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• Monday, September 13

  • 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • The Science and Art of Wine making (map)
  • Shelton Vineyards, Dobson

  • Tour a state-of-the-art working winery and learn about the art and science of wine making in North Carolina. Tour will end with a tasting of 5 wines (must be 21 years of age to sample) and participants will receive a souvenir glass. Tours start every thirty minutes from 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. daily.

  • Event Web site
  • Cost: $5.00 per person
  • Hands-On Activity, Tour/Open House: General Audiences
• • 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
  • Explore More Life Lab at Discovery Place (map)
  • Discovery Place, Charlotte

  • Immerse yourselves in our Explore More Life Lab, which is an interactive biology wet lab, featuring a touch tank with live animals from the ocean, fascinating focus stations, and a hands-on unit, featuring Insects during the month of September. Learn how insects eat, make noise, move, and how they differ from other bugs, such as spiders. Have fun creatively experimenting while you learn about these creepy crawlies.

  • Event Web site
  • Cost: Free with museum admission.
  • Hands-On Activity, Demonstration, Science Talk/Lecture, Exhibit: Families, General Audiences
• • 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
  • Storytime (map)
  • NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh

  • Spend quiet time listening to your favorite nature tales and meet live animals.

    From alligators to opossums, come face-to-face with a new live animal each week.

  • Event Web site
  • This event is free to participants.
  • Science Talk/Lecture, Other: Families, College Students, Science Professionals, General Audiences
• • 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
  • A World Apart (map)
  • Discovery Place, Charlotte

  • Learn about the tropical rainforest ecosystem and the species that call it home during “A World Apart”.

    Get acquainted with a variety of species that call the rainforest habitat home and explore the unique features that help them thrive in this one-of-a-kind environment. Keep your eye out for the ball python, a constrictor that uses its 200 vertebra to twist and turn around the rainforest exhibit. You also could meet an iguana hailing from Central and South America that uses its third eye to sense the presence of predators – and friendly Museum visitors.

    Step in to a world where the seasons change from hot to hotter, frogs roam freely and a 20-year old blue and gold macaw looks on as you experience the wonders of the tropical rainforest.

  • Event Web site
  • Cost: Free with museum admission.
  • Science Talk/Lecture: Families, General Audiences, Other
• • 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
  • Meet the Animals (map)
  • NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh

  • From alligators to opossums, come face-to-face with a new live animal each week.

    Upcoming Topics

    Sept. 11: Insects & Arthropods

    Sept. 12: Turtles
    Sept. 13: What do I eat?
    Sept. 14-17: Nocturnal Animals
    Sept. 18-19: Turtles
    Sept. 20-24: Alligators
    Sept. 25-26: Turtles

  • Event Web site
  • This event is free to participants.
  • Hands-On Activity, Science Talk/Lecture, Other: Families, College Students, Science Professionals, General Audiences
• • 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
  • SciWorks Planetarium Shows (map)
  • SciWorks Science Center, Winston-Salem

  • SciWorks planetarium offers several shows throughout the day for various age groups. We also present a live sky tour of the current night sky. Shows and times vary daily so please call ahead. First show at 11:00 a.m. Last show at 3:00 p.m. Several shows daily.

  • Event Web site
  • Cost: Free with museum admission.
  • Other: Families, General Audiences
• • 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  • Meet the Animals (map)
  • NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh

  • From alligators to opossums, come face-to-face with a new live animal each week.

    Upcoming Topics

    Sept. 11: Insects & Arthropods

    Sept. 12: Turtles
    Sept. 13: What do I eat?
    Sept. 14-17: Nocturnal Animals
    Sept. 18-19: Turtles
    Sept. 20-24: Alligators
    Sept. 25-26: Turtles

  • Event Web site
  • This event is free to participants.
  • Hands-On Activity, Science Talk/Lecture, Other: Families, College Students, Science Professionals, General Audiences
• • 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  • Live Animal Encounter (map)
  • North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, Manteo

  • Come face to face with alligators, snakes, sea turtles and many other live animals in Neptune’s Theater. This program is featured everyday at 11:30 a.m.

  • Event Web site
  • This event is free to participants.
  • Demonstration, Science Talk/Lecture: Families, General Audiences
• • 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  • Live Animal Encounters (map)
  • SciWorks Science Center, Winston-Salem

  • Meet some of SciWorks’ program animals at this informal presentation. We will introduce a new animal each day. There will be time for questions at the end.

