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We have additional listings for Ongoing Events all year round! |
| 2012 Events | |
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JANUARY 1 • SUN • Holiday Museum CLOSED for Holiday |
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JANUARY 2 • MON • Holiday Museum CLOSED for Holiday |
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JANUARY 19 • THU • 6PM-8PM Family Fun Science Night (Primarily for families of elementary students) Cost: $2.00 per person Museum Members Free with current membership Live Animals! Come Explore: Science Fair Projects, Wildlife, Fossils, and much more! Enjoy FREE refreshments Register for FREE door prizes Explore a Touch Tank Watch a Diver feed the Fish- 7:00pm FREE educational resource materials Receive a 10% discount in the Dragonfly Gift Shop Family Fun Science Night will be an exciting time for all families to experience science fun! Discover hands-on science and have fun learning! |
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JANUARY 28 • SAT • 9AM-2PM An Oil Spill Professional Development Program for Formal and Informal Educators Educators will hear from experts in four states on current topics, to include a basic overview of oil; toxicity, bioavailability, and biodegradation; dispersants; and the impacts on birds. A hands-on activity will be conducted and lesson plans will be provided. Click here for details and registration information. |
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JAN 28, 2012- MAY 6, 2012 Animal Secrets! Explore the hidden habitats and secret lives of forest animals. Click here... |
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FEB 1 • Fri • 10AM-12Noon Summer Camp Registration for MMNS Members opens See www.msnaturascience.org on February 1 or call 601-576-6000 for registration form. |
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FEB 1 • Fri 3rd Annual Back to Nature Photography Contest deadline for submissions Annual contest guidelines |
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Feb 2, 2012 - Feb 1, 2013 Contest Enter the 4th Annual Back to Nature Photography Contest Designed to encour¬age visitors to venture out and capture the natural beauty of the wildlife and habitats seen on the museum grounds, and along the trails of Lefleur's Bluff State Park. Click here for official guidelines and entry. |
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FEB 3 • Fri • 10AM-12Noon Fish Friday Come to Fishy Friday for fabulous fish facts and fun and fantastic fishy crafts. |
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FEB 4 • Sat • 9AM-12Noon • Event Something Fishy Saturday It's gonna be fishtastic!! Make crafts and learn fishy fun facts. |
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FEB 4 • Sat • 9AM-12Noon • Event Got Fish? A panel of experts will answer your questions on fish. |
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FEB 7 • First Tuesday • 12Noon-1pm • Lecture "The Secret Lives of Birds: Little-known and Seldom-seen Avian Wonders" Speaker: David J. Ringer, Communications Director, Gulf Coast and Mississippi Flyway, National Audubon Society, Baton Rouge. Birds have fascinated and delighted humans for millennia, but how much do we really know about their daily lives? Join speaker and photographer David J. Ringer on a journey of discovery that will take you from the forests and waters of Mississippi to the islands of the South Pacific and the tropics of Africa. Along the way, you'll meet birds both familiar and unfamiliar and discover surprising secrets about each one. |
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FEB 10 • Fri • 10AM-12Noon • Event Arbor Day WOOD you like to know more about trees? Make crafts and learn about the importance of trees. Click Here for more details. |
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FEB 14 - 17 • 9AM-12Noon Giant National Geographic Map of Asia: The map measures 26 feet by 35 feet and is designed as a giant game board to introduce students to the diverse geography of Asia. To book a giant map session for your school or group, please call the museum at 601-576-6000. |
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FEB 18 • Sat • 10am-4pm Parents & Kids Camp/Education Connection Get Your Camp On! Mississippi Style! For this one-stop shop for parents. Determine which camps and summer programs are best for your child. |
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FEB 19 • 1PM-5PM Giant National Geographic Map of Asia: The map measures 26 feet by 35 feet and is designed as a giant game board to introduce students to the diverse geography of Asia. To book a giant map session for your school or group, please call the museum at 601-576-6000. |
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FEB 21 - 23 • 9AM-12Noon Giant National Geographic Map of Asia: The map measures 26 feet by 35 feet and is designed as a giant game board to introduce students to the diverse geography of Asia. To book a giant map session for your school or group, please call the museum at 601-576-6000. |
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FEB 25 • Sat • 9AM-3PM Project WET Teacher Workshop $15.00 registration fee: Click here for registration form |
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March 1 • Thurs Summer camp Registration for non-members opens See www.msnaturasci¬ence.org on March 1 or call 601-576-6000 for registration form. |
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March 3 • Sat • 10AM-3PM Fossil Road Show Fossil experts will help visitors identify their fossils and determine more about their own fossil collections. |
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March 6 • Tues • 12NOON-1PM • Lecture "Timberdoodle: The Secret Life of the American Woodcock" Speaker: Adam B. Butler, Wildlife Biologist, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. With its cryptic camouflage, nocturnal lifestyle, and tendency to live in the thickest of cover, the American Woodcock is a bird with which most Mississippians are unfamiliar. Yet, our state is a primary wintering area for the species, and its unusual habits are certain to interest all who take the time to learn more about its enigmatic life. So whether you call them woodcock, timberdoodles, mudbats, or snipe, come join us to discover more about the natural history of this peculiar little bird. |
