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E-Newsletter October E-News, 2006 Greetings Science Factory Supporters! A ton of fun and learning awaits you this month as our after-school classes kick off, a new Planetarium show begins and we get ready for our annual Halloween Extravaganzas – now expanded to two separate events! Plus, we’re kicking off our Metamorphosis campaign. What’s that? Why, it’s a fundraising drive to put the museum on track for a much-needed facelift! Read on for full details and hope to see you at the Science Factory soon! ONGOING IN THE MUSEUM Exhibit Hall: Amusement Park Science – What keeps you in a roller coaster when it travels upside-down? You’ll find out at the Science Factory’s latest exhibit. Planetarium: Saturdays & Sundays, 1 PM – Up in the Sky Saturdays & Sundays, 2 PM - NEW SHOW! Aurora : The Northern Lights Registration: Registrations Now Accepted for all Fall/Winter Programs. School field trips now being scheduled. Metamorphosis Campaign: Donate dollars, skills or materials to our effort to put a shine on the Science Factory! Our first-ever remodel project is off-the-ground. Details follow. Attachment for the full scoop. Gift Shop: Learning toys, science kits, specialty items. All proceeds support the museum. Membership: Consider joining today! Free admission to Exhibit Hall, Planetarium show and entry into over 240 museums nationwide. A bargain at $50. Birthday Parties: We have parties down to a science! New party themes include Bubble-ology, Fossil Finders, Rainforest Fun, Detective Science and our Planetarium Show. Parties include instructor, Exhibit Hall play time, private party time and birthday gift! OCTOBER CALENDAR
METAMORPHOSIS: CHANGE FOR THE BETTER Our campaign to improve our museum space is kicked off this month with a project to remodel our back classroom. The classroom is the focal point for all of our hands-on activities, special events, classes and summer camps. It’s a virtual beehive of busy minds and bodies at work. But after 30 years of spilled experiments and heavy kid traffic, we think it’s time for an “extreme makeover.” Plans are afoot for new storage units, new flooring, new paint, new lights, a new child-friendly sink, new counters and more! We’ll be posting a preliminary architectural drawing and more information in the museum for visitors to take a peek and give us your feedback. If you read our newsletter, you already may be aware that SELCO Community Credit Union has generously come on board with a $10,000 pledge as a partnering sponsor of the project. And we’re thrilled to report that many others are following! As of the first week of October, the following sponsors have donated funds, pledges or materials to the project. Autohaus, K Ridley Technology, The Top Shop, West Coast Bank, Pacific Continental Bank, Oregon Community Credit Union, FedEx/Kinko’s, Dari-Mart Stores, Inc., Pacific Source, Central Print, Weyerhaeuser, Bi-Mart, Jerry’s Home Improvement, Lithia Chrysler Dodge of Eugene, Sanderson, Rubenstein’s Contract Carpet, ATEZ Asbestos,Twin Rivers Plumbing. Chuck Bailey, AIA, architect and Todd Glenz, Vice President/Development for McKenzie Commercial are serving as the design/contractor team for the project. Total Estimated Project Cost: $70,000. Total Worth of Your Donation: Priceless Please consider becoming involved with this very worthwhile and necessary beginning Improvement to the Science Factory. This museum belongs to you! Take ownership in our area’s only children’s science museum and invest in this valuable community resource today. Please read the attached document for full details on Metamorphosis. For further information about becoming a sponsor, or donating services or funds to the project, please contact: Joyce Berman, Marketing Director, 682-7882 or e-mail: joyceb@sciencefactory.org TOT DISCOVERY DAY THIS FRIDAY The crisp, clear nights are beginning, the days are getting shorter and the children are getting up and off to school. It all means fall is here, and that means we have the time and ability to put together a whiz-bang morning of activities for you and your little ones this Friday, October 6, from 10 AM – 12 PM. It’s Tot Discovery Day with a focus on fall fun. We’ll be exploring all of those interesting autumn scents, making your own tree and discovering fall objects at different learning stations. Admission: $10 per parent/child combo. Members, Free! Children 5 and under only, please. $2 for each additional child. HALLOWEEN EVENTS TO BE SPOOK-TACULAR Start planning that costume now – our Halloween Extravaganza has added an "s." We’ve created two separate events so that you can double your pleasure. Our Wee Bit O’Halloween gets off the ground on Friday, October 27 from 10 AM – 12 Noon. We’ll be performing our very first pumpkin dissections, creating spider crafts, experimenting in our Mad Scientist’s Lab and dressing up with you for a