Winter Hut Trip to Vance's Cabin w/ Battle Mountain High School
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Walking Mountains on Feb 7, 2023 12:56:16 PM
Topics: Environmental Education, School Programs, Staff Spotlight
Research in Action: Foley Graduate Fellowship
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Walking Mountains on Jan 3, 2023 12:28:20 PM
Topics: Environmental Education, School Programs, Staff Spotlight
Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a professor, scientist, and author who has inspired people with her words, which contain lessons on reconnecting with the land and developing a kinship with all earth’s..
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Topics: Environmental Education, School Programs, Staff Spotlight
Four Ways to Support Your Child in the Outdoors
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Walking Mountains on Aug 2, 2022 2:14:17 PM
Walking Mountains summer science camp is full of dynamic learning opportunities. We educators use science and nature together to awaken a sense of wonder and inspire stewardship of the natural world,..
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Topics: Environmental Education, School Programs, Staff Spotlight
Teachers & Students: An Update from the Foley Graduate Fellows
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Walking Mountains on Jul 5, 2022 2:05:13 PM
Did you know that Walking Mountains’ Youth Program Educators are also graduate students in our Foley Graduate Fellowship?This summer, Walking Mountains will celebrate the graduation of our third..
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Topics: Environmental Education, School Programs, Staff Spotlight
All over the country parents are struggling with the shared experience of trying to get their kids to eat healthy. It is not an uncommon sight to see youngsters turn up their noses at plates of leafy..
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Topics: School Programs, Sowing Seeds
Letting Curiosity Lead the Way - Girls in Science
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Walking Mountains on Dec 29, 2017 9:08:15 AM
Picture this, a room full of giggly girls, huddled around a white board and a large poster. The poster, taller than each of the girls, conveys a double helix structure snaking out like a ribbon from..
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Topics: Girls in Science, School Programs
As mountain peaks lose their snowy caps, creeks and rivers rush with white water, and wildflowers fill meadows and woods with their vibrant color, we are once again embraced by summer as another..
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Topics: School Programs
Work Worth Doing - Natural Resource Internship in Colorado
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Walking Mountains on Dec 1, 2016 1:41:15 AM
“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”—Theodore Roosevelt
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Topics: School Programs, Internship
Fellowship and Masters Degree Education in the Mountains
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Walking Mountains on Jan 20, 2016 11:53:56 AM
People move to the mountains for all kinds of reasons – the skiing, the sunsets, the active lifestyle, and now a Master’s Degree. Walking Mountains Science Center in Avon, Colorado is pleased to..
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Topics: Employment, Press Release, School Programs, Internship
Introducing The Electrifying Twins of Girls in Science
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Walking Mountains on Dec 1, 2015 1:07:42 AM
“Do you know how many bones there are in the human body?” 9-year-old Jahanny Machigua asks wildlife biologist guest speaker Jennifer Austin. Austin has been speaking about her field work relating to..
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Topics: Girls in Science, School Programs
Inspiring Students to Reduce Their School's Energy Usage
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Walking Mountains on Apr 6, 2015 10:24:01 AM
Avon, Colo. April 6, 2015 – A grant from Vail Resorts Epic Promise has allowed Walking Mountains Science Center to engage Eagle County students in the eco-schools program. As part of this program,..
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Topics: Press Release, School Programs