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2008 Upcoming Events

 

INSECTAPHOBIA FESTIVAL

Saturday, July 26
10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Displays featuring tarantulas, scorpions and
other spineless creatures

Live honey bee hive provided by the
Guilford County Beekeepers Association

Beautiful collection of local and exotic moths and butterflies
displayed by special guests, Ron Key and Alan McLeod

Tips for creating your own butterfly garden

Face painting and insect crafts for kids

 

OMNISPHERE -
TOTAL IMMERSION THEATER OF THE TRIAD

Brand new OmniSphere Theater NOW OPEN!
Enjoy daily awe-inspiring shows on a 40 foot dome...
Click here for show listings!

 

SUMMER SCIENCE EXPLORATIONS
CLASSES AND CAMPS

Registration is now underway!
Camps and workshop topics include animals, space, dinosaurs, LEGOs and many others that will entertain and educate participants.
Click here for a list of Summer Science Explorations!

NOW OPEN

Jean and Taylor Brooks Family Maned Wolf Conservation Center, including the Duke Energy Solar Solutions Center

 

The nation's first green and sustainable breeding center for the magnificent, but critically endangered Maned Wolf

AND

the first exhibit in Phase II of Animal Discovery
is now open!

 

July 26
Insectaphobia

August 23
Rock Fest

September 20
Snaketacular

October 3-4
Cub/Weeblo
Scout Overnight

Click here for a
registration form! Registration begins September 8.

November 7-8
Brownie Girl Scout Overnight

Click here for a
registration form! Registration begins September 8.

October 30
Zoo Boo-Bash

December 6-7
Thesaurus Shoppe Holiday
Sale Weekend

2009

January 9-10
Junior Girl Scout Overnight

Click here for a
registration form!
Registration begins September 8.

March 6-7
Brownie Girl Scout Overnight

Click here for a
registration form! Registration begins January 12.

April 24-25
Junior Girl Scout Overnight

Click here for a
registration form!
Registration begins January 12.

Interested in
learning
more about
plants?

Click here to
view the
Guilford Horticulture Society's
2008-2009
meeting calendar!

Interested in learning more about astronomy?

Click here to
view the
Greensboro Astronomy Club's meeting calendar!

FREE PUBLIC SHOWS
Performed on weekends and Guilford County School Holidays

Indiana Bones

INDIANA BONES AND THE
T.REX OF DOOM
11:00 a.m. & 2:00 p.m. Daily

In previous years, the Indiana Bones offerings, Raiders of the Lost Archosaurs and Indiana Bones and the Late Cretaceous were huge hits. As anyone who has seen these shows knows, the only thing as certain as our hero's love of finding fossils is Indy's arch-enemy's love of trying to steal them away. In this show, the rival rogue paleontologist is back with a vengeance with a gigantic robot, T. rex. The only way to save the day is for Indy, along with kids in the audience, to demonstrate their knowledge of fossil dinosaurs and the scientists who have found them.

MEAL...OR NO MEAL?
12:30 p.m. & 3:30 p.m. Daily

Welcome to the funny, fast-paced world of our newest free public show, MEAL OR NO MEAL. It's the game show that's taking the country -- well, at least the Natural Science Center -- by storm. If you're in the audience, you could be chosen as a contestant to show what you know about the foods that animals like to eat. What's on a meerkat's menu? If you're a coatimundi, what do you crave? What does a wallaby want for dinner? In the game, you have to predict the proper lunch boxes that hold the appropriate foods for some of the residents of our new Animal Discovery. Win enough points and you'll even get to meet one of our animals in person. There will be a lot of laughs to go along with the excitement and suspense of the game as we're joined by a chimpanzee "banker" who'll try to cut a deal with you and a certain celebrity named "Howie" who wants to know how you'll answer the all-important question, "Meal...or no Meal?"