Science Detectives: Microscopic Pond Life

  • Wednesday, October 15, 2025
  • 10:45am - 11:45am
  • Downtown Raleigh

Join us for classes designed especially for homeschool and track-out students. These 60-minute classes allow us to delve deeper into topics and incorporate additional learning experiences.

Use a compound microscope to discover a variety of beneficial protists and other microscopic life living in a drop of pondwater. Learn to identify and examine protists such as Paramecium, Amoeba, Euplotes, and Volvox and explore how these single-celled organisms carry out the basic functions of life. Students will make wet-mount slides, become proficient in the use of compound microscopes, and learn how to calculate total magnification.

Participants must be 11 years of age or older for this program. This is a drop-off program, but adults must stay in the Museum during the program time.

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Registration ends 48 hours prior to program start time.

For more information contact Missy Chernick.

Details

  • Fee: $12 per participant; $9 member participant.
  • Requirements: Participants must be 11 years of age or older. Parents need to remain in the Museum during the program.
  • Cancellation Notice: Refunds only issued if the Museum cancels the program, or if cancellation is made in writing via email to melissa.chernick@naturalsciences.org at least two weeks prior to the program date.
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Details

Date:
October 15
Times:
10:45 am - 11:45 am
Fee:
$12 per participant; $9 member participant.

Venue

Natural World Investigate Lab

Nature Research Center
121 West Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27601 United States
Phone:
919.707.9800