Girls Explore Science program at Dodge Nature Center

Dodge Nature Center in West St. Paul offers an after-school science program for girls 5th-8th grade. The program is meant to a positive social environment for girls from different schools to explore different parts of nature and science. Each program is once a week for a month. On Wednesday a small group of girls ages 10-13 learned about agriculture and got to get up close with farm animals.

By Renée Jones Schneider , Star Tribune
April 27, 2022 - 7:40 PM

A group of girls ages 10-13 listen to naturalist Mary Dybvig, right, talk about interesting facts about trees as they climbed a willow tree during the Girls Explore Science after school program at Dodge Nature Center on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 in West St. Paul, Minn.

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A group of girls ages 10- 13 walk through the park during the Girls Explore Science after school program at Dodge Nature Center on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 in West St. Paul, Minn.

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Lucy Knutson, 11, and Colette Alexander, 12, hold their chicks up to each other as they got a chance to hold chicks during the Girls Explore Science after school program at Dodge Nature Center.

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Lucy Knutson, 11, and Colette Alexander, 12, hold their chicks up to each other as they got a chance to hold chicks during the Girls Explore Science after school program at Dodge Nature Center.

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Norah Thatcher, 11, gave an air kiss to a chick she got a chance to hold during the Girls Explore Science after school program at Dodge Nature Center.

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Elayna Anderson, 11, and Lucy Knutson, 11, show each other the plants they just propagated during the Girls Explore Science after school program at Dodge Nature Center.

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Colette Alexander, 12, snuggles up to a lamb she got to hold as the girls got a chance to get up close with the farm animals at the Girls Explore Science after school program at Dodge Nature Center.

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Colette Alexander, 12, reaches out to pet a lamb at the Girls Explore Science after school program at Dodge Nature Center.

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Fiona Kiedrowski, 11, was a little shocked she got hold of a chicken during the Girls Explore Science after school program at Dodge Nature Center.

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Colette Alexander, 12, loses her hold on a chicken in the barn during the Girls Explore Science after school program at Dodge Nature Center.

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Lambs leap while they chase the girls through the barn as part of a little exercise activity during the Girls Explore Science after school program at Dodge Nature Center.

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Miranda Arnold, 13, closed her eyes and rocked a piglet to comfort it as she and other girls got to get up-close with the farm animals at the Girls Explore Science after school program at Dodge Nature Center.

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