Free Family Summer Education Series at Duxbury Beach 2024
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
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.