Programs & Events
Programs & Events
| Title | Program Type | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Lunchtime at the Museum |
Summer Camp | Join the Museum’s Junior Curators for lunch between your morning and afternoon classes. Each day we will enjoy our lunches and then either play a game, make a craft, or watch a short nature show. | 07/08/2013 - 12:15pm |
Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils |
Summer Camp | Come explore the world beneath our feet. We’ll learn how rocks and fossils are formed, how volcanoes erupt, and how geology is studied. | 07/08/2013 - 1:30pm |
Feathers, Gills, Claws, & Spines |
Summer Camp | Join us as we meet live animals and learn about animals that use special adaptations to survive in a wide variety of environments. | 07/08/2013 - 1:30pm |
Walk Through the Seasons |
Family Program | Explore the native plant garden, prairie, and lowland arboretum as you take a leisurely 1-mile walk with a Museum naturalist through the Prairie Ridge Ecostation. | 07/09/2013 - 9:00am |
Citizen Science Saturdays at Prairie Ridge |
Citizen Science, Family Program | Learn how YOU can contribute to science during our weekly citizen science walks | 07/13/2013 - 10:30am |
Ready, Set, Get Wet! |
Summer Camp | During this week of camp at Yates Mill Pond, campers will find, identify, touch, and learn about tadpoles and turtles and much more! We’ll play water games, go canoeing, and tour the historic Mill as we discover why water is important for both wild animals and people in Wake County. | 07/15/2013 - 8:30am |
Feathers, Gills, Claws, & Spines |
Summer Camp | Join us as we meet live animals and learn about animals that use special adaptations to survive in a wide variety of environments. | 07/15/2013 - 8:45am |
Investigate |
Summer Camp | This summer we’ll get to meet scientists, tour the Museum’s research labs, play games, and conduct activities and experiments on new topics from ranging from chemistry to paleontology. | 07/15/2013 - 8:45am |
Young Urban Naturalists |
Summer Camp | Join us as we explore the plants and animals that are often hidden in plain sight in the urban jungle. | 07/15/2013 - 8:45am |
Lunchtime at the Museum |
Summer Camp | Join the Museum’s Junior Curators for lunch between your morning and afternoon classes. Each day we will enjoy our lunches and then either play a game, make a craft, or watch a short nature show. | 07/15/2013 - 12:15pm |
Prehistoric Pals |
Summer Camp | Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a giant ground sloth in your backyard? How about a wooly mammoth or a dinosaur? We’ll learn all about these “prehistoric pals” that roamed the earth millions of years ago. | 07/15/2013 - 1:30pm |
Genetics and our Food Supply |
Workshop or Trip | In this workshop, teachers will connect cutting-edge research to current food issues. | 07/18/2013 - 9:00am |
Outer Banks Weekend |
Workshop or Trip | While most summer beach visitors are basking in the sun and playing goony golf, we will be visiting some interesting natural areas with interesting names such as Jockey’s Ridge, Run Hill Dune, Pea Island and Nags Head Woods. | 07/19/2013 - 10:00am |
Citizen Science Saturdays at Prairie Ridge |
Citizen Science, Family Program | Learn how YOU can contribute to science during our weekly citizen science walks | 07/20/2013 - 10:30am |
Aquatic Ecologists |
Summer Camp | During this camp based at Yates Mill Pond we’ll learn aquatic science in the field through hands-on activities, experiments, and observations! | 07/22/2013 - 8:30am |
Investigate |
Summer Camp | This summer we’ll get to meet scientists, tour the Museum’s research labs, play games, and conduct activities and experiments on new topics from ranging from chemistry to paleontology. | 07/22/2013 - 8:45am |
Water Worlds |
Summer Camp | In this camp we’ll learn about fish, turtles, and mammals that keep their fins, flippers, and feet wet in a variety of different aquatic environments. | 07/22/2013 - 8:45am |
Prehistoric Pals |
Summer Camp | Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a giant ground sloth in your backyard? How about a wooly mammoth or a dinosaur? We’ll learn all about these “prehistoric pals” that roamed the earth millions of years ago. | 07/22/2013 - 8:45am |
Lunchtime at the Museum |
Summer Camp | Join the Museum’s Junior Curators for lunch between your morning and afternoon classes. Each day we will enjoy our lunches and then either play a game, make a craft, or watch a short nature show. | 07/22/2013 - 12:15pm |
Boys in Science Piedmont Ed-Venture |
Summer Camp, Youth Science Program | Boys will get their hands dirty as they learn about the trees, bugs, and herps of the Piedmont on field trips to the Museum of Natural Sciences, the Nature Research Center, and other locations around Raleigh. | 07/22/2013 - 1:00pm |




