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SUMMARY:How Do Ecologists Read a Landscape?
DESCRIPTION:Meet us at Powdermill Nature Reserve for a guided nature walk inspired by Carnegie Museum of Art’s exhibition Widening the Lens: Photography\, Ecology\, and the Contemporary Landscape\, currently on view in the art museum’s galleries\, which are right next door to ours\, all in the same building. \nCarnegie Museum of Natural History scientists\, Mason Heberling\, Associate Curator of Botany\, and Rachel Reeb\, Postdoctoral Research Associate\, Botany\, will lead a guided walk and teach you how to read a landscape like an ecologist\, identify spatial patterns\, study compositions of plants and animals\, and spot signs of environmental degradation and repair. \n\nHow Do Ecologists Read a Landscape?\nSaturday\, October 5\, 2024 2:00-3:30 p.m.\n[swcheckout site=”4″ item=”134332″]\n\n\n\nRelated Exhibition\n\nWidening the Lens: Photography\, Ecology\, and the Contemporary Landscape
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/how-do-ecologists-read-a-landscape/
LOCATION:Powdermill Nature Reserve\, 1795 Route 381\, Rector\, PA\, 15677\, United States
CATEGORIES:Powdermill
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: How the Herbarium Shaped Botany
DESCRIPTION:Imperial Order: How the Herbarium Shaped Botany from the Enlightenment to the Early United States\nMonday\, October 7\, 2024\, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.\nEarth Theater and online via Zoom\nFeaturing Molly Hardy\, National Endowment for the Humanities\nThis lecture is free\, museum admission is not required.\n\nA product of the Enlightenment\, the herbarium cabinet lays out strictures for the natural world\, and it became the way that botanical information was organized\, but it also came to organize botanical thinking. Through its reordering of nature into the taxonomic system of categories and relationships within those categories\, the herbarium takes the ecological system as it exists in the natural world and effectively makes a new system. This new system is what Dr. Hardy calls an “information ecology\,” one in which the plant must first become a singular\, individual unit— a species specimen—that then can be ordered to function in Botany’s taxonomic systems.  \nThe talk begins with a look at Carl Linnaeus’ plans for the herbarium cabinet\, laid out in his botanical treatise\, Philosophia Botanica (1751). Linnaeus eschewed the bound book for a piece of furniture filled with plants dried on sheets and organized according to his botanical system. This new information architecture ordered flora in a way that reflected Botany’s inextricable ties to empire. The herbarium reflected the philosophical thinking underlying Linnaeus’ work\, and then\, the herbarium came to shape botanical thinking by atomizing plant communities and mechanizing plant specimens for ease of ordering and reordering\, storing and retrieving.  \nDr. Hardy next turns to Botany in the early United States\, where the Linnaean system of botanical order was adopted. A century after Linnaeus\, Asa Gray\, a self-proclaimed “closet botanist\,” praised the herbarium as the indispensable tool for the burgeoning field of plant science in the United States. The individuation of species\, required for the herbarium to function\, became Gray’s life work as he toiled tirelessly to classify and name the plants collected as the new nation expanded west. Plants from these peripheries of the American empire came east to be organized\, and ordered\, in Gray’s herbarium at Harvard.   \n Click here to register to attend virtually via Zoom. Registration is not necessary. Museum admission is not included with the lecture. Visitor Services staff can direct you to Earth Theater on arrival.
