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Programs
Ice Lab
Thu Nov 21 at 10:00 am
- The Swamp
This is a recurring event. Check the daily calendar for more schedule information.
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Ice Lab
Daily, 10 am-3:30 pm
The Swamp, near aquarium elevators
Explore cold-weather creatures, their adaptations, and their environments through hands-on experiments and demonstrations:
Presenter programs (1-3 pop-ups daily near aquarium elevators )
- Blubber Glove: Get a “hands-on” feel for how Arctic animals stay warm in cold water climates
- Melting Ice: Discover how temperature and salinity affect density with this cool-as-ice experiment
Specimen discovery (select pop-ups daily throughout the museum)
- Bear: Examine black, grizzly, and polar bear skulls, paw prints, and pelts
- Caribou: Touch a caribou pelt, antlers, antler velvet, and lichen
- Snowflake: Explore ice crystal structures using microscopes
- Comet: See a comet made right before your eyes and find out what common ingredients can be combined to make these icy solar bodies (weekends only)
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Make merry at the museum! Meet baby animals, frolic under flurries, and revel in live shows. Starts Nov. 23!
Glide into winter with a flurry of fun (and 2 baby reindeer!) at our evening event for science fans of all ages.
An interactive storytime about how humans are connected to each other and the natural world. Daily, 10:15 a.m.