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March 12 • Mon • 9AM-3PM Growing UP WILD Teacher Workshop $15.00 registration fee: Click here for registration form |
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March 13 • TUES • 9AM-3PM Project WET Teacher Workshop $15.00 registration fee: Click here for details and registration form. |
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March 14 • WED • 9AM-3PM WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands Teacher Workshop Click here for details. |
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March 15 • Thur • 9AM-3PM Wild about Endangered Species Teacher Workshop $15.00 registration fee: Click here for registration form |
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March 16 • Fri • 9AM-3PM Flying WILD Teacher Workshop $15.00 registration fee: Click here for registration form |
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April 3 • Tues • 12NOON-1PM • Lecture Secret Lives of Winter Stoneflies Speaker: Dr. Bill P. Stark, Sadler Professor of Biology, Mississippi College. Stoneflies are an obscure group of aquatic insects known to thrive in unpolluted streams. They are noted for an unusual sound communication method known as drumming, and an unusual adult winter emergence for species in a few families. They have ecological value in their role in the stream ecosystem and they are useful in bioassessment of water quality. In addition, they are sometimes used as live bait or as models for artificial flies by fly fishers. |
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April 8 • Sun •Holiday Museum Closed |
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April 14 • Sat • 10am-5pm • Event NatureFEST! Features a sloth, snakes, fish, behind-the scenes look at research, guided nature walks, and other outdoor activities. |
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May 1 • Tues • 12NOON-1PM • Lecture Nest, Shell, Burrow, Web: Animal Homes from Backyard to Ocean Floor Speaker: Matt Smith, Author, Naturalist, and GIS Analyst, Jackson. This talk will plunge into the private lives of animals with an intimate look at some examples, both familiar and exotic, of the places they call home. From the barest scrape on the ground to the greatest spectacles of critter architecture -- beaver lodges, spider webs, eagle nests, termite mounds, and others -- all homes serve one or more of a few basic needs. How and why do animals accomplish these feats, and what can we humans learn from them? |
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May 5 • Sat • 10am-3pm International Migratory Bird Day Gather for bird watching, nature hikes, and lots of hands-on activities. Join in the fun and help support migratory bird conservation. |
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May 28 • Mon • Holiday Museum Closed |
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June Fun Fridays Fun Fridays are interactive, hands-on programs offered in June (except June 1) and July from 10am - 12noon. An adult must accompany children. June 8, 15, 22 & 29; July 6, 13, 20 &27 |
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June 4 - 8 Junior Naturalist Summer Camp Jr. Naturalist Camp (for the older kids), gives kids a chance to participate in indoor/outdoor activities that focus on the ecosystems of Mississippi. Campers learn about identification, collection, and conservation of our indigenous species. For details, contact Megan Sewall. 601-576-6000; smegaroni@yahoo.com. See www.msnaturasci¬ence.org or call 601-576-6000 for registration form. |
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June 2 • Sat • Event Katfishin' Kids at Turcotte Lab Fun fishing at Turcotte Lab off Hwy 43 at Ross Barnett Reservoir, for ages 15 and under, accompanied by adults. Equipment and refreshments are FREE. |
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June 5 • Tues • 10am-11am • Lecture Snake Day Speaker: BryanFedrick, Herpetologist. Learn the value of our native snakes and how to distinguish venomous species from non-venomous ones. Live snakes will be exhibited from 10am to 3pm. |
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June 11 - 14 • (Entering K-1) Wild about Summer Camp Camp WILD (for the younger campers) is a place where kids explore the outdoors, make new friends, and delve into nature. For details, contact Nicole Smith. 601-576-6000; nicole.smith@mmns.state.ms.us. See www.msnaturasci¬ence.org or call 601-576-6000 for registration form. |
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June 18 - 21 • (Entering 2-3) Wild about Summer Camp Camp WILD (for the younger campers) is a place where kids explore the outdoors, make new friends, and delve into nature. For details, contact Nicole Smith. 601-576-6000; nicole.smith@mmns.state.ms.us. See www.msnaturasci¬ence.org or call 601-576-6000 for registration form. |
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June 25 - 28 • (Entering 4-5) Wild about Summer Camp Camp WILD (for the younger campers) is a place where kids explore the outdoors, make new friends, and delve into nature. For details, contact Nicole Smith. 601-576-6000; nicole.smith@mmns.state.ms.us. See www.msnaturasci¬ence.org or call 601-576-6000 for registration form. |
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July Fun Fridays Fun Fridays are interactive, hands-on programs offered in June and July from 10am - 12noon. An adult must accompany children. July 6, 13, 20, & 27 |
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July 23 - 27 Teacher Workshops 9am-3pm each day For details, contact Angel Rohnke at angel.rohnke@mmns.state.ms.us or Megan Sewall at smegaroni@yahoo.com or call 601-576-6000. |
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August Events - TBA |
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September Events - TBA |
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October Events - TBA |
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November Events - TBA |
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December Events - TBA |
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*Dates are subject to change. Please call the Museum at
601-354-7303 to confirm an event. |