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Mastodon Muck Citizen Science Project Thursdays in June and July • 12pm - 2pm
Included in paid general admission
Join us in a Mastodon Muck Citizen Scientist project! After the discovery of an 11,500 year-old Mastodon in New York, the Paleontological Research Institute excavated over 20,000 pounds of matrix or “pond muck”. MASM has received a section of this “pond muck” to sort through and catalogue. Each Thursday in June and July, a MASM staff member will host an Excavation Station. Come check it out . . . we might discover REAL mastodon hair or teeth and maybe REAL seeds and shells from Pleistocene Era!
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Innovation BUILDING Station Fridays and Saturdays throughout summer
Included in paid general admission
This summer we’re turning the Innovation Station into the Innovation BUILDING Station! It’s time to put on your imaginary hard hats and build with some non-traditional materials. Can you design a roller coaster with stuff from the hardware store? Set-up a creatively complicated chain reaction, á la Rube Goldberg? Or how about constructing an entire city out of cardboard? Come test out these challenges and more in the Innovation BUILDING Station, on Fridays and Saturdays all summer long! Each week a different challenge will be featured.
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TinkerFest July 27, 2013 • 10am - 3pm
Included in paid general admission
The MASM Tinkering Studio has exploded! Get ready for TinkerFest . . . a chance to explore REAL tools, learn skills, and discover new techniques. Whether you are a beginner or an avid tinkerer, TinkerFest is for you! Make it. Fuse it. Sew it. Nail it. Solder it. Deconstruct it.
Tinkerfest is brought to you by MASM in cooperation with Arkansas Discovery Network.
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MASM HomeSchool Day September 16, 2013 • 10am - 3pm
January 13, 2014 • 10am - 3pm
$5 + tax/person
Join us for a unique opportunity to participate in lots of hands-on activities and explore the Museum with other homeschool families. This is a great way to network with other homeschool families and to learn about MASM programs designed specifically for homeschoolers. We have carefully selected new activities and new topics so that families that attended previous HomeSchool Days will have a fresh experience in September and again in January. Plan to arrive at 10:00 am and stay all day! More details to be announced soon!
RSVP to Director of Informal Learning at groups@midamericamuseum.org or call 501.767.3461 x13.
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Girl Scout MASM Patch Day October 12, 2013 • 10am - 3pm
$8/Girl Scout • $5/accompanying adult
A special event just for Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors! