Saturday, January 25, 2014

1 to 4 p.m.

Experiment and innovate with our new series of family activities: Hagley Science Saturdays! Stop by the fourth Saturday of every month for a new hands-on activity. Families will work creatively together to solve a science challenge.

This months  activity will require visitors to try out different paper airplane designs to determine which one will fly the farthest. Activities are included with general admission and are free for members.

For more information: http://www.hagley.org

Location: 200 Hagley Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19807 (Use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance off Route 100 in Wilmington, Delaware.)

This event is appropriate for: kids ages 3 and older

Cost: Adults - $14.00
Students and senior citizens - $10.00
Children ages six to fourteen - $5.00
Children under six - Free

Go on an evolutionary adventure and discover the link between dinosaurs and modern birds at Charlie & Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure, on display January 25 - May 26, 2014 at the Delaware Museum of Natural History. 

Using a kid-friendly storyline, Charlie & Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure follows a boy named Charlie as he works on a book report about kiwis, a flightless bird found in New Zealand. To understand how kiwis evolved, Charlie travels back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. Visitors will learn with Charlie by unraveling puzzles, playing games, exploring computer interactives, and observing live birds.

The exhibition tackles the subject of evolution in a way that appeals to kids of all ages with drawings by Peter Reynolds, the award-winning illustrator of Judy Moody and other children's books. 

Charlie & Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure allows visitors to:

• Find similarities in the skeletons of an Archaeopteryx, a bird that lived 150 million years ago, a Bambiraptor, a dinosaur that lived 75 million years ago, and a modern-day crow
• Use a computer interactive to change a dinosaur into a flying Archaeopteryx
• Distinguish between two different color variations of live budgies (parakeets)
• Measure the beak size of several finches in a computer interactive game and determine whether each bird is likely to survive a season in which there are only big, tough seeds to eat
• Learn about the evolution of kiwis through an animated movie illustrated by Peter Reynolds, an award-winning children's book illustrator
• And much more, including discovery box activities, puzzles and games

 
WHERE: Delaware Museum of Natural History, 4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807
DATES: January 25 - May 26, 2014 
ADMISSION: $9 for adults, $7 for children (3-17), $8 for seniors, FREE for children 2 and younger.  FREE for Museum members.
MORE INFO: Visit www.delmnh.org or call (302) 658-9111

Explore discoveries made by celebrated paleontologist Paul Sereno, Ph.D.

The Sahara has proven to be an incredibly rich source of fossils. There, hidden in the sands of the African desert, world-renowned paleontologist Paul Sereno, Ph.D., found the discoveries of a lifetime. Giants: African Dinosaurs features these breakthroughs, with clues to the mystery of how shifting continents affected dinosaur evolution. The exhibit is on view at the Delaware Museum of Natural History from Dec. 3, 2011 through Feb. 26, 2012.

Created by Project Exploration, this interactive dinosaur experience transports visitors to a world of wonder and discovery. The highlights are two life-size, 25-foot-long skeletal casts of African carnivores uncovered by Sereno: the predatory Afrovenator, meaning "African hunter," found in northern Africa and dating to the mid-Jurassic between 164 and 161 million years ago; and the swift Deltadromeus, which lived approximately 95 million years ago in the late Cretaceous. A human skeleton andDeltadromeus are paired in similar positions to compare similarities in anatomy. 

In the same formation as Afrovenator, Sereno found the fossil remains of a massive plant-eatingJobaria. This towering sauropod dates to the mid-Jurassic and may have been able to rear on its hind legs like an elephant. The exhibit features a six-foot-tall femur fossil that visitors can size themselves up against and marvel at this dinosaur's massive size.

Hands-on displays invite visitors to touch a cast of a juvenile Jobaria skull, the handprint of an adult Jobaria, and the petrified trunk of a tree from an ancient forest. Nearby visitors can look into the eyes of the Carcharodontosaurus flesh head - more than five feet long - and imagine being chased by one of the largest predators ever to walk the earth. Sereno's dramatic expeditions to the Sahara are detailed in a video and images so budding paleontologists can come away understanding what it took to make these exciting new dinosaur discoveries.


