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What does a warming climate mean for us? Find out through crafts and hands-on experiments, like building a greenhouse in a jar and using sunlight to make art. Join Thurston Climate Action Team at 11:00 am or 2:30 pm for a presentation on staying safe in hot weather, filled with tips to handle the heat just in time for summer!

You are cordially invited to our tea party where we’ll sip, savor, and celebrate the wonders of native plants. Taste teas brewed with native plants, and make some stylish crafts so you can take the tea party with you.

Ever wonder what goes on inside a wastewater treatment plant? Well, now is your chance to find out! Join us for hands-on activities all day, or at 10:30 am for a tour of LOTT’s wastewater treatment plant to learn how waste is transformed. Tour participants must be 10 or older and wear closed-toe, closed-heel shoes

Puget Sound may look like mere water, but a single drop contains thousands of plankton, such as baby barnacles, sea sparkles, and teensy tuna! Join us and Puget Sound Estuarium staff to peer through a microscope and enjoy hands-on activities celebrating the microscopic life of the Salish Sea.