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Boy Scouts Indian Lore Merit Badge
Boy Scouts Indian Lore Merit Badge
Examine artifacts from the Tlingit, Hopi, Lakota, and Iroquois in Alcoa Foundation Hall of American Indians. Compare and contrast traditional dwellings, tribal government, language, and many other aspects of these diverse cultures past and present. Merit Badge pre-requisites: Indian Lore 3a Merit Badge requirements met during workshop: Indian Lore 1, 2, 3d, 4a or 4c, […]
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Storytime and More
Storytime and More
If You Find a Rock Resting rocks, crossing rocks, hiding rocks—so many kinds of rocks! Come listen to this lyrical book as we discover different ways to enjoy rocks. After we read, we will hit the trail in search of some of these silent natural wonders.
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Historic herbarium specimens used to understand the source and origins of the Irish famine pathogen, Phytophthora infestans
Historic herbarium specimens used to understand the source and origins of the Irish famine pathogen, Phytophthora infestans
Speaker Jean Ristaino, NC State University To take place in the Earth Theater
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Lecture and Cocktails
Lecture and Cocktails
Studying the Impact of the 66 Million-Year-Old Asteroid Strike on Mammal Evolution Armed with four years of National Science Foundation funding, John Wible and an international team of collaborators are attacking the mystery of what effect the asteroid strike, which resulted in the demise of non-avian dinosaurs, had on mammal evolution. Their goal is to […]
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Scientists Live: Mason Heberling
Scientists Live: Mason Heberling
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mason Heberling, will do a broadcast on Facebook Live to share the importance and power of museum specimen digitization! Botanists at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History have recently embarked on a three-year project to digitize nearly 190,000 plant specimens collected in the region. This effort is part of the Mid-Atlantic Megalopolis […]
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Science and Nature Program and Nature Explorers
Science and Nature Program and Nature Explorers
Drones in the Geosciences Featuring Julia Carr Julia Carr, PhD candidate in Geosciences at Penn State University, will join us to share some of her research made possible by drones. Also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), these electronic gadgets are not just toys, and Julia has put them to work in places like Taiwan, […]
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The Evolution of Sex and Gender
The Evolution of Sex and Gender
Speaker Chase Mendenhall, Assistant Curator of Birds at Carnegie Museum of Natural History In recent decades plants and animals have revealed far more diversity in their bodies and behaviors than Darwin ever imagined, especially when it comes to cooperating to make and raise offspring. From bacteria to bonobos we will explore the fundamental questions of […]
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