Let the kids have some outdoor fun! Bring them to the Audubon Environmental Education Center for summer nature adventures.

CAROUSEL

Carousel Village, Roger Williams Park, off Elmwood Avenue, Providence. 785-9450. 10 am-5 pm, weather permitting. $1.25 per ride.

Crescent Park Carousel, Bullocks Point Avenue, Riverside. 437-7518 or 433-2828. Charles I.D. Looff-designed carousel. Noon to 8 p.m. $1 per ride.

Easton Beach Carousel, Memorial Boulevard, Newport. 845-5810. Daily 10 am-6 pm. $1 per ride.

MUSEUMS

Cormack Planetarium and Museum of Natural History, Roger Williams Park, 1000 Elmwood Ave., Providence. 785-9457. Museum open daily 10 am-5 pm. Museum admission is $2, $1 ages 2-7. Planetarium admission is $3, $2 ages 4-7; no one under age 4 admitted to the planetarium.

•Mission Moon: Past, Present, Future exhibit.

•Planetarium show: Sky Views Sat and Sun 2 pm.•Space Adventure Weekend, celebrate NASA’s 50th anniversary with family activities including hands-on flight and rocketry adventures.

Providence Children’s Museum, 100 South St., Providence. 273-5437, www.childrenmuseum.org. Hands-on activity center for children 1-11 and their families. Tue-Sun 9 am-6 pm. $6.50; members free. Special programs: Set It Straight, ages 5-11 tinker with a tabletop saw in FETCH! Lab Thu 3-5 pm. Choose Your Adventure, kids select from scavenger hunts and do detective work as they explore the museum Fri 9 am-8 pm. Clowning Around, ages 3-11 join a clown from the Big Apple Circus for amazing magic tricks Sat 1-3 pm. Free Sunday, the museum is open free the first Sunday of each month.

NATURE

Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Environmental Education Center, 1401 Hope St., Bristol. 949-5454, www.asri.org. $4 member child; $5 nonmember child. Free with admission.

•Discovery Stations, age 3+ take a close look at nature in the center’s Discovery Stations. Weekly themes include birds, insects, tide pools, whales, mammals and more Thu 10 am-2 pm. Included in admission.•Eco-Kid: Build an Edible Landscape, ages 3+ dig, plant, water and nibble as they create a mini edible garden and learn about the life cycles of a plant Sun11 am-1:30 pm. Registration required.

Kettle Pond Visitor Center, 50 Bend Rd., Charlestown. 364-9124, ext. 48. All events are free.

•Nature Hike-Awesome Big Puddle, ages 6-12 explore the world of wood frogs, spotted salamanders and aquatic bugs in a fun slide show and take a guided hike to discover all there is in our vernal pool. Thu 2-4 pm. Registration.

•The Lorax, children of all ages are welcome to see the Dr. Seuss classic, The Lorax Sat 10 am-noon. Registration not required.

•Nature Hike-Tracks in the Woods, ages 7-12 learn where refuge residents live, what they eat and how they move by following tracks and other clues in the woods. Sat 3:30-5:30 pm. Registration.

ZOOS

Roger Williams Park Zoo, 1000 Elmwood Ave., Providence. 785-3510, 751-0203 (TDD), www.rwpzoo.org. Open daily 9 am-5 pm. $12, 62+ $8, children 3-12 $6, children under 3 free.

ETC.

Crafty Creepy Crawlies and Bizarre Bugs, Fox Point Branch Library, 90 Ives St., Providence. 455-8112. Different bug related activity each week for ages 7-11. Thu 2-3 pm.

imPOSSIBLE Dream Playground, John D. Florio Memorial Park, 575 Centerville Rd., Warwick. 823-5566. Playground for children with and without disabilities. Daily 10 am-3 pm, except holidays and holiday weekends. Donations accepted.