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Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival: Learning to Look Experience with Keynote Richard Crossley

Dead Horse Ranch State Park Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood

Enjoy an intimate setting connecting with nature with author Richard Crossley at our Bubbling Ponds site. Understanding is the key to learning. Birding from one outdoor location, we will shift your focus to look at every bird longer, closer, and from a broader perspective than is typical, opening up a new world of discovery. This program is for...

$60

Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Creatures of the Night Walk

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

Join Ranger Eric for an after-hours prowl of the Preserve trails to look for nocturnal animals and scorpions!   Join Ranger Eric for an after-hours trail walk to look for and learn about the nocturnal critters of the Preserve! Wildlife seen on past walks have included bats, ringtails, foxes, skunks, javelinas, deer, owls, scorpions, insects, and other...

Free with Park Fee

Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival: Armchair Birding

Dead Horse Ranch State Park Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood

Let the birds come to you! Bring your favorite camp chair, binoculars, a little refreshment, and just enjoy birding as the time slips by. You will only have to walk a short distance on the handicapped accessible Canopy Trail to a spot where feeders bring the birds up close. A knowledgeable guide will help identify...

Free

Chandler Public Library: Downtown Scavenger Hunt – Earth Day

Chandler Public Library - Downtown Campus 22 S. Delaware St., Chandler

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

Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Guided Bird Walk

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

Learn about the resident and migrant birds of desert riparian areas on this guided walk with Ranger Eric.  Join Ranger Eric for a guided bird walk to look and listen...

Free with Park Fee

City of Tempe: Eisendrath House Guided Tour [#79908]

www.tempe.gov/MuseumHistoricHouses Get the whole story on this intriguing historic home with a guided group tour!   Eisendrath House is a 1930 Pueblo Revival home in the rolling desert next to Papago Park. Although Eisendrath House seemed isolated on a remote Tempe hillside, its residents maintained strong connections to Jewish culture, artistic accomplishment, and the wealthiest...

$10

National Park Service: Ranger Patio Talk

Coronado National Memorial 4101 W Montezuma Canyon Rd, Hereford

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! Ask a ranger at the visitor center desk for the topic of the day. Free with Park Fee

Free with Park Fee

Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival: Birding Basics – Get Started Birding!

Dead Horse Ranch State Park Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood

Field Trip/Workshop Combo Join Eric Moore from The Lookout (formerly Jay’s Bird Barn) for a Birding 101 class and a short field trip designed specifically for beginning birders. Learn basic bird identification tips that will help you quickly master bird identification like the pros. This introductory class also includes a component on optics basics. Along...

$25

Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival: Advanced Bird ID – Watching Warblers

Watching warblers is a truly satisfying experience. This presentation will focus on characteristics, behaviors, and other clues for the identification of warblers and will be useful for the expert and beginner alike. Both visual and audio presentations of these diverse birds will enchant you and help with your identification skills. You may also want to...

$30

Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival: Optics with the Lookout

Dead Horse Ranch State Park Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood

FREE- MUST RSVP In this hands-on workshop you'll learn the basics of optical equipment, the most important tool for both beginning and advanced birding. Learn about binoculars, scopes, tripods, digi-scoping,...

Free

Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival: Meet Moonlight! Owls, Rescue and Rehab

Dead Horse Ranch State Park Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood

Tori Marshall will talk about owls, rescue and rehab in the Verde Valley area, and about what people should do if they find an injured animal. She will be accompanied by Moonlight, a Western Screech Owl. There will be plenty of meet and greet time with Moonlight (flash photography is permitted). Website: https://runninw.org Cost: 15 Transportation: Walk or...

$15

Avondale Public Library: STEAM LAB – Earth Week

Avondale Public Library - Civic Center Library 11350 W. Civic Center Dr., Avondale

Explore a variety of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) activities and projects. Activities are open-play, but staff will be on hand for guidance. Please be aware that the...

Free

Buckeye Public Library System: STEAM

Buckeye Public Library System- Downtown Branch 310 N. 6th St., Buckeye

STEAM is science, technology, engineering, art, and math all wrapped into one. STEAM combines subjects that are known to increase critical thinking and problem-solving skills through fun and unique hands-on learning opportunities. As a means of enhancing the learning experience while demonstrating how all things are connected. Participants will be able to explore through curiosity...

Free

Science Vortex Verde Valley: Makerspace Family Night

Science Vortex 301 N. Willard St., Cottonwood

Families are welcome every Thursday to design, create, and collaborate! Try out sewing, animating, programming, inventing, and more! Join us to CrEaTE! Every Thursday. Every Thursday, 4:30-6:00 Free thanks to generous support from the Rosenbluth Family Foundation No need to signup, just show up: 301 N. Willard St. Room 202

Free

Scottsdale Public Library: Teens Celebrate Earth Month – Plastic Bag Weaving

Scottsdale Public Library - Civic Center Library 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale

(ages 12-18 / 60 minutes / space is limited) Give a new life to single-use plastic bags that usually end up in landfills by creating something new with them. We will be creating reusable items by weaving plastic bags.

Free

Sierra Verde STEAM Academy: STEAM Night 2024

STEAM Night is a celebrated event that has been around for over 10 years. This event showcases a school wide emphasis on STEAM(Science-Technology-Engineering-Arts-Mathematics). We are very proud to say that we are a STEAM Academy. Location: Sierra Verde STEAM Academy  7241 W Rose Garden Ln, Glendale, AZ 85308

Free

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 light dinner, and an exclusive opportunity to observe astronomical objects and phenomena.  This five-hour program starts 2 hours prior to sunset and accommodates up to...

$60 – $85

Glendale Public Library: DIY Phone Speaker & Bristlebot

Glendale Public Library - Velma Teague Library 7010 N. 58th Ave., Glendale

For ages 10 - 18. Do you want to hear music from your phone without interrupting others around you? Make a DIY phone speaker that directs the sound of your phone to one direction and makes it sound clear. Learn how this speaker works and use it for yourself or give it to someone who...

Free

Pima County Natural Resources Parks and Recreation: Bat Walk

Agua Caliente Regional Park 12325 E. Roger Rd., Tucson

Explore the nocturnal world of bats, beginning with an introduction to their diversity, biology, and conservation. The group will then set off on a casual stroll with a bat detector...

Free – $5

Yuma County Library District: Stargazing

Yuma County Library District - Foothills Library 13226 E. South Frontage Rd., Yuma

Join us in the east parking lot for an evening of stargazing. Learn about various planets, stars, and more! Telescopes will be available courtesy of the Friends of the Foothills...

Free