ECGA Dogtown & Babson Boulders Walk
![Never Try Never Win is just one of the boulders commision for carving by Roger Babson Never Try Never Win is just one of the boulders commision for carving by Roger Babson](https://northshorekid.com/sites/default/files/styles/post_photo/public/events/never_try_never_win.jpg?itok=DfM_5qeL)
Join Essex County Greenbelt Association and Mark Carlotto for a guided walk around the mysterious Dogtown area, and discover areas of interest along the way. This monthly walk is a great way to venture into this unique section of Gloucester, and learn about the interesting history of this natural area. FREE
Fish-Printing
![Join the team at Maritime Gloucester for a Fish Print Workshop! Join the team at Maritime Gloucester for a Fish Print Workshop!](https://northshorekid.com/sites/default/files/styles/post_photo/public/events/fish_print.jpg?itok=iQTGLV27)
Come to Maritime Gloucester for a unique art workshop! Come pick your favorite fish and leave with new art for the fridge at home. Meet in the classroom or under the tent Wednesday from 3pm-4pm.
Solar Eclipse Celebration
![Photo: NASA image of moon’s shadow over the South Pacific Photo: NASA image of moon’s shadow over the South Pacific](https://northshorekid.com/sites/default/files/styles/post_photo/public/events/nasa_south_pacific_eclipse.jpg?itok=cfqaugRm)
Come be a part of the “Great American Eclipse.” A partial solar eclipse will be visible in Massachusetts on August 21, and we’ll celebrate by building solar-eclipse viewers to safely watch the event. We’ll also learn a little about astronomy and discover why eclipses happen. Our next solar eclipse won’t be visible until 2024, so don’t miss this chance!
Ocean Food Web Cruise
![This Beach Creature Cruise aboard the Yankee Clipper will focus on the River estuary and the multitude of creatures that live there! This Beach Creature Cruise aboard the Yankee Clipper is about the estuary](https://northshorekid.com/sites/default/files/styles/post_photo/public/events/yankee_clipper_newburyport_0.jpg?itok=hRFBrHuq)
Join Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center on a 'Beach Creature' cruise aboard Newburyport Harbor Tours Inc.'s Yankee Clipper through the Merrimack River Estuary! Teacher Naturalist, Lisa Hutchings will provide her expert pair of eyes to help your family find all the exciting sights and sounds of the marshes and varied habitats of Plum Island as you cruise along the Merrimack River. This cruise will focus on the food web of the ocean, marine mammal facts and live beach creatures!
Oysters on the Pier
![Join the team at Maritime Gloucester to learn all about oysters on the pier every Monday, Wednesday & Friday Join the team at Maritime Gloucester to learn all about oysters on the pier every Monday, Wednesday & Friday](https://northshorekid.com/sites/default/files/styles/post_photo/public/events/maritime_gloucester_oysters.jpg?itok=vaH63sPe)
Come to Maritime Gloucester and visit the Oyster Upweller on our pier and learn all about these incredible mollusks. Meets on the pier.
Adventures on the Wild Side
Spend February vacation learning to survive in the wilds, track animals, and create your own adventure story. Our group will meet each day in an incredible heated greenhouse, and will venture out onto the many nearby trails to find clues left behind by wildlife about how they survive the winter, and practice our own survival skills. We will learn to become keen winter naturalists; figuring out what animal’s path we are following and how it eats and protects itself. As humans, we will build warm shelters, find food and water, perform basic first aid, make fires, and cook treats over the flames. At the end, use words, photographs, or drawings to create the story of your adventures. Hosted by Kestrel Educational Adventures at Glen Urquhart School.
Imagine, Sing, & Learn: Moths, Caterpillars and Butterflies
![Learn about butterflies, where they are going and what they eat at Joppa Flats Education Center in Newburyport! Learn about butterflies, where they are going and what they eat at Joppa Flats.](https://northshorekid.com/sites/default/files/styles/post_photo/public/events/black_blue_butterfly.jpg?itok=_g_Z1AjT)
This parent/child program is designed for the creative, curious, and active preschooler who loves animals. Each 90-minute session offers a structured series of activities including original songs, movement, dramatic play, hands-on science, and a thematic snack. You'll receive coloring pages, song lyrics, vocabulary, a fun fact sheet, and a suggested reading list in an electronic goody bag!
Imagine, Sing, & Learn: Shorebirds, Sand & Tides
![Kids will learn about shorebirds and how they use the beach habitat at Mass Audubon's Joppa Flat Education Center's Imagine, Sing and Learn Kids will learn about shorebirds and how they use the beach habitat at ISL](https://northshorekid.com/sites/default/files/styles/post_photo/public/events/shorebirds_at_beach.jpg?itok=dtzI0bVb)
Do you have a child who likes to learn and enjoys one-on-one activities with you? Does your child like to sing and use their imagination? This parent/child program is designed for the creative, curious, and caring preschooler who loves animals. Each 90-minute session offers a structured series of activities including original songs, movement, dramatic play, hands-on science, and a thematic snack. You'll receive coloring pages, song lyrics, vocabulary, a fun fact sheet, and a suggested reading list in an electronic goody bag! This is an indoor/outdoor program. Limited to 12 preschoolers and a grown-up. This week we'll focus on shorebirds and the beach habitat!
Beach Discovery Program
![Learn about beach creeatures and their habitats at the Parker River Wildlife Refuge in Newburyport Learn about beach creeatures and their habitats at the Parker River Wildlife Refuge in Newburyport. Photo: ©2013](https://northshorekid.com/sites/default/files/styles/post_photo/public/events/crab.jpg?itok=uwQTf6eT)
Your family loves spending time at the beach at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, so do many wildlife families! Come join refuge staff and volunteers to learn who else makes the refuge beach their home, and all the shoreline treasures that help support their food, water, shelter needs. This is a drop-in program. Come for 15 minutes or a few hours. Kids and families will play games, make crafts, and learn about wildlife and beach habitats using discovery kits. Earn prizes. Look for our tent on the beach at Lot #1. NO preregistration for this program.
Piping Plover Peeping
![Learn about piping plovers of the Parker River Wildlife Refuge on this ranger guided tour. Learn about piping plovers of the Parker River Wildlife Refuge on this ranger guided tour.](https://northshorekid.com/sites/default/files/styles/post_photo/public/events/piping_plover_parker_river.jpg?itok=5l3aTbkO)
Join park staff from the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge to learn about the federally – threatened Atlantic coast piping plover nests and how it raises its young on Plum Island’s beaches from April through August. Join a refuge ranger for a chance to glimpse this native species in its wild habitat and to hear the story of how biologists work to conserve the plover under the Endangered Species Act.
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Gloucester Schooner Festival 2024
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