Calendar of Events

Schedule subject to change. Please call 434-791-5160 to confirm date and time. All events are included in regular Science Center admission unless otherwise noted.

Now Showing	Hatching the Past: The Great Dinosaur Egg Hunt; All Ages. Take a trip through time as you explore six major families of dinosaurs through their egg-laying and family behaviors. Examine dozens of authentic fossilized eggs including a pair of gigantic oviraptor eggs. Experience touch tables of reconstructed nests and eggs and a real dinosaur leg bone. Dig like a paleontologist in simulated pits to unearth casts of dinosaur eggs. Plan your own adventures as you watch and listen to presentations featuring many of the best-known dinosaur experts in North America. Open through Sept 6. Birds of the Riverwalk – All Ages. Feast your eyes on the diversity of birds along the Dan River through these stunning photos. Long time photography enthusiast and Averett University professor of English, David Hoffman offers up 35 of his favorite bird shots taken over the past few years while hiking the Riverwalk. You will be inspired to walk along the river and look for these species. Open through Oct 1 in our upper lobby and included with general admission. Butterfly Station and Garden; All Ages. Butterflies and flowers are still going strong as the fall season begins. The Garden is a living laboratory for learning about the environment and is a haven for nature photographers. It is open and free to the public during regular Science Center hours through October 16. The Healer Within; All Ages. Discover the body’s remarkable self-repair systems and how these systems can be used to cultivate good health. Try a biofeedback device to understand how thoughts and moods can affect your body and create your own electronic music to relax or inspire you. Examine and align your posture, build a skeleton, and become a white blood cell to search for and eliminate threats to the body. Exhibit opens Saturday, Sept. 25 through Jan. 2, 2011 Genomics eXplorer; All Ages. Examine Earth’s most crucial living creatures—plants—and investigate important contributions that plant scientists are making to agriculture, human health and the environment. Journey to the heart of a plant cell, learn how proteins are made, dig into puzzles of plant genetics to solve real-world problems and explore the many roles that plants play in our lives. Exhibit opens Saturday, Sept. 25 through Jan. 2, 2011.

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Hatching the Past: The Great Dinosaur Egg Hunt; All Ages. Take a trip through time as you explore six major families of dinosaurs through their egg-laying and family behaviors. Examine dozens of authentic fossilized eggs including a pair of gigantic oviraptor eggs. Experience touch tables of reconstructed nests and eggs and a real dinosaur leg bone. Dig like a paleontologist in simulated pits to unearth casts of dinosaur eggs. Plan your own adventures as you watch and listen to presentations featuring many of the best-known dinosaur experts in North America. Open through Sept 6.

Birds of the Riverwalk – All Ages. Feast your eyes on the diversity of birds along the Dan River through these stunning photos. Long time photography enthusiast and Averett University professor of English, David Hoffman offers up 35 of his favorite bird shots taken over the past few years while hiking the Riverwalk. You will be inspired to walk along the river and look for these species. Open through Oct 1 in our upper lobby and included with general admission.

Butterfly Station and Garden; All Ages. Butterflies and flowers are still going strong as the fall season begins. The Garden is a living laboratory for learning about the environment and is a haven for nature photographers. It is open and free to the public during regular Science Center hours through October 16.

The Healer Within; All Ages. Discover the body’s remarkable self-repair systems and how these systems can be used to cultivate good health. Try a biofeedback device to understand how thoughts and moods can affect your body and create your own electronic music to relax or inspire you. Examine and align your posture, build a skeleton, and become a white blood cell to search for and eliminate threats to the body. Exhibit opens Saturday, Sept. 25 through Jan. 2, 2011

Genomics eXplorer; All Ages. Examine Earth’s most crucial living creatures—plants—and investigate important contributions that plant scientists are making to agriculture, human health and the environment. Journey to the heart of a plant cell, learn how proteins are made, dig into puzzles of plant genetics to solve real-world problems and explore the many roles that plants play in our lives. Exhibit opens Saturday, Sept. 25 through Jan. 2, 2011.

July 2010

June 28 - July	Summer Camps begin June 28 and run throughout July! Sign up now.

September 2010

Sept 1	Fetch! Lab Carts; Ages 8–12. Fetch! Lab always had a place in our hearts and now it has a place in our lobby! Each month our cart will feature a different challenge modeled after the PBS Kids TV show, "Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman." Using investigation and experimentation skills, you tinker with a tabletop teeter totter in September. Stop by each month to hone your skills and sign up to be invited to our annual Fetch! party. Main Lobby, September through June.
Sept 14	Polliwogs and Science Stars; Ages 3–5 and 5–7. Polliwogs and Stars will be invaded by animals as we investigate the duties of a veterinarian and learn about pet care. Everyone has to pay close attention as we work together to sort different animals and placethem in theircorrect habitat. We'll need food for our pets, so find the treat in a game called, "Where's the Bone." Tuesday, Sept. 14, Polliwogs @ 1–2 p.m. Stars @ 3:30–4:30 p.m. Members $3; Non-members $6 (includes admission to the Science Center for the day). Pre-registration is required.
Sept 16	Sky Watchers: Mission to Saturn; All Ages. Sky Watchers starts the fall season with a talk by Anthony Pilato on NASA's Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn. Pilato is a member of the Planetary Ambassadorswho bring knowledge to the public about the planets in our solar system. After the talk, we will observe Jupiter and its four brightest moons, the summer Milky Way and the constellation Pegasus. Thursday, Sept. 16, 6:30 p.m. No Fee.
Sept 25-26	Old 97 Rail Days; All Ages. In 1903, Old 97 tumbled down Stillhouse trestle into the history books and into legendary status in folk music. This weekend of commemoration features the national N-scale model train convention with N-scale railroads coursing through the full territory of the Crossing at the Dan. On Saturday only, take a trip through time with a tour of the fully restored Norfolk and Western Caboose, meet Larry Aaron, author of the new Wreck of the Old 97 book, and stay for evening entertainment as the Norfolk Southern Lawmen, who have been performing for railroaders and guests for over 60 years as Norfolk Southern’s in-house band, bring their act to The Carrington Pavilion at 6:30pm. Saturday, September 25, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday, September 26, 11–3 p.m.