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Hagley Science Saturday:Paper Airplane

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Hagley Science Saturday: Paper Airplane

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

Charlie & Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure at Delaware Museum of Natural History

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Charlie & Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure Opens January 25

Special exhibition explores evidence for how evolution works

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

Ice Age Imperials opens at the Delaware Museum of Natural History

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Ice Age Imperials

Special exhibit explores giants of the Ice Age

October 12, 2013 - January 5, 2014

Imagine traveling 20,000 years into the past to a period in our planet's history when the environment was dramatically different than we know it today. Fierce cats, enormous mastodons and wooly mammoths, six-feet-tall beavers, and other giant creatures roamed the land, and every day was a struggle for survival.

This story will be presented like never before, through direct handling and interaction with real fossils from such ancient animals as the giant (five ton!) ground sloth, the cave bear, the largest breed of lion to ever live, and the herds of shaggy elephants that once covered North America.

Using two full-scale dioramas, a series of interactive displays, and other educational components, Ice Age Imperials will have visitors asking questions like: When and where was the Ice Age? What was life like in Delaware during that time? How do today's animals compare to their extinct Ice Age relatives?

Exhibit Highlights Include:

Full-Scale Dioramas: Two central dioramas feature the fierce-looking Sabertooth cat, the larger-than-life Wooly Mammoth, the Woodland Musk Ox, and the role of early human hunters.
Large And In Charge: A three-sided display explores some of the largest mammals of the Ice Age, including the extinct Short-Faced Bear, Dire Wolf, and Giant Beaver.
Teamwork: Large 3-D puzzles of a Mastodon and Sabertooth cat require a team effort to assemble.
Dig It: An Ice Age fossil "dig box" reveals surprise remains of extinct creatures.
Learn More: Discover more about the Ice Age and the formation, nature, and movement of glaciers, as well as the massive size of Ice Age glaciers.

Ice Age Imperials explores how today's animal life compares to its extinct Ice Age relatives, and about the way of life of the earliest peoples, the Paleo-hunters, that once inhabited North America. Ice Age Imperials will also provide a rare opportunity to "touch the Ice Age."

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

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

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

Rainforest Adventure at Delaware Museum of Natural History

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Explore Rainforest Adventure on display at the Delaware Museum of Natural History October 6, 2012 to January 6, 2013.

Rainforest Adventure is a multisensory expedition that introduces visitors to tropical rainforests around the world, highlights the challenges facing these unique ecological wonders, and suggests ways that you can make a difference.

This eye-opening exhibit features over 40 interactive components, two computer games, a distance learning kiosk, and plenty of expedition props - vests, flashlights, binoculars, and more! Visitors can discover plant and animal life in different layers of the rainforest, become a scientist, climb through the rainforest canopy, or explore a gorilla nest.

Highlights:

* Become a research assistant through assignments, costumes and props
* Take a closer look at plant and material slides through an oversized microscope
* Climb a kapok tree that's 9 feet tall
* Climb through a tree log to discover animals that make their homes there.
* Discover products that come from tropical rainforests
* Visit children around the world and learn how their families help protect the rainforests
* Learn about what you can do to help protect rainforests around the world.

In conjunction with Rainforest Adventure, the Museum is proud to present two complimentary displays. In the Hall of Minerals, visitors can learn how tropical and temperate rainforests around the world are being protected through the efforts of The Nature Conservancy, one of the leading conservation organizations on the planet. And, along the hallway leading to Rainforest Adventure, visitors will marvel at an installation of stained glass that vividly depicts a tropical rainforest scene. Artist Rob Horan created these works of art specifically for display at the Museum and used specimens from the Museum's vast collections for inspiration and biological accuracy.

WHERE: Delaware Museum of Natural History, 4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807
DATES: October 6, 2012 - January 6, 2013
HOURS: Monday-Saturday 9:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.; Sunday 12-4:30 p.m.
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

Spaced Out Wednesdays at the Delaware Museum of Natural History

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Delaware Museum of Natural History Travels Out of this World with "Spaced Out Wednesdays"

The Delaware Museum of Natural History is blasting off into the cosmos on July 18 and 25 for Spaced Out Wednesdays.

In conjunction with the Museum's latest special exhibit, Earth from Space, on display June 16 through September 3, Spaced Out Wednesdays will feature space-themed programming and activities for visitors of all ages. Plus, the first 100 children in the Museum will receive a free giveaway to expand their knowledge of space and our galaxy.

On July 18, from 10 a.m. - noon and again from 1-3 p.m., the Museum's Education staff will conduct rocket experiments on the back patio to explore how common household items, such as baking soda and vinegar, can launch a film canister into the sky. Also on July 18, from 1-3 p.m., visitors will learn about what it takes for humans to travel into space when Bill Ayrey, historian for ILC Dover, explains the history of space flight technology and what is necessary to successfully travel into orbit. ILC Dover, of Frederica, DE, is the exclusive manufacturer of space suits for NASA and the International Space Station.

On July 25, from 1-3 p.m., the Smithsonian's Andrew Johnston, exhibit curator for Earth from Space, will provide background on the technology used to create this spectacular exhibit as well as insight into how the exhibit was developed. The Museum's Education staff will perform constellation activities from 10 a.m. - noon and again from 1-3 p.m. to view the stars without ever leaving your bedroom.

Spaced Out Wednesdays are sure to be an "out of this world" experience and visitors won't want to miss these exciting activities and guest speakers.

WHAT: Spaced Out Wednesdays

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

DATE: July 18 & 25, 2012

TIME: 9:30-4:30 p.m.

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

Hagley Science Saturday:Paper Airplane

Charlie & Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure at Delaware Museum of Natural History

Ice Age Imperials opens at the Delaware Museum of Natural History

Rainforest Adventure at Delaware Museum of Natural History

Spaced Out Wednesdays at the Delaware Museum of Natural History

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