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Free Family Summer Education Series at Duxbury Beach 2024

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The Duxbury Beach Reservation, Inc  will be offering free summer education  programs on Tuesday, Thursdays  Saturdays in July and August from 9:30-11 am every week

Free Family Summer Education Series  at Duxbury Beach 2024

 

All programs unless noted, will begin behind the Harbormaster’s shed. Please sign in as you arrive.

July 2024 programs 

Adults & Families (all ages)

Get Crabby!

Tuesday, 7/9/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

There are 4,500 species of crabs that ply the world’s oceans, explore the several species that make Duxbury Bay home.

Adults & Families (all ages)

Mudflat Limbo

Thursday, 07/11/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

Explore the mudflats searching for mollusks, crabs and other creatures. Wear your boots because you are bound to get muddy!

Adults & Families (ages 8 & up)

Salt Marsh Ecology

Saturday, 07/13/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

We will look at all the reasons why salt marshes are essential to every critter of the sea and our ability to live in a coastal community.

Adults & Families (ages 8 & up)

Bathyscopes: Underwater Windows

Tuesday, 07/16/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

Eliminate the barriers and open a window to a fascinating world of life.below the water’s surface.

Adults & Families (ages 8 & up)

Piping Plovers Pint Sized Dynamos

Thursday 07/18/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

Join us and discover the incredible life stories of this pint-sized dynamo.

Adults & Families (ages 0 & up)

Beachscape Collaborative Mural

Saturday, 07/20/2024 9:30AM-11:00AM

We invite you to add your talents to a collective art piece illustrating the bounty of the beach. 

Adults & Families (all ages)

Sea Creature Feature…. Horseshoe Crab Sand Sculptures

Tuesday, 7/23/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

Celebrate this ancient beast as we build sand sculptures depicting both this unique creature and its fellow citizens of the beach. Bring your buckets and pails.

Adults & Families (ages 0 & up)

Horseshoe Crabs: Living Fossils

Thursday, 07/25/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

Horseshoe crabs date back more than 450 million years. Let’s look at what makes them unique.

Adults & Families (all ages)

Mollusk Mania

Saturday, 07/27/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

We will explore the many specialized capacities of mollusks.

Adults & Families (ages 8 & up)

Walking the Wrack Line

Tuesday, 07/30/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

The wrack line is the graveyard of the oceans. Explore the life of the sea and remains on the beach

August programs 2024 

Adults & Families (ages 8 & up)

Exploring Barrier Beaches

Thursday, 08/01/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

Duxbury Beach is the classic barrier beach, stalwart but fluid protector from winter storms, a geological marvel subject to both positive and negative influence by humans. We will consider the importance of this celebrated resource.

Adults & Families (ages 8 & up)

Shorebirds Rule! 

Saturday, 08/03/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

Learn how shorebirds all eat at the same table and compete with each other for the shoreline’s bounty. 

Adults & Families (ages 8 & up)

Beach Style Botany

Tuesday, 08/06/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

We will challenge ourselves to identify twenty species of plants or algae that thrive in the seashore community.

Adults & Families (all ages)

Get Crabby!

Thursday, 08/08/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

There are 4,500 species of crabs that ply the world’s oceans, explore the several species that make Duxbury Bay home.

Adults & Families (all ages)

Mollusk Mania

Saturday, 08/10/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

We will explore the many specialized capacities of mollusks.

Adults & Families (ages 8 & up)

Salt Marsh Ecology

Tuesday, 08/13/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

We will look at all the reasons why salt marshes are essential to every critter of the sea and our ability to live in a coastal community.

Adults & Families (ages 8 & up)

Seaweed Walk

Thursday, 08/15/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

Walk a stretch of the beach between the road and tideline, with guide books in hand, we will challenge ourselves to identify twenty species of plants or algae that thrive at the seashore.

Adults & Families (ages 8 & up)

Piping Plovers Pint Sized Dynamos

Saturday 08/17/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

Join us and discover the incredible life stories of this pint-sized dynamo.

Adults & Families (ages 8 & up)

Compass Treasure Hunt 

Tuesday, 08/20/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

Learn how to use a compass and search for buried treasure… maybe even talk like a pirate! Bezels, meridian lines and bearings. Arghh!

Adults & Families (ages 8 & up)

Shorebirds Migration

Thursday, 08/22/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

Join us for a short walk as we search for resident and migrating birds.

Adults & Families (all ages)

Mudflat Limbo

Saturday, 08/24/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

Explore the mudflats searching for mollusks, crabs and other creatures. Wear your boots because you are bound to get muddy!

Adults & Families (ages 4 & up)

Beachside Predator Prey

Tuesday, 08/27/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

Through a few games we will study the food chain of Duxbury Bay.

Adults & Families (ages 8 & up)

Walking the Wrack Line

Thursday, 08/29/2024, 9:30AM-11:00AM

The wrack line is the graveyard of the oceans. Explore the life of the sea and remains on the beach.