Educational Programs
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Summer Fun at the Mead - Survival Strategies
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Fun for all ages! This event is free and doesn’t require registration.
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Campfire with the Warden
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Join our State Park Wardens at the camp host site and learn more about campfire building and how you can be safe in and around the park.
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Cranes Of The World & Wisconsin
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Learn about sandhill and whooping cranes that make Wisconsin their summer home, and the part Wisconsin played in bringing the whooping crane back from the brink of extinction.
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Silky Spiders
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Are spiders insects? Do they help or harm us? What are the victims of a spider’s web? Learn about spiders, then, catch and identify them.
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Raptor Talks: Medieval Hunters
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Join the Open Door Bird Sanctuary to learn about the raptors people used to hunt during the Medieval times.
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Learn To Fish
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Want to try fishing but don’t know what to do? Join our Learn to Fish program, and we will show you how!
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Amazing Arthropods
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What makes an insect and insect? How are they good when they make me itch? Dive into our collection of insects to learn more and then grab a net to see what we can catch!
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Story Time With Animals
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Learn about what flies, slithers, hops and walks through nature stories read aloud by MacKenzie naturalists and explore the lives of the animals in our wildlife area.