April Vacation Treks & Trails: Joppa Flats
![Identifying Minnows with naturalists from the Mass Audubon Joppa Flats Education Center in Newburyport Massachusetts. Photo by Lisa Hutchings Identifying Minnows with naturalists from the Mass Audubon Joppa Flats Education Center in Newburyport Massachusetts. Photo by Lisa Hutchings](https://mail.northshorekid.com/sites/default/files/styles/post_photo/public/events/minnow_id-joppa_flats.jpg?itok=ejyetpE6)
Joppa Flats Education Center helps families beat the blahs and keep minds active and hands busy during school break! Head out into the wild with kids and families for great outdoor explorations this April vacation. For families with children ages 3 and up, School and Youth Education Coordinator Lisa Hutchings heads a program where kids will to learn all about the "nursery of the sea" with our salt marsh science stations including live minnow ID, salinity experiments, and a chance to meet some of the live inhabitants of the salt marsh.