuring...

Free

City of Avondale: Tres Rios Nature Festival

Tres Rios Base and Meridian Wildlife Area 7602 Jimmie Johnson Dr., Avondale

Nature lovers, rejoice! This festival showcases the plants, animals, sustainability, and ecological relationships of our local nature area. Between guided bird tours, beautiful eco-crafts, and endless discoveries to be made about Southwest wildlife, there is something...

Free

Liberty Wildlife: GUIDED TOUR of Liberty Wildlife

Liberty Wildlife 2600 E. Elwood St., Phoenix

Sign up for a Guided Tour before our flight and eagle show: https://libertywildlife.org/about-us/plan-your-visit/ Space for 15 people Cost $15 per person paid onsite via cash, check or card

$15

Yuma County Library District: Heart Cup Tower Challenge

Yuma County Library District - Main Library 2951 S. 21st Dr., Yuma

Join us for a fun and creative challenge! Kids will work in teams to build a heart-shaped tower using only plastic cups. The tallest tower wins a prize! This program...

Free

⭐ Verde Valley SciTech Festival: Magic of the Seasons Nature Tree Collage

Yavapai County Free Library District - Community Library Sedona 3250 White Bear Rd., Sedona

We will have a “tree” mendous time learning and celebrating everything tree. Children can make fun upcycled nature art, the tapestry of colors and textures are endless. Ages 6 -...

Free

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: We Are Stars

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson

A fun, beautifully animated fulldome show about cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins—revealing how hydrogen and carbon formed in the universe and how we are, quite literally, made of stars!...

Free – $27

⭐ Verde Valley SciTech Festival: Walking with Dinosaurs

Yavapai County Free Library District - Beaver Creek Library 4810 E. Beaver Creek Ln., Rimrock

Compare dinosaur footprints, explore anatomy, & create dino art.     Part of the Verde Valley SciTech Festival, a month-long celebration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), featuring free...

Free

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: Tucson Sky & Beyond

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson

Sit back and relax for this popular live show as one of our Console Captains guides you through the night sky from a Tucson perspective, pointing out stars, planets, constellations,...

Free – $27

Children’s Museum of Phoenix: Stop, Drop and Read

Children's Museum of Phoenix 215 N. 7th St., Phoenix

It’s Healthy Smiles Month! “Brush” up on your reading and find a Playologist friend every day at 1:30 pm for a fun tooth-tacular story time! “Healthy Smiles” Month is generously...

Free with Admission

Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary: Facility Tour

Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary Actual location given after reservations, Phoenix

Interact with some of our special animals, which for many people is a once in a lifetime experience.  Guests will get to learn about endangered species, how we contribute to conservation of those animals,...

Free – $25

Reid Park Zoo: Giant Tortoise Behind-the-Scenes Experience

Reid Park Zoo 3400 Zoo Court, Tucson

Education staff invite you on this special behind the scenes tour to learn about the unique adaptations of some of the largest types of tortoises. Learn about how we care...

$30 – $35

Embry – Riddle Aeronautical University: The Arctic

Embry - Riddle Aeronautical University Jim and Linda Lee Planetarium 3700 Willow Creek Rd., Prescott

Imagine a place in America that is vast, wild and untouched, where some of the world’s greatest wildlife spectacles unfold. For five years Florian Schulz has lived in the Arctic...

$10

Yuma County Library District: STEM Skiing Challenge

Yuma County Library District - Wellton Library 28790 San Jose Ave., Wellton

Build it, test it, try it! Tweens are invited to participate in a STEM Skiing Challenge, where you’ll experiment with designs and discover the science behind skiing! First come first...

Free

Mesa Public Library: Discover Arizona Wildlife with Arizona Game and Fish

Mesa Public Library - Dobson Ranch Branch 2425 S. Dobson Rd., Mesa

Celebrate the amazing diversity of wildlife that call Arizona home! The Arizona Game and Fish department (weather permitting) will bring non-releasable animal ambassadors and will explore their unique adaptations, behaviors,...

Free

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: Black Holes

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson

Journey into the mysterious world of black holes in this visually stunning, immersive show. Featuring cosmic simulations and narrated by Liam Neeson, explore star birth and death, colliding galaxies, and...

Free – $27

Embry – Riddle Aeronautical University: The Arctic

Embry - Riddle Aeronautical University Jim and Linda Lee Planetarium 3700 Willow Creek Rd., Prescott

Imagine a place in America that is vast, wild and untouched, where some of the world’s greatest wildlife spectacles unfold. For five years Florian Schulz has lived in the Arctic...

$10

Phoenix Public Library: MACH2 – 3D Printing Create a Character

Phoenix Public Library - Cholla Library 10050 Metro Parkway E., Phoenix

A perfect program for techy kids and teens! Design your own fun character in the powerful 3D art program, TinkerCAD. Watch as your design comes to life right before your...

Free

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: Touring the Solar System

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson

Take a guided journey through the Solar System and explore what makes each planet unique—from Jupiter’s giant storms to Saturn’s rings. We’ll also visit moons, asteroids, and the Milky Way...

Free – $27

Embry – Riddle Aeronautical University: The Arctic

Embry - Riddle Aeronautical University Jim and Linda Lee Planetarium 3700 Willow Creek Rd., Prescott

Imagine a place in America that is vast, wild and untouched, where some of the world’s greatest wildlife spectacles unfold. For five years Florian Schulz has lived in the Arctic...

$10

Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Wild Burros at Lake Pleasant

Lake Pleasant Regional Park 41835 N. Castle Hot Springs Rd., Morristown

Join Park Assistant Doug Robertson for an educational guided hike to learn about the fascinating wild burros at Lake Pleasant. This program is designed for all ages and will provide...

Free with Park Fee

Arizona Science Center: CREATE – LaterLab

CREATE at Arizona Science Center 105 N. 5th St., Phoenix

LaterLab is the ultimate playground for innovation, creativity, and connection! Designed for Makers of all kinds, this hands-on space in CREATE at Arizona Science Center® invites you to bring your...

$20

Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter: SkyNights StarGazing Program

Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter 9800 Ski Run Rd. Mt., Lemmon

Explore the night skies from the summit of Mt. Lemmon using Arizona's LARGEST publicly available telescopes!  Under the guidance of a professional, visitors will enjoy a brief astronomy lecture, a...

$62.50 – $88.50

⭐Gilbert Rotary Centennial Observatory: Astronomy Observation

Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch 2757 E. Guadalupe Rd., Gilbert

Come view the stars during the Arizona SciTech Festival! Fun for the whole family, located at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve. East Valley Astronomy Club members staff operations and programming for...

Free