  • Event Web site
  • Cost: Free with museum admission.
  • Hands-On Activity, Science Talk/Lecture: Families, General Audiences
• • 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
  • Outdoor Survival Skills (map)
  • Lake Crabtree County Park, Morrisville

  • Homeschool and Track-out program. What do you do if you’re lost in the woods? Do you know how to use a map and compass to find your way? Which plants and animals should you watch out for? Learn the answer to these and other important questions through a variety of games and activities. Each participant will make a mini first aid kit to take home with them. Meet at the Beech shelter.

  • Event Web site
  • Cost: $8 per child
  • Hands-On Activity, Class/Workshop: General Audiences, Other
• • 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Meet the Animals (map)
  • NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh

  • From alligators to opossums, come face-to-face with a new live animal each week.

    Upcoming Topics

    Sept. 11: Insects & Arthropods

    Sept. 12: Turtles
    Sept. 13: What do I eat?
    Sept. 14-17: Nocturnal Animals
    Sept. 18-19: Turtles
    Sept. 20-24: Alligators
    Sept. 25-26: Turtles

  • Event Web site
  • This event is free to participants.
  • Hands-On Activity, Science Talk/Lecture, Other: Families, College Students, Science Professionals, General Audiences
• • 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
  • What’s Glowing On? (map)
  • Discovery Place, Charlotte

  • Grab a seat at “The Stage” and discover the science behind luminescent and incandescent light. By the time the show is over, you’ll be an expert on all that shines.

    Put yourself in the spotlight as a contestant in the “Will it Glow?” game show, hosted by one of the Museum’s brightest scientists. Explore the materials that make things glow and take a closer look at items such as the artwork of Vincent Van ‘Glow’ to watch them shine. The show does ‘lights out’ with a BANG! — get a front row seat to the explosive qualities of light.

  • Event Web site
  • Cost: Free with museum admission.
  • Class/Workshop, Demonstration, Science Talk/Lecture: Families, General Audiences, Other
• • 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
  • Science on a Sphere Program (map)
  • North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, Manteo

  • See the Earth like never before with an educational program on our three dimensional sphere at Oceans Revealed. Every day at 2:30 p.m.

  • Event Web site
  • Cost: Free with paid admission.
  • Demonstration, Science Talk/Lecture: Families, College Students, Science Professionals, General Audiences
• • 3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
  • NC Mountain State Fair (map)
  • WNC Agricultural Center, Fletcher

  • WNC Agricultural Center, the third largest fair in North Carolina, celebrates the heritage of the Blue Ridge mountains, including agriculture, music, crafts, art, food, entertainment, display of livestock, competitions, and midway amusement rides. The NC Mountain State Fair runs September 10-19, 2010.

  • Event Web site
  • Cost: $7 for adults/ $3 children 6-12/ children 5 and under free
  • Hands-On Activity, Arts/Performance, Demonstration, Exhibit: Families, General Audiences
• • 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
  • A World Apart (map)
  • Discovery Place, Charlotte

  • Learn about the tropical rainforest ecosystem and the species that call it home during “A World Apart”.

    Get acquainted with a variety of species that call the rainforest habitat home and explore the unique features that help them thrive in this one-of-a-kind environment. Keep your eye out for the ball python, a constrictor that uses its 200 vertebra to twist and turn around the rainforest exhibit. You also could meet an iguana hailing from Central and South America that uses its third eye to sense the presence of predators – and friendly Museum visitors.

    Step in to a world where the seasons change from hot to hotter, frogs roam freely and a 20-year old blue and gold macaw looks on as you experience the wonders of the tropical rainforest.

  • Event Web site
  • Cost: Free with museum admission.
  • Science Talk/Lecture: Families, General Audiences, Other
• • 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
  • Sub Zero (map)
  • Discovery Place, Charlotte

  • Join our resident physicist at the “The Stage” to chill out and explore a world below freezing. With materials so cold they can only be touched with cryogenic gloves, you’re in for an icy treat!

    The star of the show is liquid nitrogen – a unique element that’s so cold, when poured out of its tank in a room temperature setting; it turns to gas before even hitting the floor – giving you the chance to frolic in a nitrogen cloud. You’ll watch as it makes a surgical glove as delicate as glass, takes the bounce out of a bouncy ball and causes a penny to shatter with one strike of a hammer.

    Learn more frosty facts about this important element at “Sub Zero”.

  • Event Web site
  • Cost: Free with museum admission.
  • Class/Workshop, Demonstration, Science Talk/Lecture: Families, General Audiences, Other

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