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Program Registration Form
HOW TO REGISTER
- IN PERSON: Located at the East End of the Downtown Mall (across from the Post Office)
- BY MAIL: Virginia Discovery Museum
Post Office Box 1128
Charlottesville, VA 22902
- BY TELEPHONE: (434) 977-1025
- BY FAX: (434) 977-9681
Payment can be made by check, cash, or credit card.
Classes fill up fast so PLEASE REGISTER
EARLY!
CANCELLATION POLICY
If you are unable to attend a program, we can refund fees with 48 hours notice. The Museum reserves the right to cancel programs with insufficient enrollment, and will fully reimburse fees.
WEEKLY PROGRAMS
Everyday All day
Discovery Art Studio & Gallery
All ages, Free with admission
Each week we supply directions, materials, and samples to help you make a unique, creative project to take home. Be sure to check out past examples of kid-created artwork hanging in the Discovery Art Gallery. Weekly studio themes are: The Last Snowflake; The Cat in the Hat in the Wind in the Willows; Marzenna: Winter to Spring; Create an International "Children's Nobel Book; Holi, A Celebration of Earth & Color; Great Green Grasshoppers; Flower Frenzy; Our Very Own Earth; Sham al-Neseem, Smell the Spring.
Invented by a high school teacher and his class, STARLAB can easily demonstrate celestial movement and phenomena that are often difficult to explain with conventional
classroom resources.
Tuesdays, 4-4:45 PM
Poetry Club Ages 5 & Up
Free with Admission - No Pre-registration Necessary
Come join this award-winning group of young poets! Learn fun ways to get your creative juices flowing, write your own original poems, and publish them in our poetry anthology, Museum Muses. The Poetry Club hosts a Special Guest Poet on the first Tuesday of each
month.
Wednesdays, sessions at 10:30 AM &
3:30 PM
Toddler Times Ages 2-6, with an adult
Free with admission, Please get a session number at the Front Desk.
Come join the fun with activities for toddlers that help develop their cognitive, motor, and social
skills.
Thursdays, 4:00
Magic School Bus After-School Science Club
Ages 4-7
Free with admission, Classes tend to fill up, so please arrive early to reserve a space at the Front Desk.
Come discover the mysteries of science through hands-on activities, demonstrations, and special guests.
STARLAB resembles a silver igloo and can
accommodate up to 25 students at a time. It is intended to be used with the
class teacher in attendance.
FEATURED
EXHIBITS
Up From the Earth: The Mandan Way of Life
January 11th 2003 - May 4th, 2003
Come and visit the Mandan Indians as Lewis & Clark did in the winter of 1804-1805! Try your hand at hunting, farming, and trading in the wild state of North Dakota. Meet a bison, set up house in a Mandan earth lodge, and more!
Sponsored by Bank of America
Lewis and Clark's Pacific Winter
Greetings from Ilwaco, Washington! The Discovery Corner will be packed with objects generously on loan from the Ilwaco Hertiage Museum. Travel back in time and see where Lewis & Clark stayed the freezing cold winter of 1805-1806.
FEBRUARY
Pay What You Wish Sunday!
Sun, Feb 2 10:00 - 5:00
Me at the Museum: Arctic Animals!
Sat, Feb 8 9 am to 12 pm
It's going to be cold in February, but not as cold as the Arctic and Antarctica, which are located at the very top and the very bottom of the Earth! Explore these regions and the interesting animals that live in extremely cold temperatures. Ever run in a penguin relay race? Or worn polar bear shoes? Get ready to explore…and don't forget your mittens!
Age limit: 4 to 6 years old
Kids! PLEASE PACK A MID-MORNING SNACK!
Fee: $25 members, $27 nonmembers
MARCH
KidVention 2003: Discover the Skies!
March 8th, 2003 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC)
Free community event.
It's our annual learning bonanza for kids of all ages. This year, discover the skies with a day of hands-on experimentation, demonstrations, door prizes, and more! Explore bats, balloons, and the boundaries of sky broadcasting. Everyone is invited!
Rockhounds is Coming!
March 10th to March 21st, 2003
Rockhounds will soon be coming to a computer near you! Rockhounds is an interactive, two-week, rock identification game that allows students from around the state to become geology sleuths! Third, fourth, and fifth grade classes participate in a contest to correctly identify mystery rocks. Interested? E-mail Sam Johnson, Exhibit and Outreach Coordinator, at:
exhibits@ntelos.net
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