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-hardy-2425/
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SUMMARY:Teen Night: Ghoulish Galleries
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 10\, 2024\, 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.\nCarnegie Museums of Art and Natural History\nFree for teen members.\n\nTeens are invited to a spooky night in Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History’s Ghoulish Galleries! Experience a night of eerie fun with a bug-tasting booth\, where you can trick or treat yourself to some creepy crawlers. Learn all about bats\, insects\, and arachnids in an interactive setting\, create your own wearable costume\, and make a deconstructed stuffed animal. Teens will enjoy a Halloween playlist curated by a live DJ\, get a custom caricature\, and take home goody bags.  \nThis event is for teens ages 13-18 and will be held during open hours at Carnegie Museum of Art and Carnegie Museum of Natural History.\nClick here to register Teen Night: Ghoulish Galleries. \nTeen Membership is generously supported by\nThe Grable Foundation and the Robert and Mary Weisbrod Foundation \nCommunity Access Membership is presented by
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/teen-night-ghoulish-galleries/
LOCATION:At the Museum\, 4400 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213-4007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Members Event
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SUMMARY:Powdermill Avian Research Center Free Guided Tour
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a free guided tour of the bird banding lab and research facility including the flight tunnel. Visit the bird banding lab and see up-close how researchers safely capture and band birds\, and learn about the data they gather. Hear about how we’re studying avian perception of glass to provide glass manufacturers and building designers with important information that will help reduce bird-window collisions. This event takes place in an area typically closed to the public\, so make sure you don’t miss it! \nGuests must pre-register for the tour and arrive at PARC by 8:00 a.m. The tour is 1.5 hours long. \n\nPARC Free Guided Tour\nOctober 11\, 2024\n8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.\n[swcheckout site=”6″ item=”131983″] \n\n 
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/powdermill-avian-research-center-free-guided-tour-11/
LOCATION:Powdermill Nature Reserve\, 1795 Route 381\, Rector\, PA\, 15677\, United States
CATEGORIES:Powdermill
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SUMMARY:Colors of the River at Powdermill
DESCRIPTION:When: Sunday\, October 13\, 2024\, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.\nWhere: Powdermill Nature Reserve Visitor’s Center\nPay What You Wish\nHave you ever wondered if the colors around us are more than just pretty? Join us as we venture into Southwestern Pennsylvania’s waterways to explore pigments\, riparian ecology\, and what they can tell us about water quality. We will use art-based research methods to understand abstract scientific concepts by making paintings out of the surrounding colored materials such as leaves\, bark\, and rocks. Artistic skills or research experience are not required\, only an open mind and clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty.\nEvent led by Three Rivers Waterkeeper’s Sierra Weir (she/they) \n\nColors of the River\n[swcheckout site=”6″ item=”134686″] \n\n 
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/colors-river-powdermill/
LOCATION:Powdermill Nature Reserve\, 1795 Route 381\, Rector\, PA\, 15677\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241018T180000
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SUMMARY:Haunted Museum After Dark
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, October 18\, 2024\, 6 p.m. – 10 p.m.\nCarnegie Museum of Natural History\n$24 (Members $19)\nAges 21+ Only\n\nPut on your costume and party with us at Carnegie Museum of Natural History! See frighteningly fantastic specimens\, explore the museum’s haunted halls after hours\, and be prepared…you never know what surprises are in store. \nActivities include:  \n\n* Watch a live pumpkin carving by the Pittsburgh Pumpkin Guy\n* Indulge in themed cocktails like the Vampire Kiss and Hocus Potion\n* Learn about frighteningly fantastic specimens from mollusk experts Tim Pearce and Sabrina Spiher Robinson\, and insect scientists Ainsley Seago and Vanessa Verdecia.\n* Make a Halloween mosaic with Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse\n* Go on a virtual ghost tour with Haunted Pittsburgh\n* Mix a ‘90s-themed mocktail with Songbird Artistry\n* Watch a live sculpting demonstration by Justin Harvilla of 3 Stone Arts\n\nA Spanish language interpreter will be on-site for the duration of the event to translate special spotlight tours in the exhibitions. Check out the printed schedule\, provided in Spanish at the event\, to find the time and location of the activities where interpretation is available. \nHaunted Museum After Dark tickets include admission to Carnegie Museum of Natural History for the evening. Food and beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) will be available for purchase. \nCostumes are encouraged\, but must follow the guidelines below.  \n\nBuy Tickets Now\n\n\n\nCostumes may be worn according to these guidelines. Guests who do not adhere to these guidelines may be refused entry or asked to leave\, unless the costume can be modified to meet them. \n\nCostumes may not be obstructive\, offensive\, objectionable\, or violent.\nCostumes may not contain any props or accessories that resemble or could easily be mistaken for an actual weapon. Costumes may not contain any prop or accessory that resembles a gun.\nCostumes may not contain sharp objects\, pointed objects or materials that may accidentally strike or impede another guest.\nCostumes may not drag on the ground (dress trains\, robe trains\, etc).\nCostume masks of any kind may not be worn. \nCostume headwear may be worn if it does not cover the face.\nAnything worn on the back may not be any wider than your elbows can extend to the side.\nLarge costumes or costume props that surround the entire body are strongly discouraged. Props and/or costume elements should not be any wider than your elbows can extend to the side.\n\nSponsored by
