It's that time again!! Take a Child Outside Week is here!! We will be celebrating this wonderful week September 24-30! We are currently planning the week. The culminating event will be
Screen on the Green! September 30 at Hooker Field. Activities will start at 7:00pm and the movie will start at 8:00pm. We will be working with SEMAA to provide an out of this world event! We will be watching the movie Planet 51 starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, and Seann William Scott!! The activities will include miniature building rockets and other space crafts, relay races, accuracy contests, face painting, and other games! Food will be available for purchase and the admission fee will be $2 at the gate. In the event of inclement weather we will be having this event at VMNH in the Great Hall!
Click the above CNI logo for official website and to access your Earth Week Passport!
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Screen on the Green
The Screen on the Green that was scheduled for July 8, 2011 has been postponed do to inclement weather until September 30 during Take a Child Outside week. See you then!!
Summer Camps!!
VMNH received a $5,000 grant from the Bank of America that went towards the VMNH Education Department to implement their camps for free to the community. We did a number of great camps such as Doodle Bugs Summer Science Explorers, Junior Naturalists Camp, Engineering Challenge, and the Great Lunch Adventure. MHC CNI helped conduct the Junior Naturalists camp where we had a number of students from ages 6-12 participate in nature and outdoor programming! We had a blast with the students!
June 26-July 1, 2011 VINYL Workshop!!!
Sharing Nature is the name of the book series written by Joseph Cornell that encourages interaction between students and nature. The teaching style is called Flow Learning and its the ability to teach the whole child (emotionally, mentally, and physically) while directing their focused energy onto nature.The Virginia Museum of Natural History partnered with Sharing Nature Worldwide to conduct the first ever Sharing Nature Natural History workshop that combines youth leadership with natural history using Sharing Nature principles.
The workshop is called the Virginia Institute of Natural Youth Leadership (VINYL) and this six day workshop trained educators and community leaders how to use sharing nature techniques to teach natural history and foster youth leadership within their students. We had 17 participants from various areas in Virginia and ever some educators from New Hampshire participated in this workshop. The workshop enabled us to showcase our wonderful natural areas in Martinsville-Henry County such as Philpott Dam, Fairy Stone State Park, and Frank Wilson Park. They also had concurrent natural history sessions taught by trained professionals such as VMNH curators, park rangers, and educators from Virginia Tech and Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. This was a wonderful workshop and we are currently evaluating the workshop to see what our next steps will be.
June 10, 2011 Screen on the Green!
This Screen on the Green was located at the Beaver Creek Reservoir and we were going to watch the movie Alpha and Omega. An hour before the movie we went on hikes, got our faces painted, created awesome puppet wolves, and lots of other fun crafts! We were having a great time until the severe thunderstorm came in. We had to cancel the Screen on the Green due to the storm. The next Screen on the Green will take place July 8, 2011 at Southside Park!
May 4-5, 2011
MHC CNI Welcomes Dr. Stephanie Baird Wilkerson to VMNH!! She and her organization will be spending two days evaluating the success of this program. The MHC CNI family welcomes you to Martinsville! :) Enjoy your stay!
And we would like to think all the community stakeholders for participating in these evaluation sessions! Thanks!!!!
And we would like to think all the community stakeholders for participating in these evaluation sessions! Thanks!!!!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
April 22, 2011 Earth Day Festival!
Earth Day Festival!!!
This year's Earth Day Festival took place at the Smith River Sports Complex and had kayaking, inflatable slides, the daring inflatable Jacob's ladder, moon bounce, games, obstacle courses, face panting, blind folded games and activities, and a number of exciting activities that were conducted by local organizations. Over 400 community members participated in this free Earth Day Festival! The perfect conclusion to a very fun and successful Earth Week!
April 22, 2011 Screen on the Green!!
Due to inclement weather Screen on the Green had to take place inside at the Rives Theatre. We had over 60 people participate! Attendants were able to construct a recyclable craft with SEMAA, get their faces painted, take part in magic tricks, play a variety of recycling games, dance, and take pictures with Marty the Mustang! After the fun activities we watched the movie Yogi Bear staring Dan Aykroyd, Junstin Timberlake, Anna Faris, and Tom Cavanagh!
April 20, 2011 and April 21
CITO Hike/Bike the Dick & Willie took place April 20. The Southwestern Piedmont Master Naturalists lead a group of community members down the Dick and Willie passage and conducted a Cache In Trash Out event where they use geocaching to take part in a trash pick up! Great job keeping our community clean!
Crafty Earth took place April 21 and was lead by Henry County Parks and Recreation. Participants developed their own Earth Day Crafts using recycled materials!
Crafty Earth took place April 21 and was lead by Henry County Parks and Recreation. Participants developed their own Earth Day Crafts using recycled materials!
April 19, 2011
Star Party!!
SEMAA, Martinsville Parks and Rec, and VMNH partnered to present Star Party!! Educators from VMNH and SEMAA lead a star gazing and participants were able to view Saturn and other planets and stars through very power telescopes! We had over 50 people attend the star party!
April 18, 2011
Fit for Earth Day??
This Earth Week program enabled participants to hike through the new fitness trail at Philpott Lake with the Friends of Philpott and test how fit they were. This hike was a lot of fun for all ages!
This Earth Week program enabled participants to hike through the new fitness trail at Philpott Lake with the Friends of Philpott and test how fit they were. This hike was a lot of fun for all ages!
April 17, 2011
The Martinsville Family Nature Club conducted a Sunday Outing in Frank Wilson Park. Lots of families were able to enjoy a wonderful hike on the new trails in the park! While on the hike they learned about the wonders of nature and the wildlife that live in the park!
April 16, 2011
Earth Day 5K Despite the inclement weather, the Earth Day 5K still took place and had over 90 participants! :) Way to go everyone!! :)
Edible Plant Identification, Mother EARth Mysteries Special Saturdays Program, Wilderness Survival, Environmental Expo at Philpott, and Fairystone State Park Nite Hike were all canceled due to harsh weather conditions. That's ok everyone, these programs will be back in 2012!
Earth Day at VMNH
April 15, 2010 Earth Day at VMNH is a conference style event where we have special presenters from community organizations to lead during concurrent sessions for students. We had over 400+ parents and students attend the museum. We broke the day into two time frames so more classes from Martinsville and Henry County schools can have an opportunity to attend this wonderful event! We had presenters from Danville Science Center, Southwestern Piedmont Master Naturalists, Martinsville SEMAA program, VMNH, and Master Gardeners. Programs took place in Frank Wilson Park, VMNH classrooms, and exhibit areas.
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