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Wednesday, September 15
- 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- ACE Ed-Ventures (map)
- Agape Center for Environmental Education, Fuquay-Varina
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ACE Education is excited to offer “ACE Ed-Ventures,” a special opportunity for home school groups and families featuring special topics for children K-8. Explore the History Trail! Plunge into the mysteries of the past! Explore the vestiges of a by-gone era as we piece together clues about our predecessors and their fascinating way of life. Listen to the legends of the log cabin as you explore it. Hike to the homestead site and hear the tale of its former inhabitants. Venture to the slave cemetery. (3rd grade and up) [age limitation due to length of hiking] Pre-registration is required. Registration deadline September 8. Call 919-552-9421 x 210 or e-mail: ACEed@agapekurebeach.org
Bring a picnic lunch & stay until 1:00 or so…
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- Cost: $10.00/ person. Deposit $7.00. Chaperoning adults $1.00
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- 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- The Science and Art of Wine making (map)
- Shelton Vineyards, Dobson
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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.
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- Cost: $5.00 per person
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- 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
- Nature Watchers Program: Fish (map)
- Crowder District Park, Apex
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Fish can be funny looking when you think about it. Get to know the fish that live in Crowder’s Pond – how they live and what they eat. Play a fishing game and take home a prize.
Nature Watchers is for children ages 3 – 5. Preschool children with accompanying adult(s) discover the natural world through stories, hands on nature activities, games, crafts, and outdoor exploration. Meet at the Robin Shelter.
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- Cost: $4.00/child per program
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- 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Explore More Life Lab at Discovery Place (map)
- Discovery Place, Charlotte
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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.
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- Cost: Free with museum admission.
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- 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
- Storytime (map)
- NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh
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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.
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- This event is free to participants.
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- 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
- Zoomers (map)
- Ashe County Public Library, West Jefferson
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An active storytime for tots where we will discover things that zoom through the sky.
Children will decorate and create fun flying machines to take home. Watch the rocket soar! - Event Web site
- This event is free to participants.
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- 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- NC Estuarium River Roving Tours (map)
- NC Estuarium, Washington
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River Roving Educational River Tours- Learn about the history and habitats of the Washington waterfront. These boat tours cruise the Pamlico River Wednesday through Friday at 10:30 and 12:45, and Saturdays at 10:30. No admission fee or other cost is involved for the tour, but advance reservations are required. Riders should check in 15 minutes in advance. Children must be at least 6 years old to ride; a responsible adult must accompany children under 16. Call 252-948-0000 for reservations. Please call ahead for program information as space may be limited. The Estuarium is a Partnership for the Sounds facility, an organization promoting eco-tourism and sustainable economic development in the Albemarle-Pamlico region.
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- This event is free to participants.
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- 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
- A World Apart (map)
- Discovery Place, Charlotte
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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.
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- Cost: Free with museum admission.
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- 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
- Meet the Animals (map)
- NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh
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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.
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- 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- SciWorks Planetarium Shows (map)
- SciWorks Science Center, Winston-Salem
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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.
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- Cost: Free with museum admission.
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- 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- Meet the Animals (map)
- NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh
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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.
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- 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- Live Animal Encounter (map)
- North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, Manteo
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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.
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- This event is free to participants.
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- 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- Live Animal Encounters (map)
- SciWorks Science Center, Winston-Salem
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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.
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- Cost: Free with museum admission.
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- 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
- Meet-a-Scientist Brown Bag Lunch & Learn (map)
- Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, Chapel Hill
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Why Antimatter Matters: Meet expert Dr. Reyco Henning from the UNC-CH physics department for a one-hour brown bag lunch & learn. Join us for an interactive current science presentation, followed by a discussion with Dr. Henning.
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- This event is free to participants.
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- 12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
- NC Estuarium River Roving Tours (map)
- NC Estuarium, Washington
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River Roving Educational River Tours- Learn about the history and habitats of the Washington waterfront. These boat tours cruise the Pamlico River Wednesday through Friday at 10:30 and 12:45, and Saturdays at 10:30. No admission fee or other cost is involved for the tour, but advance reservations are required. Riders should check in 15 minutes in advance. Children must be at least 6 years old to ride; a responsible adult must accompany children under 16. Call 252-948-0000 for reservations. Please call ahead for program information as space may be limited. The Estuarium is a Partnership for the Sounds facility, an organization promoting eco-tourism and sustainable economic development in the Albemarle-Pamlico region.
