Discovery Dates Spring 2008

Programs are free with admission unless a registration fee is indicated.
Good Friday, March 21: Both Museums OPEN 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Easter Sunday, March 23: Both Museums CLOSED

4 SCIENCE KITCHEN Tuesday 9:30 AM Children’s Discovery There is a ton of fun to be had at home and you don’t even have to leave the kitchen. Try out some of our favorite recipes for bubbles, play dough, and paint and then try them in your own home.	5 LION AND LAMBS...OH MY! Wednesday 10:00 AM Children's Discovery Did March come in like a lion or lamb? Make your own lion and lamb weather staff and chart out the rest of the month’s weather.	6 TAKE APARTS POTLUCK Thursday 2:00 - 4:30 PM Science Discovery Does the inside of a telephone have anything in common with a DVD player? How does a keyboard send signals to a computer? Pick up your tools and find out with Take-Aparts! Sponsored by Analog Devices.
8 EXHIBIT EXCITEMENT: ICY FUN! Saturday 10:00 AM Children's Discovery Explore ice and all its properties in the water table.	9 PICNIC CHEMISTRY Sunday 1:00 PM Science Discovery Why do apples turn brown? Why don’t pickles go bad?’ What exactly is mayonnaise, anyway? Find out more about the chemistry of emulsions and nutrition with scientist Sachiko Tosa! Sponsored by the Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation.	12 SECRETS OF ARCHAEOLOGY Wednesday 4:00 PM Science Discovery In one hundred years, an archaeologist will know if you didn’t wash your dishes. Join archaeologist Kimberley Connors-Hughes to explore the role of chemistry in unraveling the secrets of the past! Predict whether a wooden button or a metal buckle might survive burial in different kinds of soil, or check out the ‘dirty dishes’ from a funerary feast and learn how various foods leave chemical traces behind. Sponsored by the Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation.
13 DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES Thursday 10:00 AM Children's Discovery Come touch a real dinosaur fossil and pretend to be a paleontologist digging for dinosaur bones in our mock excavation site.	14 PI DAY Friday 3:00 PM Science Discovery 3.14159, it’s so round and it’s so fine…apples to oranges, pizzas and pies, everything round depends on this one number to find its circumference. Get ready to roll with us and find Pi for yourself!	14 YOU SAY POTATO, AND I SAY POTAHTO Friday 10:00 AM Children's Discovery Celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day with potatoes in all shapes and sizes. Use a potato to print a shamrock picture with shades of green.
19 SIGNS OF SPRING Wednesday 10:00 AM Children's Discovery Recreate those harbingers of Spring-make your own pussy willow art to take home.	20 MUSIC AND MOVEMENT WITH MS KARINA Thursday 10:00 AM Children's Come and explore sound through singing and playing. Making music and sharing music together can be educational and fun! Miss Karina has 10+ years of certified musical teaching experience. Find out more at www.artstorymusic.com.	22 APOLLO MOON ROCKS AND METEORITES Saturday 11:00 AM Science Discovery Look closely at ‘national treasures’, precious bits of the Moon, collected during NASA’s Apollo missions with NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador astronomer Jim Zebrowski. Hear about NASA’s plans to return to the moon by 2020. Touch a meteorite and learn how its chemical composition differs from rocks on Earth. Sponsored by the Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation.
25 PAPER MARBLING Tuesday 12:00 PM Children's Discovery Shaving cream and paint swirl together to make amazing marbled prints. Mix colors together to create wavy designs.	25 Years of Wonder 25 SMART GALS Tuesday 3:30 PM Science Discovery Ice cream makers, windshield wipers, the square-bottomed paper bag—Women have been the brains behind hundreds of years of science and invention. Celebrate Women’s History Month and help us bring some of their achievements to life!	25 Years of Wonder 27 THE BIG, BIG, DUMP TRUCK Thursday 10:00 AM Children's Discovery See and climb into a real dump truck from Proctor Landscape & Masonry Supply, Lunenburg, MA. How many steps into the cab? How tall are the wheels? Come and explore!