costume contest. Then, as the sun sets and the werewolves come out…… The 4th Annual Halloween Extravaganza gears up from 5 – 8 PM, with pumpkin catapulting, a new Haunted Forest of Horrors (featuring horrifying hockey players from the Eugene Generals Hockey Team), a special Halloween in the Stars planetarium show, Crazy Chemistry Lab and a costume contest. We hope that these two events send shivers up your spine and provide a perfect pre-Halloween party for you and your family. Admission: Members: $10/Family, Non Members: $15/Family. Family: 2 Adults and up to 4 children. $2, each additional child. AURORA: THE NORTHERN LIGHTS The spectacular, awe-inspiring Aurora Borealis is a natural occurrence created when solar particles collide with gas molecules in the Earth’s atmosphere. It occurs in our own Oregon sky up to 10 times per year. Learn the origins, peculiarities, and best times and places to see the Aurora in this fascinating show beginning this Saturday, October 7 at 2 PM. The show continues every weekend on Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM. Planetarium Director Sue Peterson has created this show to entertain and enlighten. All of our shows are live and interactive and the audience has a chance to ask questions of Sue after her presentation. Try and stump her! When you’re through learning about the Aurora , we’ve partnered up with the U-O Museum of Natural and Cultural History to provide Science Factory patrons with a discount on their current photography exhibit on the Aurora . Ask the front counter for your star, and you’ll receive $1 off admission at MUNCH. Northern Lights: Luminous Emissaries from the Arctic Skies, is local photographer John Flinn’s collection of 14 large-format color prints documenting the Auroras. "My goal is to make visible for others the nearly invisible, fleeting moments of transcendent beauty that occur in nature." - John Flinn TEACHER IN-SERVICE TRAINING AT SCIENCE FACTORY 1 Stop Shop: Making the Most of Your Science Factory Visit will be offered to all K-12 educators on Friday, October 13 from 10 AM – 1 PM. Science Factory instructors will connect exhibit activities and planetarium shows at the museum to classroom ideas and state science content standards. Teachers are asked to register with the Science Factory at 682-7888. CHANGES AT THE SCIENCE FACTORY Our Education Director, Tracey Edmundson, will no longer be at the Science Factory, effective this month. Tracey was a very committed and dedicated employee and worked tirelessly on behalf of the Science Factory, upgrading our summer camp program, and all educational programs at the museum. She was instrumental in working to upgrade the quality and direction of our teaching staff, special events, exhibits and many other aspects of museum administration. Many of her duties will be carried on by Science Factory Educator Jenn Shelton. We wish Tracey well in her new endeavors and know that the hard work she put in to the museum will lay the groundwork for future improvements to our educational programming. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL ISSUES KEY REPORT ON K-8 SCIENCE EDUCATION Saying K-8 classes are in "urgent need" of improvement in science education the National Research Council (NRC) last week called for major changes to boost K-8 science achievement and has issued a groundbreaking report that redefines what it means to be proficient in science and provides recommendations on science standards, curricula, assessment and instruction. Read the executive summary to the report Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8, or to read the Washington Post article on the report (NSTA Executive Director Gerry Wheeler is quoted), visit http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/21/AR2006092101570.html. MODERN MARVELS SPONSORS INVENTION CONTEST Do you have a breakthrough invention? Have you been crafting the next great Modern Marvel of the 21st century? You could win a $25,000 grant and a national showcase for your invention. Enter the Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge by November 20, 2006 at History.com/invent TREE GROWTH PUZZLE What happens to a spike nailed into a tree? http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20060920/PuzzleZone.asp Science Factory Children's Museum & Planetarium is an Oregon non-profit whose mission is to "engage, excite, and inspire children to explore science, technology and humanity." Science Factory is located south of Autzen Stadium in Alton Baker Park at 2300 Leo Harris Parkway . Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 12 - 4 PM. First Friday of each month, open to accompanied preschoolers age 5 and under only, 10 AM - 12 Noon. Planetarium shows are at 1 and 2 PM, every Saturday and Sunday. Call 682-7888 for more information or visit our website at www.sciencefactory.org |
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