The Illinois RiverWatch Network is a statewide, non-profit, volunteer stream monitoring program. Volunteers are trained and certified as community scientists to monitor and protect a [...]

Tiny Trekkers is a once a week drop off program for ages 3 - 5. Registration is offered by the month only, single class registrations [...]

Put on some boots and bring your sense of adventure! Put on some boots and bring your sense of exploration! This program is designed for [...]

Put on some boots and bring your sense of adventure! Put on some boots and bring your sense of exploration! This program is designed for [...]

Tiny Trekkers is a once a week drop off program for ages 3 - 5. Registration is offered by the month only, single class registrations [...]

Discovery Nature Club is an after school drop-off program for elementary students (1st - 5th grade). This fall, students will meet bi-weekly to explore the [...]

Have an old telescope laying around, but never use it?  Always wanted to look at the universe through a telescope, but don’t own one?  You [...]

Tiny Trekkers is a once a week drop off program for ages 3 - 5. Registration is offered by the month only, single class registrations [...]

Join us at Heartland Prairie at Gordon Moore Park in Alton for these bimonthly hikes, held on every second and fourth Tuesday April through October. [...]

Calling all homeschool families! This new program offering takes place the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 10 - 11:30 am. Lessons may include hikes, [...]

This program is geared towards students in 6th – 12th grade that are learning from home. Unlike the younger group of ECO Homeschool Adventures, this is [...]

Need an evening off? Join us for a Kids Night Out! This 3 hour drop off program includes dinner and an evening of fun for [...]

Brick City Yoga is headed to the Nature Institute for a 60-minute hike in nature before connecting more in a 60-minute yoga practice with a [...]

Are you ready to plant natives in your yard this year? Join us on May 18th to purchase some locally grown plants. We will have [...]

Join the author of Missouri’s Wild Mushrooms, Maxine Stone, to learn all about mushroom identification! This program will begin with an indoor presentation and end [...]

Transformers, those robots in disguise,  turn 40 this year, so cozy up with a blanket for a movie on the lawn and celebrate these films [...]

Tiny Trekkers is a once a week drop off program for ages 3 - 5. Registration is offered by the month only, single class registrations [...]

Discovery Nature Club is an after school drop-off program for elementary students (1st - 5th grade). This fall, students will meet bi-weekly to explore the [...]

Calling all homeschool families! This new program offering takes place the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 10 - 11:30 am. Lessons may include hikes, [...]

One of the best ways to learn about the natural world is through your own quiet observations. Join The Nature Institute for a series of [...]