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/haunted_museum_after_dark_2024/
LOCATION:At the Museum\, 4400 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213-4007\, United States
CATEGORIES:21+ Hours and Events
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SUMMARY:Powdermill Avian Research Center Open House
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an open house at the Powdermill Avian Research Center (PARC)! Although PARC is operational year-round\, it typically is closed to the public. Stop by anytime during the Open House to get a behind-the-scenes look at what some of our scientists are up to. You’ll be able to see the bird banding processes up close\, learn about how we catch them\, find out what data is recorded\, etc. This event is free! But please RSVP! \n\nPARC Open House\nOctober 19\, 2024\n8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.\n[swcheckout site=”6″ item=”131981″] \n\n 
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/powdermill-avian-research-center-open-house-12/
LOCATION:Powdermill Nature Reserve\, 1795 Route 381\, Rector\, PA\, 15677\, United States
CATEGORIES:Powdermill
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241021T120000
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: How Geckos Rule the Night
DESCRIPTION:Photo Credit: Tyger Williams\, TNS \nHow Geckos Rule the Night: From Ancient Amber to Modern Stowaways\nMonday\, October 21\, 2024\, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.\nEarth Theater and online via Zoom\nFeaturing Aaron Bauer\, Villanova University\nThis lecture is free. Museum admission is not required.\nWith more than 2300 extant species\, geckos are one of the most species-rich groups of living reptiles and can be seen as an evolutionary success story. Their distinctive body plan was established approximately 150 million years ago and they had already diversified extensively by the Late Cretaceous\, as demonstrated by 100-million-year-old amber fossils from Myanmar. Most geckos are nocturnal\, and this is likely one of the keys to the success of the group. The evolution of diverse architectures of adhesive toepads has also promoted diversification in gecko lineages. Although constrained in some aspects of their morphology and ecology\, modern gecko diversity is promoted by the combination of substrate specificity and low vagility\, resulting in extensive allopatric speciation. As a result\, many gecko genera are speciose\, but individual species are restricted to small areas of occurrence. Paradoxically\, a few species of geckos have evolved traits that not only permit them to occupy larger areas\, but also make them successful invasive species. These few “super-colonizers” have been spread between continents through human activity\, from the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the development of modern shipping routes.  \nClick here to register to attend virtually via Zoom. Registration is not necessary to attend in person. Museum admission is not included with the lecture. Visitor Services staff can direct you to Earth Theater on arrival.
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-bauer-2425/
LOCATION:Hybrid: Online and At the Museum
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SUMMARY:Educator Workshop: Real Science in the Classroom
DESCRIPTION:This workshop takes place at Powdermill Nature Reserve in Rector\, PA \nUnderstanding scientific research and how to apply it is an important part of a learner’s process and will be a critical component of the new STEELS standards. Join us at Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s environmental research center in Rector\, PA for this new workshop focused on incorporating scientific research into curriculum and informal learning programs. Using the new STEELS standards as guidance\, Powdermill educators and experts will discuss how we apply ecological research and how to make it understandable and accessible to learners.  \nWe encourage formal and informal educators from all disciplines to join us for this great opportunity to collaborate and share ideas. \nIf more than 50% of your students qualify for free or reduced-price school lunch\, your school or organization will be eligible for a scholarship towards a museum field trip after the workshop.  \nFunding is available to reimburse your school or district for substitute teacher costs on the day that you attend this workshop. \nWhen: Tuesday\, October 22\, 2024\, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.\nWhere: Powdermill Nature Reserve\, Rector\, PA\n\n\n[swcheckout site=”6″ item=”132871″]
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/educator-workshop-real-science-0ct-2024/
LOCATION:Powdermill Nature Reserve\, 1795 Route 381\, Rector\, PA\, 15677\, United States
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