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MAY
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Preschool Storytime 2:00 PM
Storytime includes stories, music, science activities, and lots of hands-on fun!
In the Kids Room |
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Friday Night Stargazing 7:00-10:30 PM
Weather Permitting
See the Moon, planets, and stars through our historic–and now computer controlled refracting telescope. Friday admission to the Observatory is free (does not include access to the museum). Phone 410-545-2999 after 5:00 PM on Fridays to find out if the Observatory will be open that night. |
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Space Day 11:00 AM-4:00 PM
Space Day features aerospace displays, and activities. Presentations will be made possible from NASA Space Telescope, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, model rocket clubs, and the makers of NASA spacesuits. Activities include making Alka-Selzter rockets, constructing your own space backpacks, and signing a poster that will fly your name into space. Also NASA astronaut ken Reightler will be here to meet visitors and sign autographs. |
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Saturday Morning Science 10:30 AM
Wake up and smell the science! Come to the Maryland Science Center Saturday Mornings at 10:30 a.m. and join in a Saturday Morning Funshop. These hands-on programs give you a chance to participate in hands-on exploration of everyday science plus visit the Maryland Science Center afterwards. Click here for more information. |
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Tuesday Talks 8:30 AM
Join us for coffee, bagels and an intimate discussion with D.G Sibeck about the shimmering aurora in the polar skies–one of nature's most beautiful phenomena. To RSVP call 410.545.5940 or email amyers@marylandsciencecenter.org. Click here for more information.
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Preschool Storytime 11:00 AM
Storytime includes stories, music, science activities, and lots of hands-on fun!
In the Kids Room |
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Infant and Toddler Activity 11:00 AM
Special activity time, designed just for children 0-24 months and their adults. Come enjoy music, movement, stories, songs, and crafts with your little one. Limited to 15 children.
In the Kids Room |
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Body & Soul Lecture 7:00 PM
Co-hosted by American Visionary Art Museum and the Maryland Science Center, Body & Soul is a dynamic lecture series featuring renowned experts in the areas of medical science, physics, metaphysics, religion, art and visionary experience. Join us at the Visionary Art Museum to listen to Patch Adams from the Gesundheit Institute. Click here for more information. |
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Waddle, Wade, Paddle 2:00 PM
Frogs, muskrats and ducks, oh my! Get up close and personal with some of our pond dwelling creatures. Learn why tadpoles wriggle and why ducks eat upside down. Race a water strider and track animals in and around the pond. Join us as we explore what lives In the Small, Small Pond.
In the Kids Room |
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Wiggle Wednesday 11:00 AM
Special athletic time, designed just for children ages 3 through 6 and their adults. Come wiggle, squirm, and dance as we enjoy music, movement, stories, songs, and rhymes. Great opportunity to get some kid friendly exercise and get those energetic kiddos moving. Limited to 15 children.
In the Kids Room |
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Body & Soul Lecture 7:00 PM
Co-hosted by American Visionary Art Museum and the Maryland Science Center, Body & Soul is a dynamic lecture series featuring renowned experts in the areas of medical science, physics, metaphysics, religion, art and visionary experience. Join us at the Maryland Science Center to listen to Liz Lerman (Liz Lerman Dance Exchange) and Georgia Dunston (Howard University School of Medicine). Click here for more information. |
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JUNE
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Tuesday Talks 8:30 AM
Join us for coffee, bagels and an intimate discussion with Dr. Lori Kelman about what biotechnology is and how it affects you, this discussion will be a brief intro to the language, promise, and peril of biotechnology. To RSVP call 410.545.5940 or email amyers@marylandsciencecenter.org. Click here for more information.
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Preschool Storytime 11:00 AM
Storytime includes stories, music, science activities, and lots of hands-on fun!
In the Kids Room |
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Body & Soul Lecture 7:00 PM
Co-hosted by American Visionary Art Museum and the Maryland Science Center, Body & Soul is a dynamic lecture series featuring renowned experts in the areas of medical science, physics, metaphysics, religion, art and visionary experience. Join us at the Maryland Science Center to listen to Rustum Roy (Pennsylvania State University), Nathan Moskowitz (Neurosurgeon and Artist) and Frank Warren (PostSecret). Click here for more information. |
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Infant and Toddler Activity 11:00 AM
Special activity time, designed just for children 0-24 months and their adults. Come enjoy music, movement, stories, songs, and crafts with your little one. Limited to 15 children.
In the Kids Room |
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Preschool Storytime 2:00 PM
Storytime includes stories, music, science activities, and lots of hands-on fun!
In the Kids Room |
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6
13
20
27 |
Friday Night Stargazing 7:00-10:30 PM
Weather Permitting
See the Moon, planets, and stars through our historic–and now computer controlled refracting telescope. Friday admission to the Observatory is free (does not include access to the museum). Phone 410-545-2999 after 5:00 PM on Fridays to find out if the Observatory will be open that night. |
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Wiggle Wednesday 11:00 AM
Special athletic time, designed just for children ages 3 through 6 and their adults. Come wiggle, squirm, and dance as we enjoy music, movement, stories, songs, and rhymes. Great opportunity to get some kid friendly exercise and get those energetic kiddos moving. Limited to 15 children.
In the Kids Room |
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Dark Matters Opens in Davis Planetarium
New Planetarium program opens on mysterious dark matter and dark energy and how they might be key to understanding the origin and evolution of our universe. |
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Waddle, Wade, Paddle 3:00 PM
Ever wonder how wheels spin and screws twist? Explor how simple machines work from levers to pulleys. Investigate the science behind the wedge and the inclined plane. Invent your own machine to move everyday objects. from the playground to the bathroom, discover how we usesimple machines everyday.
In the Kids Room |
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Body & Soul Lecture 7:00 PM
Co-hosted by American Visionary Art Museum and the Maryland Science Center, Body & Soul is a dynamic lecture series featuring renowned experts in the areas of medical science, physics, metaphysics, religion, art and visionary experience. Join us at the Visionary Art Museum to listen to Andrew Newberg (The Center for Spirituality and the Mind at the University of Pennsylvania) and Julia Butterfly Hill (Circle of Life Foundation). Special performance by singer/songwriter Courtney Dowe. Click here for more information. |
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Summer Solstice–Observatory, SpaceLink, Davis Planetarium
Celebrate the beginning of summer with demonstrations of solstice in Davis Planetarium, Sun observing in Observatory, and Sun related art and crafts activities in SpaceLink. |
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Beau Soleil-the Maryland Science Center Solstice
8:00 PM - Midnight
It's the Maryland Science Center's annual Summer Celebration–Solstice 2008
Join the Maryland Science Center for an evening of sumptuous food, drinks on the front porch, and music to stomp by! Click here for more information. |
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Maryland Science Center's annual gala–Solstice...
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Camp MSC
Sensational Summer Science at the Maryland Science Center... |
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