Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory: River Walk
The San Pedro River, a narrow green oasis rippling through desert grassland, is one of the last wild rivers in the Southwest and one of the most endangered. These 3-hour...
$15 – $20
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Events for April 12, 2024
Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Edible Plants Hike
Spend the morning hiking through the desert with Ranger Jacque and learn about the many medicinal and edible plants that can be found in your own backyard. Participants will hike for 3 miles through rolling hills and sandy washes on the North Loop trail. The trail is rated as easy and only has a few...
Free with Park Fee
Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Blooms and Butterflies Hike
Ranger Nikki will lead you on a 4-mile easy/moderate hike to look for cactus blooms, wildflowers and pollinators visiting flowers. Learn how to document your findings on the citizen science app, iNaturalist*, and how to join app-based local and worldwide biodiversity projects. We will also talk about the Parks Department butterfly monitoring initiative and you...
Free with Park Fee
Chandler Public Library: Downtown Scavenger Hunt – Earth Day
Stop by all month long at the Downtown Branch and test your detective skills with our scavenger hunt for a chance to earn a prize! This month's Earth Day theme runs...
Free
City of Tempe: ALED-Active Living Every Day [#79317]
Join Tiffany Benecke as a trained leader in this Active Living Every Day workshop. This 12 week long series of classes designed to help you become more active. You will...
Free
National Park Service: Ranger Patio Talk
Join a ranger for a 15 minute talk at the Coronado National Memorial Visitor Center and learn about a variety of park topics including the Coronado Expedition, wildlife, and more!...
Free with Park Fee
Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Discovery Station – Connect with Nature through your Phone
Stop by an information table where Ranger Jacque will teach you how to use your phone to identify and document your nature findings to help the scientific community. Love nature but don't know what plants and animals live in the desert? Take the guessing game out of naming your finds and learn how to identify...
Free with Park Fee
Scottsdale Public Library: Cube Club
Monthly gathering for tweens, teens, and adults interested in solving the Rubik's Cube, learning new tips and tricks, practicing with a speedcubing timer, trying different twisty-puzzles, and making mosaic art out of multiple cubes. Bring your own Rubik’s Cube(s) or we’ll have some to borrow. Open to beginning and advanced Cubers.
Free
Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: BUGS! A Rainforest Adventure
Follow an insect's life journey as you become immersed in a miniature world where a leaf weighs as much as a car and one raindrop quenches the largest thirst. This is an IMAX show reformatted for the planetarium dome. Recommended for general audiences. Themes: Entomology, life cycles, insect diversity Style: Fulldome documentary followed by live...
Free – $12
Yuma County Library District: Computación Básica
Aprenda a usar la computadora, navegar la red, y usar programas de oficina! Capacidad limitada.
Free
Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: INCOMING!
Narrated by George Takei, Incoming! explores asteroids, comets, and meteors. Viewers will embark on a dynamic journey and get an up close look at the advanced technologies that allow scientists to detect asteroids. Audience: General, all ages Style: Fulldome show followed by an OSIRIS-REx talk Planetarium Tickets Adults: $12 Children (ages 3-15): $8 Children ages 2 and under: Free...
Free – $12
Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory: Hummingbird Banding at Casa de San Pedro B&B
Hummingbird banding sessions at Casa de San Pedro Bed & Breakfast are open to members of SABO and guests of the B&B at no charge, though donations are appreciated. Only...
Free
Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Discovery Station – Connect with Nature Through Your Phone
Drop by Ranger Shaun’s City Naturalist app Workshop to find out about some of the best apps on the market for identifying the plants and animals you see in the parks! Come by to check out the latest apps the Rangers are using to help them when they aren’t sure about an ID in the...
Free with Park Fee
Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter: SkyNights StarGazing Program
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...
$60 – $85
Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch of Audubon: Potluck Presentation – Mountain Lion Language
Learn about mountain lion “language” during this presentation by Mark Hart, Arizona Game and Fish Public Information Officer. Secretive and stealthy, mountain lions are rarely seen. However, they are abundant in Southeast Arizona, as documented monthly in residential areas of the Tucson foothills. Although mountain lions are feared by some, bears in Arizona are twice as...
Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Scorpion Safari
Scorpion season has returned and Ranger Shaun is glad to be back on the hunt! Come along, won’t you? With the return of warmer weather, our favorite little desert lobsters are back at it! Come along with Ranger Shaun as he goes on his second scorpion hunt of the year to see how many of the...
Free with Park Fee