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Great Plains – America’s Lingering Wild2023-09-23T00:00:00Discover the beauty and majesty of America’s Great Plains in the work of award-winning photographer Michael Forsberg.
Flint Hills Discovery Center
315 S. 3rd St.ManhattanKS66502 Discover the beauty and majesty of America’s Great Plains in the work of award-winning photographer Michael Forsberg.
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Preschoolers in the Flint Hills - Beneath Our Feet2023-10-03T10:30:00Rocks, mud, worms - what’s down there, beneath our feet? Let’s play with clay and touch a wriggly worm!
Flint Hills Discovery Center
315 S. 3rd StreetManhattanKS66502 Rocks, mud, worms - what’s down there, beneath our feet? Let’s play with clay and touch a wriggly worm!
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Nature Together (ages 1.5-3.5)2023-10-04T09:30:00Parents, bring your littles to the outdoor classroom and build your skills to raise a nature lover. Play games, hear stories, and explore natural items using your five senses. Come prepared to get a little dirty, learn about nature, and be a role model in the outdoors for your child.
Flint Hills Discovery Center
315 S. 3rd St.ManhattanKS66502 Parents, bring your littles to the outdoor classroom and build your skills to raise a nature lover. Play games, hear stories, and explore natural items using your five senses. Come prepared to get a little dirty, learn about nature, and be a role model in the outdoors for your child.
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“Strange Connections: from the Great Plains to Scotland” with Jim Richardson2023-10-05T17:30:00Join National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson at the Flint Hills Discovery Center on this photographic journey to the Scottish Highlands as he compares the people and places he found there with our beloved Flint Hills.
Flint Hills Discovery Center
315 S. 3rd St.ManhattanKS66502 Join National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson at the Flint Hills Discovery Center on this photographic journey to the Scottish Highlands as he compares the people and places he found there with our beloved Flint Hills.
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Reflective Nature Hike2023-10-06T14:30:00Nature is all around us. Discover it with an innovative program as you experience the outdoors in a new and relaxing way.
Flint Hills Discovery Center
315 S. 3rd St.ManhattanKS66502 Nature is all around us. Discover it with an innovative program as you experience the outdoors in a new and relaxing way.
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Discovery Camp - Grades K-22023-10-09T07:30:00Art from the Landscape - Come along as we find amazing ways to explore the beautiful landscape around us! Find a new perspective as a grasshopper and make your own prairie painting.
Flint Hills Discovery Center
315 S. 3rd St.ManhattanKS66502 Art from the Landscape - Come along as we find amazing ways to explore the beautiful landscape around us! Find a new perspective as a grasshopper and make your own prairie painting.
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Nature Together (ages 1.5-3.5)2023-10-11T09:30:00Parents, bring your littles to the outdoor classroom and build your skills to raise a nature lover. Play games, hear stories, and explore natural items using your five senses. Come prepared to get a little dirty, learn about nature, and be a role model in the outdoors for your child.
Flint Hills Discovery Center
315 S. 3rd St.ManhattanKS66502 Parents, bring your littles to the outdoor classroom and build your skills to raise a nature lover. Play games, hear stories, and explore natural items using your five senses. Come prepared to get a little dirty, learn about nature, and be a role model in the outdoors for your child.
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Guided Konza Hike2023-10-11T17:00:00Come along for an immersive experience into the Flint Hills. Learn about the geological features of the Flint Hills and observe the native plant species of the season.
Flint Hills Discovery Center
315 S. 3rd St.ManhattanKS66502 Come along for an immersive experience into the Flint Hills. Learn about the geological features of the Flint Hills and observe the native plant species of the season.
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Discovery Camp - Grades K-22023-10-13T07:30:00Color Blast! - Everything is better with a blast of color! Colored water, colored art, and colored team flags. Let's find new ways to play with color!
Flint Hills Discovery Center
315 S. 3rd St.ManhattanKS66502 Color Blast! - Everything is better with a blast of color! Colored water, colored art, and colored team flags. Let's find new ways to play with color!