WHAT: Giants: African Dinosaurs created by Project Exploration 

WHERE: Delaware Museum of Natural History, 4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE  19807

DATES: Saturday, December 3, 2011 - Sunday, February 26, 2012

HOURS: Monday - Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Sunday 12 - 4:30 p.m. 

ADMISSION: $8 for adults, $6 for children (3-17), $7 for seniors, free for children 2 and younger. Free for museum members.

MORE INFO: Visit www.delmnh.org or call (302) 658-9111.

Share a summer evening at the zoo with WSTW's Wake-Up Crew and the Del-One Credit Union family. Special exhibits, games, crafts, and live animals!
$1.00 Admission//Zoo Members Free!
$1 Hot Dogs and soft drinks too.
Sponsored by DEL-ONE, Delaware Federal Credit Union. The ONE Way to a Better Life.



For more information:  http://www.brandywinezoo.org


Location:  Brandywine Zoo 1001 North Park Drive Wilmington, DE 19802


This event is appropriate for:  the whole family


Cost: $1 per person

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Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Enchanted Woods at the magical Enchanted Summer Day! Fairy princesses, enchanted woodsmen, and all magical beings are welcome to participate in crafts, games, face-painting, and more. Enjoy lively Celtic tunes from Slyte of Hand, ice cream from Woodside Farm Creamery, and birthday treats! Be sure to wear your troll ears or fairy wings!
Entertainment

11:30 am–2:30 pm: Storyteller Terry Colonna will conjure imaginative tales as she strolls through the woods.
11:00 am–2:30 pm: Slyte of Hand performs their lively blend of Celtic and folk music for you to dance, wiggle, and sing too!
Meet them at the Gathering Green to learn the Maypole Dance at 11:15 am, 12:15 and 1:30 pm.

Crafts & Activities

available throughout the day


Pot your own Little Lantern (Aquilegia canadensis) to take home and plant in your own garden.
Create a crown fit for a Fairy King or Fairy Queen.
Play along to the music once you’ve made a Magic Bean Tambourine.
Make a Troll Puppet to listen to your fairytales.
Have your face painted by our talented artists. ($5 per child)
Chase a rolling hoop or try your hand at the Ring Toss or Game of Graces.


Treats

Enjoy a special birthday cupcake!
Treat yourself to ice cream from Woodside Farm Creamery ($).
Bring your own picnic lunch to eat beneath the trees.


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For more information: www.winterthur.org

Location: Winterthur
5105 Kennett Pike (Route 52)
Winterthur, DE 19735

This event is appropriate for: the whole family

Cost:

Adult	$18
Child (2–11)	$5
Infant (under 2)	Free
Senior (62)	$16
Student (with valid ID)	$16

Turtle Travels, a family-friendly new exhibit opening at the Delaware Museum of Natural History on June 18, will be accompanied by local turtle photography and sculptures.

James F. White, Jr., of the Delaware Nature Society and co-author of Amphibians and Reptiles of Delmarva contributed photographs and descriptions of Delaware turtles for display. Nearby, bronze sculptures by noted artist André Harvey will depict painted, loggerhead, box and other types of turtles.

Turtle Travels is an interactive special exhibit featuring a life-sized board game where visitors can experience life as a turtle:

● See live turtles in a special tank
● Watch a video shot by a sea-turtle
● Crawl under a turtle tunnel
● Build the arch of a turtle's shell
● Flip out the feet of a "Swiss Army turtle"
● Pose for photographs at the cutout "turtle traveler" display
● Use radio telemetry equipment

Turtle Travels is a traveling exhibit created by the Environmental Exhibit Collaborative (EEC), a group of natural science museums founded by the EcoTarium, Vermont's ECHO, and Squam Lakes Natural Sciences Center in New Hampshire. Sponsored by DuPont and Glenmede.

WHERE: Delaware Museum of Natural History, 4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807

DATES: Saturday, June 18 - Monday, September 5 (Labor Day), 2011

HOURS: Monday - Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Sunday 12 - 4:30 p.m.

ADMISSION: $8 for adults, $6 for children (3-17), $7 for seniors, free for children 2 and younger. Free for museum members.

MORE INFO: Visit www.delmnh.org or call (302) 658-9111 .