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E-Newsletter January E-News, 2005 Busy Brains on No School Days! We're looking at habitats this semester for our popular no-school day series collaborating with Young Writers Association and Lane Arts Council. The program is a fun-packed, one-day camp that combines art, science, imagination and writing. On January 28, we'll be exploring oceans as part of "Havens, Homes and Haunts: Habitats Northwest!." We start off the day with a story in the Planetarium to inspire and excite. Then we divide into groups and rotate through a day of discovery and in-depth exploration of the topic. In addition to next Friday's camp, we'll be offering the following schedule: February 21 - Ideal Habitats March 28 - Camouflage April 8 - Nighttime Haunts June 10 - Rivers & Ponds Cost: $30 members, $35 nonmembers. Register at 682-7888. Further info on the website. First Fridays = Fun for Pre-Schoolers We're opening the museum early just for you and your pre-schooler(s) beginning February 4. Doors will open from 10 AM - 12 PM each first Friday Science Discovery Day, featuring hands-on science activities and learning stations especially set up for you and your little one (ages 5 and under only). Our kick-off will include a special appearance by Sarah Grimm of BRING Recycling, in addition to the Science Factory's newly-created construction activities. It's a great activity for the morning before you tote junior off for a nap! No mess in your house and fun for all! No pre-registration required, but fees will be $6 members/$10 nonmembers for each parent/child combo. Additional children $2 each. Pre-school classes welcome as well. Learn About Comets in the Planetarium, then Make Your Own Our new Planetarium show "Ice and Iron" launched for the New Year (Happy New Year, by the way!) takes an in-depth look at comets and asteroids. Learn about the space missions designed to study them and what threat they present to Earth. This Saturday, January 22, we'll be featuring a special Saturday Science Workshop which will allow children (grades 1-5) the chance to attend the new Planetarium show and then head back to our lab and create your own incredible comet right here on Earth. The workshop is from 2 - 4 PM and pre-registration is required. Members, $10, nonmembers $15. New Exhibits Ready to Captivate Our new Recyclotron exhibit takes balls on a ride, the object being to get them into the recycle container. It's a visual explosion of materials, with an underlying message. Our "Wonders of the Eye" exhibit confounds and amuses as visitors can play with optical illusions. Come check out our new additions! Why Science can be Life-Saving! A 10-year-old British girl saved 100 people in Phuket Thailand, when she recognized the approaching tsunami. According to Reuters, the girl had just learned about the science of tsunamis in school. She and her mother quickly warned hotel staff, who evacuated the beach minutes before the tsunami hit. The beach was one of the few on the island where nobody was killed. To read the Reuters article about this incredible story, click here. And to further educate yourself or others on how this natural phenomenon actually does work: http://www.howstuffworks.com/tsunami.htm KEZI-TV Sponsors Future Forecaster Competition KEZI 9 News this Morning is holding a weather contest where participants can win the chance to do a live weather forecast on KEZI 9 News this Morning. Any age can apply, so get out those video cameras and start your budding meteorologist's career! According to the contest guidelines: Applicants are asked to submit a one to two minute video tape of themselves doing a weather report or forecast. Creativity is strongly encouraged. A number of tapes will be picked to run on KEZI 9 News this Morning in February. Viewers will be asked to vote for their favorite candidates, one of which will get the chance to do a live weather forecast on KEZI 9 News this Morning. HOW TO APPLY: Either directly drop off your Mini-DV or VHS tape to KEZI at 2975 Chad Drive or send it with name and contact information by FEBRUARY 9, 2005 to: KEZI-Television Attention: KEZI Future Forecaster P.O. Box 7009 Eugene, Oregon 97401 If applicants have questions, e-mail them to: weather@kezi.com VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH Our newest volunteer, Ken Check is a highly-qualified former Hewlitt-Packard electrical engineer who hails from San Jose, but who, luckily for us, decided to move to Eugene to be near his children and grandchildren. Ken has been busily repairing everything with a current that we can find, and has just recently completed work on a weather-station which provides current readings and a satellite image of the Science Factory and its environs. The weather-cam will soon be featured on our website, so look for that online in the weeks ahead. Many thanks to Ken. He is a wonderful addition to our volunteer family. If you are interested in exploring volunteer opportunities with the Science Factory, please contact: Kari Kytola, Volunteer Coordinator, 682-7882 or karikytola@sciencefactory.org. The Science Factory Children's Museum & Planetarium is an Oregon non-profit whose mission is to "engage, excite, and inspire children for a lifelong love of learning." The Science Factory is located across from Autzen Stadium in Alton Baker Park at 2300 Leo Harris Parkway. Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 12 - 4 PM. Call 682-7888 for more information or visit our website at www.sciencefactory.org. |
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