Events
We offer a variety of events for educators throughout the year.
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- Boston Marathon® Fundraising Dinner (Special Program)
- The Museum of Science invites you to join us in celebration of our 2010 Boston Marathon team. Let's support our 15 runners in this home stretch to reach their training and fundraising goals. Contributions benefit Museum's Traveling Programs, ensuring that the program expands to more communities and aiding in the purchase of a new van fleet ... (details).
March 12, 2010
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- Best In Show (Lecture)
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Master mockumentarian Christopher Guest (This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind) wrote and directed Best in Show, an inspired send-up of competitive canine culture. Winner of American, Canadian, and British Comedy Awards and a critical favorite, this gem follows a colorful group of contestants ... (details).
With: Dr. Nicholas Dodman, BVMS, MRCVS, professor, section head, and program director, Animal Behavior Department of Clinical Sciences, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.
March 15, 2010
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- NanoDays 2010 (Special Program)
- NanoDays is a nationwide celebration of nanoscale science, and you're invited! Come celebrate with us March 26 - 27. Enjoy nano-related activities throughout the Museum of Science Exhibit Halls, including these special events: The Amazing Nano Brothers Juggling Show! Join Dan and Joel as the jiggle ... (details).
March 26, 2010
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- Birdology (Special Program)
- Join us as we welcome New Hampshire naturalist and author Sy Montgomery to the Gordon Current Science & Technology Center stage. Montgomery presents two bird-themed talks before adjourning to the Museum store to sign copies of her new book, Birdology. Schedule of events: Birds Are Dinosaurs Hear ... (details).
April 09, 2010
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- National Robotics Week (Special Program)
- Join us April 10 - 18 for this first-annual celebration that explores how robots impact society, both now and in years to come. Throughout the week, check out a special Gordon Current Science & Technology Center presentation, and visit the robots in Cahners ComputerPlace, like the Mars personal exploration rover and the life-saving iRobot Packbot ... (details).
April 10, 2010
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- Cambridge Science Festival Overnight (Special Program)
- Be among the first to experience the Cambridge Science Festival at the Museum by sleeping over on the night before it starts! Students in grades 1 - 7 and their adult chaperones are invited to see what happens at the Museum at night. Discover science in an entertaining, educational, and interactive ... (details).
April 23, 2010
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- Cambridge Science Festival (Special Program)
- Showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science and technology, this multifaceted, multicultural event features exhibitions, plays, concerts, poetry readings, lectures, demonstrations, and debates. Unless otherwise indicated, events are included with Exhibit Halls admission ... (details).
April 24, 2010
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- Firefly Day (Special Program)
- The Museum kicks off the third year of its Firefly Watch citizen science project with a day-long celebration of our volunteers and the insects they follow. Enjoy special presentations from firefly scientists, a multimedia slide show, and children's activities as you learn about these wonderful and fascinating insects ... (details).
April 24, 2010
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- Toxic Traffic (Forum)
- Emerging research links chronic exposure to motor vehicle pollution with health effects such as asthma and cardiac disease. In this forum presented in collaboration with the Cambridge Public Health Department, you're invited to share your perspectives about what can be done to address these risks in the near and long term ... (details).
April 25, 2010
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Call UpStairs on the Square at 617-864-1933 by Friday, ...
Call UpStairs on the Square at 617-864-1933 by Friday, ...
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- Planting the Seeds (Lecture)
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If you dig farm-fresh food but don't know how to grow it, Jessie Banhazl of Green City Growers demonstrates how to get your own backyard farm garden started. Locally grown food tastes better and is healthier than the chemically treated produce available in supermarkets.
What can you do with the "fruits" ... (details).
With: Jessie Banhazl, managing director and owner, Green City Growers ; Steven Brand, executive chef, UpStairs on the Square.
April 28, 2010
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- Artist's Talk: Chris Jordan (Lecture)
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Join internationally acclaimed photographer Chris Jordan in the Museum's newest gallery for an artist's talk about his work and the current exhibition, Running the Numbers: Portraits of Mass Consumption.
Sociologists tell us that the human mind cannot meaningfully grasp numbers higher than a few thousand ... (details).
With: Chris Jordan, artist.
April 30, 2010
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- Food, Glorious Food: Our Palate vs. Our Planet? (Lecture)
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Celebrity foodies Joanne Chang and Corby Kummer, along with national food sustainability expert Helene York, explore the relationship between our love affair with food and our desire to protect the planet. Join us for a conversation about how we can radically redesign what we eat to help the Earth without ... (details).
With: Joanne Chang, pastry chef and owner, Flour Bakery and Café; chef and owner, Myers+Chang; Corby Kummer, senior editor, The Atlantic Monthly; host, The Atlantic Food Channel; author, The Pleasures of Slow Food; Helene York, director, Bon Appétit Management Company Foundation.
May 07, 2010
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- An Evening with "Her Deepness" Sylvia Earle (Lecture)
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Legendary marine biologist Sylvia Earle, the first woman to walk freely on the ocean floor (at a depth of 1,250 feet), has been called "Her Deepness" by The New Yorker and The New York Times. An Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society since 1998 and named Time magazine's first "hero ... (details).
With: Sylvia Earle, oceanographer; author, The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One; National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence .
May 12, 2010
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- Blue Zones: Secrets of a Long Life (Lecture)
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Please join us for this Reno Family Foundation Symposium, part of the Celebrity Science Series.
World-renowned explorer Dan Buettner and his team of researchers have traveled across the globe to investigate five hot spots of human health and vitality known as "blue zones." Along the way, they've met ... (details).
With: Dan Buettner, explorer; National Geographic writer; author, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest .
June 11, 2010
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Advance registration required: 617-723-2500.
Advance registration required: 617-723-2500.
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9 - 12
9 - 12
- What's Green Chemistry? (Lecture)
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John Warner, director, president, and CTO of the Warner Babcock Institute, and Amy Cannon, co-founder and executive director of the Beyond Benign Foundation, start off the day with a 50-minute lecture that relates science to students' lives. John introduces students to the concepts of green chemistry ... (details).
With: John Warner, director, president, and CTO of the Warner Babcock Institute; Amy Cannon, co-founder and executive director of the Beyond Benign Foundation.
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- Firefly Watch (Special Program)
- Spotting fireflies is a special part of any warm summer night, because we so rarely see them. Are fireflies disappearing from our landscape? If so, why? What can we do about it? This Citizen Science website helps researchers determine why fireflies seem to be declining, and it offers the general ... (details).
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- Membership Discount for Teachers (Educator Outreach)
- Join our Teacher Partner Program and receive a coupon for $10 off of a new membership to the Museum of Science. Other benefits of the Teacher Partner Program include: >Free access to the Museum's Exhibit Halls >Preview coupons for Omni films, Planetarium shows, and other special venues >Discount ... (details).
