Children’s Museum Earth Day Wonder Week

Title: Children’s Museum Earth Day Wonder Week
Location: Children’s Museum of Houston 1500 Binz, Houston, TX 77004
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Description: Earth Day is here and environmental awareness is more important now than ever. Spend a beautiful spring day or week learning about the flora and fauna around us!

On-going activities:
-Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at EcoStation: Meet the people who rehabilitate wild animals for a living, and meet their animals, too!
-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Play fun games at EcoStation to learn about recycling and take home your own Energy Hog booklet so you can help the Earth at home.
-American Chemical Society Demonstrations: Learn about the chemistry of the Earth with demonstrations from the experts!
-Spotlight Performance – Linda Befeld: Listen to this storyteller’s nature tales.
-Spotlight Performance – River Oaks Chamber Orchestra: Enjoy a performance of Peter and the Wolf!
-Go Green at Science Station: Explore natural energy resources like water, wind, and sunlight. Play with wind generators, solar cars and houses, and more!
-Reconstructing Recyclables: Recycle, reuse, and re-engineer old materials into something totally new at Inventors’ Workshop.
-Earth Junktion: Make a special Earth Day button, play Earth Day dominoes, or create a floating coffee filter butterfly.
-The Great Outdoors: Build up your endurance so you can stay outside longer and get the most out of nature! Power Science Lab teaches techniques to help you walk, hike, and run your way through the natural world.
Start Date: 2010-04-22
End Date: 2010-04-28