by wildfire | Mar 17, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
[fusion_text]By Bruce Gavett As a SciWorks volunteer in the Planetarium, I often get questions about the “dwarf” planets, the round objects that orbit the sun just like the eight major planets, but are not large enough to gravitationally clear their orbital path of...
by wildfire | Mar 13, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
SciWorks is celebrating Forsyth Creek Week — March 14-22, 2015 — with several activities, including a special Water Awareness Day and a free teacher workshop. Activities during Creek Week are designed to help children and adults draw the connection between local...
by wildfire | Feb 23, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
Don’t toss that broken bicycle or VCR! It could be useful in the future, so bring it to the SciWorks Repair Fair, and watch-and-learn while stuff gets repaired! On Saturday, February 28 from 1-5 pm, SciWorks will have “fixers” available to help...
by wildfire | Feb 6, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
With help from the Superfund Research Program in the UNC School of Public Health, a free informational session on vapor intrusion has been organized for Monday, February 9, from 6:30-8:30 pm at SciWorks. Lenny Siegel of the Center for Public Environmental Oversight...
by wildfire | Jan 23, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
SciWorks will celebrate all things cold and frozen on Saturday, January 31 from 1-4 p.m. during Frozen Science Fun! Day. Visitors can participate in a variety of activities involving ice and snow at special stations throughout the museum. Activities will include...
by wildfire | Jan 20, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
You’ll engage through play, scientific inquiry, art and action as you “become” a raindrop, travel to the sea and learn how to contribute to healthy, safe water in your community and beyond in a new traveling exhibit at SciWorks. Water’s Extreme...