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Solar Eclipse Viewing2023-10-14T10:00:00Join the Discovery Center Education staff and local astronomers for a free and safe viewing of the annular solar eclipse.
Flint Hills Discovery Center
315 S. 3rd St.ManhattanKS66502 Join the Discovery Center Education staff and local astronomers for a free and safe viewing of the annular solar eclipse.
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Humanities Hike2023-10-14T14:30:00Hike through the prairie as you listen to a variety of humanities scholars share their thoughts on the Flint Hills landscape.
Konza Prairie Biological Station
100 Konza Prairie LnManhattanKS66502 Hike through the prairie as you listen to a variety of humanities scholars share their thoughts on the Flint Hills landscape.
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Preschoolers in the Flint Hills - Fall Celebration2023-10-17T10:30:00Autumn has arrived! Let's learn about changing colors and other wonders of this season!
Flint Hills Discovery Center
315 S. 3rd StreetManhattanKS66502 Autumn has arrived! Let's learn about changing colors and other wonders of this season!
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Nature Together (ages 1.5-3.5)2023-10-18T09:30:00Parents, bring your littles to the outdoor classroom and build your skills to raise a nature lover. Play games, hear stories, and explore natural items using your five senses. Come prepared to get a little dirty, learn about nature, and be a role model in the outdoors for your child.
Flint Hills Discovery Center
315 S. 3rd St.ManhattanKS66502 Parents, bring your littles to the outdoor classroom and build your skills to raise a nature lover. Play games, hear stories, and explore natural items using your five senses. Come prepared to get a little dirty, learn about nature, and be a role model in the outdoors for your child.
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Discovery Camp - Grades K-22023-10-19T07:30:00Fun on the Prairie - Animals, and flowers, and people, oh my! There is so much fun to be had on this day full of prairie perfection! Come along and meet some prairie animals and make your own wildflowers.
Flint Hills Discovery Center
315 S. 3rd St.ManhattanKS66502 Fun on the Prairie - Animals, and flowers, and people, oh my! There is so much fun to be had on this day full of prairie perfection! Come along and meet some prairie animals and make your own wildflowers.
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Bison, Beef & Bourbon2023-10-19T17:30:00Join the Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation for this annual fundraiser to benefit the FHDC educational programs.
Stanley Stout Center
2200 Denison Ave.ManhattanKS66502 Join the Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation for this annual fundraiser to benefit the FHDC educational programs.
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Discovery Camp - Grades K-22023-10-20T07:30:00Head 'Em Up! Move 'Em Out! - Moooooove on over! The cows are in town! Learn how cattle are taken care of, why they are branded and tagged, and rope like the pros!
Flint Hills Discovery Center
315 S. 3rd St.ManhattanKS66502 Head 'Em Up! Move 'Em Out! - Moooooove on over! The cows are in town! Learn how cattle are taken care of, why they are branded and tagged, and rope like the pros!
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Nature Together (ages 1.5-3.5)2023-10-25T09:30:00Parents, bring your littles to the outdoor classroom and build your skills to raise a nature lover. Play games, hear stories, and explore natural items using your five senses. Come prepared to get a little dirty, learn about nature, and be a role model in the outdoors for your child.
Flint Hills Discovery Center
315 S. 3rd St.ManhattanKS66502 Parents, bring your littles to the outdoor classroom and build your skills to raise a nature lover. Play games, hear stories, and explore natural items using your five senses. Come prepared to get a little dirty, learn about nature, and be a role model in the outdoors for your child.
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Guided Konza Hike2023-10-28T14:00:00Come along for an immersive experience into the Flint Hills. Learn about the geological features of the Flint Hills and observe the native plant species of the season.
Flint Hills Discovery Center
315 S. 3rd St.ManhattanKS66502 Come along for an immersive experience into the Flint Hills. Learn about the geological features of the Flint Hills and observe the native plant species of the season.
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