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Museum Events
Unless otherwise indicated, museum events are included with exhibits admission. |
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Rat Basketball Playoffs Thursday, April 1, 11 a.m. Will the rats get it right this year? She shoots. She scores. The ball flies through the basketball hoop and so does the player. It’s the Rat Basketball Playoffs. Each of the Science Museum’s most experienced players represents one of the NCAA Final Four teams. On Thursday, April 1, the rats are playing their own version of the championship. In the 2008 rat games Kansas defeated Memphis. That’s what happened in the NCAA tournament as well. Last year — well last year they weren’t so accurate. The rats did get North Carolina to the championship game, but they didn’t make North Carolina the national champions as they were in the NCAA. How will the 2010 rat games compare to the 2010 men’s games? Time will tell. Come cheer on your favorite rats and find out. Included with exhibit admission. |
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NANODAY Saturday, April 3, 2010, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. In conjunction with the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) please join us for our third annual NanoDays event! Museum staff and students from VCU’s School of Engineering will lead you into the world of nanotechnology with fun and exciting hands-on exhibits and demonstrations. See steel wool catch fire, feel atoms bouncing around and by mimicking nature at the nano scale watch fabric and sand repel water. Included with exhibit admission. |
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National Astronomy Day Saturday, April 24, Noon-4 p.m. Join the Science Museum of Virginia and the Richmond Astronomical Society for National Astronomy Day! Get an up-close and personal look at the sun — without injuring your eyes. Build a rocket and watch it blast off. Walk from Earth to the moon. Explore an invisible universe. Build and take home a scale model solar system. Touch a rock from outer space! Tour the current night sky at a special Live Sky Planetarium Show at 1 p.m. Outdoor activities weather permitting. |
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VCU School of Engineering Senior Design Expo Friday, April 30, 2010 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the Rotunda and Discovery Room. Senior Design Expo 2010, an annual public event where teams of engineering students share their innovative research and design prototypes with the greater Richmond community. Admission for the event is free and open to the public. Admission charge for museum exhibits. Information about the event including a complete project listing can be found at www.seniordesign.egr.vcu.edu |
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Jr. FIRST LEGO League Expo Saturday, May 1, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. RF&P Forum, Discovery Room Join some of Virginia’s youngest innovators for the Central Virginia FIRST LEGO League Expo. Teams of 6-9 year-olds will showcase their research on modern transportation and offer their vision of how people will get around in the future. |
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Junior Solar Sprint Saturday, May 1, 11:30 a.m.- 2 p.m. Join area middle school students as they race their original solar car designs. Competing teams use solar power to send their cars down a 20-meter track to the finish line! Students also compete in a car design competition. The racing begins at 11:45 a.m., weather permitting. After Junior Solar Sprint, be sure to take a tour of the Virginia Tech Solar House and visit New Energy Virginia to learn more about solar and wind power. Pre-registration is required to compete in the races. To learn more, please contact David Olli at dolli@smv.org |
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