FULL MOON NIGHT HIKE

The full moon in the month of May has many names- Flower Moon, Mother’s Moon, and Corn-Planting Moon are just a few!  Whatever you’d like to call it, the light of the full moon will be shining on May 25^th and that light will guide our feet for a Full Moon Night Hike at the Discovery Zone.  For this unique hike, we’ll turn the flashlights off and find out just how much wakes up in nature when the sun sets and learn how our eyes adjust to the dark.

Glowing rocks?  Disappearing heads?  Sparking mouths?  Pirate eyes?  Why do some animals see in the dark better than humans?  Why do some animals wake up when the sun goes down?  Discovery Zone teacher Anthony Cianciolo, Jr. has the answers and an exciting hike planned full of fun surprises and discoveries! 

The program will be held from 8pm-9:30 on Saturday May 25^th and is appropriate for all ages.  Registration is $8 per participant and can be completed at www.webbmountaindiscoveryzone.com by clicking on “Events.”

Webb Mountain Discovery Zone is located at 71 Webb Circle in Monroe. It opened in 2007 to promote outdoor exploration and learning, in a fun, hands-on environment.  The Discovery Zone has an easy to walk trails of over four miles on 171 acres with twenty eight learning stations and a no-cost, self-directed scavenger hunt that was created by Hank Gruner, Vice President of Programs for the Connecticut Science Center in Harford with the assistance of Connecticut State Archeologist Nick Bellantoni.  The interactive Scavenger Hunt (complete with scorecards!) is like an 'I-Spy' game for the outdoors that comes alive to heighten children's awareness and observational skills while having fun.  On any visit to the Discovery Zone, kids search for frogs and salamanders in vernal pools, charcoal bits and arrowheads in Colonial quarries and Native American sites, look for mammal tracks in a sandpit, and explore "life in a rotten log."

For more information, visit www.webbmountaindiscoveryzone.com or email any questions to discoveryzone@earthlink.net