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SCIENCE THURSDAY
August 15:30 - 8:30 pmFree
- Meet Otus, the Eastern Screech Owl
- Check out live music in the SECU Daily Planet Theater
- Explore the Natural World iLab, Visual World iLab and Micro World iLab
- Compete for prizes at Science Trivia in the Daily Planet Café
- Enjoy a Black Bear-ry Wheat Beer from Raleigh Brewing Company, made with blackberries from Piedmont Wildlife Center.
August 8-Science Cafe: Poetry ScopeMore
August 15-Science Cafe: Captain America's Shield, Wolverine's Claws and the Future of Materials Science and EngineeringMoreAugust 22-Science Cafe: Into Africa: Science from a New PerspectiveMoreAugust 29-Science Cafe: Listening to the Land and Honoring Traditional KnowledgeMore For more information and our upcoming Thursday evening schedule, please visit
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FIRST FRIDAY |
Visit the Daily Planet Café serving a full menu plus beer and wine, shop in the Museum Store, hear live music, stroll through exhibits and drop in at the Nature Art Gallery for the opening reception of Carolina Grasslands. 6pm- Live Jazz with Daniel DeLorenzo & Jacob Dowdy7pm- Jason and the Argonauts in the Museum's WRAL Theater
Free tickets for the film are available at front desk beginning at 5pm.
First Friday Dinosaurs in Motion discount : Adult ticket price is $8
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NATURE ART GALLERY |
First Friday, August 26-9pmReception for Carolina Grasslands
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SCIENCE SATURDAY
The Amazing World of Dragonflies and Damselflies
August 3
11am
Ages 8 and up
Free
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Learn about Tardigrades with Canopy Meg
August 6 and 7
9am- 12pm
Bring your moss and lichens to the student-scientist table outside of the Biodiversity lab in the NRC to have your garden water bears identified.
While little is known about their requirements for life on Earth, water bears can be used as an efficient bio-indicator of habitat quality and global environmental change.
August 8
1pm, 5pm
Undergraduate students from across the country have been working with Senior Scientist at the Museum, Dr. Meg Lowman, to define the taxonomy and distribution of water bears in tree canopies as part of a larger NSF-funded research project. These students will present their research findings in a series of short talks in the SECU Daily Planet theater, located in the Nature Research Center.
August 9
10am-4pm
People interested in learning how to take their own tree-top tardigrade samples can join Canopy Meg at Prairie Ridge Ecostation, the Museum's outdoor educational facility in west Raleigh. No climbing experience necessary; subject to weather.
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PRAIRIE RIDGE ECOSTATION |
Citizen Science Saturdays August 3, 10, 17, 24, 3110:30am - 11:30am
Walk through the SeasonsAugust 13, 271-3pm 
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Girls in Science |
Do you know a middle-school girl who loves science?
Send her to Girls in Science! Girls in Science Connect:Nature is an eight-week afterschool program that gives sixth- and seventh-grade girls the chance to do hands-on science in the natural world and in the Museum. Please see our website for more information:
Applications are due by 5 pm, September 16.
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Special Tribute FILM in the WRAL THEATER
Discover the world of "Rocaterrania"
August 8
7pmFree
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Museum scientific illustrator and visionary artist, Renaldo Kuhler, passed away in June at the age of 81. Join us for a free screening of the feature-length documentary based on Kuhler's life called "Rocaterrania".
"Rocaterrania" explores the fascinating imagination behind amazingly colorful and detailed drawings by Renaldo Kuhler. It has earned four awards - screening at more than 50 film festivals from Vancouver to Buenos Aires before airing on regional PBS in 2011.
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Electronics for Beginners
August 8MoreNature DrawingAugust 8, 25
Introduction to Entomology
August 21, 28
***Schedule Changes:
Computer Programming and the Electronics for Beginners scheduled for October have both been cancelled.Falls Lake hike on September 18 has been moved to November 13.
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The Friends of the Museum's Section 504 coordinator is Angela Baker-James, Executive Director, Friends of the Museum, 11 W. Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601, 919.707.9847 . Program participants are not discriminated against on a basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, religion or familial status. |
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DINOSAURS IN MOTION
Final Weeks
Approaching Soon!
May 18 - September 8 |
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SECU DAILY PLANET
Meet the Scientist
Join us for interviews with Museum Scientists in the 3-story globe-shaped theater of the NRC.
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