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Dinosaurs & More! 
May 29 - Sept. 6, 2010

T Rex  Dino babies   Paraceratherium

Stomping, roaring, robotic dinosaurs and Ice Age mammals come alive in an all-new exciting exhibit from Kokoro, the inventor of robotic dinosaurs. See your favorite dinosaurs: the mighty T-Rex and the gentle Apatosaurus mother and baby. Watch a Maiasaura mother tend her nest filled with hatching eggs. See the bird-like Pteranodon soar above and watch a head-butting Pachycephalosaur.


Enter the Ice Age and meet the mighty mammals that succeeded the dinosaurs. See a Saber-Tooth cat family resting in a tranquil setting, then watch the Smilodon’s power explode as it attacks a giant sloth nearly four times its size. Meet a Paraceratherium (formerly called Baluchitherium), a primitive rhinoceros that was the largest land mammal of all time, and see the enormous tusks of the Woolly Mammoth, ancestor of today’s elephants. 


Follow our intrepid explorers Capt. Rip Manly and Muffy Topnotch as they head back in time (mp3 files): 

Introduction

  Station 1
Woolly Mammoth

 Station 2
Smilodon

 		 Station 3
Ground Sloth
 Station 4
Paraceratherium

  Station 5
Apatosaurus

 Station 6
Pteranodon

 		 Station 7
Maiasaura
 Station 8
Pachycephalosaurus
  Station 9
T Rex
 Epilogue
 

Sponsored By:

Langley Federal Credit Union - logo

Admission: Adults $17, children $13 (ages 3-12), ages 2 and under free.

In addition to Dinosaurs & More! be sure to experience these companion programs:


  • Journey to the Abbitt Planetarium and experience four different dinosaur digs around the world in Dinosaur Prophecy.
  • Take in one of our amphitheater programs as you discover all there is to know about dinosaurs!


Get ready for a great  DINOSAUR SUMMER!

Check out this interview on COX11's community affairs show HOT TICKET:




Earth from Space 
Oct. 2, 2010 - Jan. 2, 2011

Earth from Space poster SITESView rare satellite images of Earth in “Earth from Space,” a Smithsonian poster exhibit. The exhibit presents large color reproductions of images captured by high-tech satellites constantly circling the globe, recording conditions and events that are nearly impossible to document on the planet’s surface.
A collaboration with geographer and curator Andrew Johnston at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum’s (NASM) Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, the traveling exhibit won a 2007 U.S. Geological Survey communications award for science content.

Rare views of events such as dust storms, forest fires, volcanic eruptions, and hurricanes are accompanied by text that explains how satellite imagery is gathered and used to explore the Earth. Documenting environmental cycles, natural disasters, and man-made ecological effects, satellite images provide clues about the dynamic nature of our planet and offer rich opportunities to engage students in a wide range of science curricula including geography, environmental studies, ecology, oceanography, and meteorology. Smithsonian has also made available online resources that include lesson plans for grades 5 through 8 and 9 through 12 tied to National Science Standards.

Smithsonian USGS logos
Everglades poster SITES  Floodwaters poster SITES  Mount Kenya poster SITES  San Francisco poster SITES 




Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats 
Jan. 15 - May 8, 2011

Masters of the Night logoThis traveling exhibit takes the mystery surrounding bats out of the dark. The exhibit dispels popular misconceptions about bats, describes their ecological importance and gives visitors an appreciation of the true wonders of the bat world. It includes special effects, multi-sensory interactive displays, a Gothic castle and environmentally lifelike settings.

Dr. Merlin Tuttle, founder of Bat Conservation International (BCI), served as scientific consultant. BCI is recognized as the international leader in conservation and education initiatives that protect bats and their habitats.

A Neo-Gothic portal opens the way into the exhibit.  The adjacent home of the 18th-century bat enthusiast walks visitors through centuries of mythic representations of bats by different cultures. A transitional area with bat portrait photography and a giant-screen video introduces visitors to the real world of bats as diverse, beneficial mammals with fascinating skills and extraordinary abilities. Life-size reproductions of more than 50 bat species are spread throughout the exhibit. A hands-on display relates to the evening activities of bats, such as echolocation (sonar ability), pollination, diet and flight. Giant bat ears, nearly 20 times their actual size, give visitors the sensation of hearing the way a bat hears. For example, in a demonstration of echolocation, visitors can use a joystick to maneuver a bat model in search of food using a laser to simulate sonar. In a visit to a bat nursery, visitors learn how caring bat mothers are by using sound to help the mother bat find her baby. The exhibit was produced by Evergreen Exhibitions.

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 		 bat model  viewing bat model  bat ears  Bat ears 

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