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Dear
John,
What
better way to ease into summer than with a visit to The Discovery Museum.
We hope to see you soon!
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DEEP IMPACT
NASA Mission Inspires COOL COMET Activities and a
New Planetarium Show
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On July
4, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft concludes a six-month, 268 million
mile voyage to comet Tempel 1 by sending a
projectile crashing into the cosmic traveler. The impact should create a
stadium-sized crater, allowing scientists to study pristine material
inside the comet dating back to the formation of our solar system.
Assuming all goes well with the July 4th collision, the Discovery Museum will offer
weekly COOL COMET activities each Monday in July, culminating in
the opening of a new, DEEP IMPACT Planetarium Show on August 1st.
Visit every week and become a COOL COMET expert.
More About the
NASA Mission...
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Nature the
Focus of New Balcony Exhibit
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David Everitt, reporter for the The
New York Times, wrote the following about artist Barbara Roux in
his November 2003 article "The Island's Woods and Wetlands Are Her
Inspiration" - WHEN Barbara Roux grew up in Huntington Station in
the 1950's and 1960's, her neighborhood included a farm, a section of
woods and a vernal pond. As a child, she loved these places, which were
untouched by suburban development. As an adult, she has devoted herself
to protecting Long Island's shrinking
natural environment while also capturing it in works of art. Ms. Roux
makes three-dimensional mixed-media displays using fallen branches she
collects in the woods and wetlands around her home in Lloyd Harbor, which is still
a habitat for deer, box turtles and red foxes. She also takes photographs
of the area. Her work creates a somber vision of Island nature beset by
both natural and human forces. This summer visitors to the Museum's
Balcony Gallery will be able to get a glimpse into Barbara Roux's world
through large-scale photographs featuring a selection of her Northeastern
forest site events. ACTS OF NATURE is on display now through
August 31st.
Find out more
about Artist Barbara Roux
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New Custom Bot is at the Heart of Robotics Head 2 Head Summer
Program
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Eureka! We've got it.
This is by far the best battle bot base
we've ever created. Easy to assemble and super maneuverable, the young
inventors enrolled in this week-long program will be able to focus their
energy on the creative part - building the weapons and defensive systems
needed to survive in head-to-head competition with other kid's robots.
To survive, a robot must avoid being shut down by others, while working
to shut down the other robots in the competition. Only a few slots remain
in this extrordinary program, so sign up today!
Robotics Head 2 Head is suitable for children ages 11 and up. The
program is being offered July 18 - 22, 2005.
Click to
download a summer program brochure...
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Early
Summer Specials Celebrate Interdistrict Programs with Outer Space and Soap Bubbles
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Help
celebrate the culmination of another successful season of urban /
suburban programs by visiting the Museum on Wednesday, June 29 for
K.I.D.S. Family Day ("A Very Bubble - Y - Event") and Thursday,
June 30th for T.E.A.M.S. Family Day (featuring a special planetarium show
called "Rock On Mars"). Both KIDS and TEAMS are programs
run by Discovery educators in partnership with Cooperative Educational
Services. The programs are designed to bring urban and suburban students
together for joint learning experiences that that build science knowledge
and foster positive relationships between children from different
socioeconomic backgrounds. Since KIDS is a kindergarten program,
activities on Wedensday will be particularily well suited for younger children, however all are invited to participate on
either day. TEAMS focuses on 5th graders, so Thursday's activities will
be geared more for older children and adults. We hope you and your family
will join us on both days.
More about Interdistrict Programs in Connecticut..
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SPECIAL THANKS to our summer exhibit
sponsors
Webster Bank
Connecticut
Commission on Culture and Tourism
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