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- This event is free to participants.
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- 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
- Nature Watchers Program: Fish (map)
- Crowder District Park, Apex
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Fish can be funny looking when you think about it. Get to know the fish that live in Crowder’s Pond – how they live and what they eat. Play a fishing game and take home a prize.
Nature Watchers is for children ages 3 – 5. Preschool children with accompanying adult(s) discover the natural world through stories, hands on nature activities, games, crafts, and outdoor exploration. Meet at the Robin Shelter.
- Event Web site
- Cost: $4.00/child per program
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- 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
- Meet the Animals (map)
- NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh
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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.
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- 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Beginning Skywatching (map)
- Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, Chapel Hill
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Jumpstart your stargazing skills! This introductory six-session course focuses on what you can see with the unaided eye. It includes planetarium and classroom instruction, hands-on activities and a “planet walk.” Each participant receives a planisphere for home use, plus plenty of take-home instructional materials. Whether you want to become an expert stargazer or just to learn more about the wonders of the night sky, this class is the perfect place to start.
Six Wednesdays, September 15 – October 20, 2010. For adults ages 16 and up. Program takes place in Morehead’s GlaxoSmithKline Fulldome Digital Theater.
Registration required. On-line or by calling 919.962.1236.
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- Cost: $110 nonmembers/ $90 Morehead members, OLLI at Duke members, UNC students.
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- 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
- What’s Glowing On? (map)
- Discovery Place, Charlotte
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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.
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- Cost: Free with museum admission.
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- 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Nature Friends Program: Fish (map)
- Crowder District Park, Apex
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Fish can be funny looking when you think about it. Get to know the fish that live in Crowder’s Pond – how they live and what they eat. Play a fishing game and take home a prize.
Nature Friends (Ages 5 – 9). Kids will discover the natural world through hikes, hands on nature activities, outdoor exploration, games, and crafts. Meet at the Robin Shelter.
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- Cost: $4.00/child per program
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- 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- Science on a Sphere Program (map)
- North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, Manteo
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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.
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- Cost: Free with paid admission.
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- 3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
- NC Mountain State Fair (map)
- WNC Agricultural Center, Fletcher
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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.
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- Cost: $7 for adults/ $3 children 6-12/ children 5 and under free
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- 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- A World Apart (map)
- Discovery Place, Charlotte
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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.
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- 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
- Envisioning the Invisible – Mahato Memorial Event (map)
- Duke University, Durham
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Awards announcement, gallery display, and keynote address capping the Abhijit Mahato Memorial scientific visualization contest at Duke University. Researchers have submitted photographs and visualizations to win prizes.
Keynote address by scientific visualization guru Felice Frankel of MIT.Event held at Fitzpatrick CIEMAS Atrium and Schociano Auditorium, Duke University.
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- This event is free to participants.
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- 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Sub Zero (map)
- Discovery Place, Charlotte
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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”.
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- Cost: Free with museum admission.
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- 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
- Crabtree Casters (map)
- Lake Crabtree County Park, Morrisville
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Join us after work for an evening of fishing and fun. Bring your own fishing pole or borrow one of ours through our Tackle Loaner Program. Bring the kids and we’ll help them learn to cast a line as well. Bait is provided by the park. All participants 16 years and older need a valid NC Fishing License.
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- This event is free to participants.
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- 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
- Forensic Science – It’s Not Like CSI (map)
- Appalachian State University, Boone
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You have all seen the popular TV show CSI, but have you ever wondered what really happens to the evidence collected from a real crime scene? Where does it go, how does it tell its story, and most importantly, how can it be used to solve the crime? We will address misconceptions generated from the popular TV crime dramas and the organization of an actual crime lab. As an additional activity, we will also create DNA necklaces from your extracted DNA!
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- This event is free to participants.
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