With summer camps filling up fast and screens taking center stage, many parents are rethinking how to keep kids engaged in ways that matter. They want something close to home, but rich in creativity ...

Think urban kids don't have ecology and entomology worth exploring? Peggy Notebaert's newest exhibit, Backyard Adventures, will change all that this season. (After all, what better time to re-engage ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The newest exhibit at the Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) is encouraging kids to notice the science right in their own backyards. Called Backyard Adventures, the exhibit helps ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (ABC 4) — At the Grand Rapids Public Museum, guests and families can explore Backyard Adventures, a new exhibit featuring earth science hands-on activities for all ages. “They can ...

An upcoming exhibit at Orlando Science Center has an extremely local focus. “Backyard Adventures” will encourage visitors to examine nature right outside their backdoors. The displays will look at ...

A little magic can happen with children’s books that point to the natural world. Mix in a little imagination and add the ingredient of an online Spokane library class to build your own fairy house. Or ...

The first time Jackie Ostfeld took her kids camping, it was to a spot they knew well: their backyard. “They had the best time of their life,” says Ostfeld, director of the Sierra Club’s Outdoors for ...