STEM Program: Space Racers! All children ages 3-8 years are invited to attend a program in the planetarium theater to watch a video segment of ‘Space Racers,’ receive instruction about the concept shown, and do a hands-on activity. Members are free for this program, non-members $5.00 per child. Pre-payment and registration required. RSVP 239-275-3435 Visit www.calusanature.org

“Sense of Place” A walk with ecologist and native plant expert Jenny Evans from SCCF. Jenny runs the native plant nursery at SCCF on Sanibel and will open our eyes to the wonderful world that is SWFL through native plants, natural systems and wildlife. You’re not in Kansas anymore! Bring the kids, this is a chance to discover how incredible and unique SW Florida really is. FREE with paid admission.

SWFL Native Plants with Sheryl Terepeka SW Florida has so many wonderful native plants perfect for our tough weather and soil conditions. These plants also provide shelter, food, clothing, medicine and more! Class ends with a visit to the Butterfly Conservatory for native plant identification. FREE with paid admission. In the planetarium Recommended for ages middle school and up

Living With Wildlife, presented by Dee Century from SCCF Learning to live in harmony with SW Florida’s unique insects, birds, mammals and other wildlife is easy when you understand, know and respect them. Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation’s own Dee Century will explain with pictures and video. FREE with paid admission, in the planetarium.

Guided Trail Hike with Brenda Thomas There is so much to learn about the REAL Florida, a place very different from the rest of the country where most of us are from. Bring the kids! This is a fantastic opportunity to see SW Florida through an expert’s eyes, to ask questions and to learn about your new home.

We offer Planetarium shows every day except Christmas and Thanksgiving. Times are 1:30pm, 2:15pm and 3:00pm. Each time is a different show. To see what's playing, visit our website, www.calusanature.org

Every month, on the third Tuesday at 11:00am, we will offer a pre-school program designed to engage your little ones in nature and science. Each month will be something different, presented by our own Chris Kielmeyer. Parents are welcome to learn something too!

Open to pre-schoolers, up to age 5. FREE with paid admission. Start your little ones loving the outdoors at a young age, and they will always feel comfortable and at home there. Free with regular paid admission, parents, you get to go too! Members free.

A critical history lesson in 50 minutes! Seven actors—suspended on a platform two feet off the ground—share 21 square feet of space to recreate the entire heroic fight for American independence, from Lexington to Yorktown. Using only the actors’ bodies, voices and (pantomimed) cannons, the show evokes an epic time period in American history. Combining tongue-in-cheek humor with a dash of derring-do, The American Revolution displays Theater Unspeakable's rowdy brand of bare-boned and imaginative physical theater in the company's first-ever extended run in Chicago.

A critical history lesson in 50 minutes! Seven actors—suspended on a platform two feet off the ground—share 21 square feet of space to recreate the entire heroic fight for American independence, from Lexington to Yorktown. Using only the actors’ bodies, voices and (pantomimed) cannons, the show evokes an epic time period in American history. Combining tongue-in-cheek humor with a dash of derring-do, The American Revolution displays Theater Unspeakable's rowdy brand of bare-boned and imaginative physical theater in the company's first-ever extended run in Chicago.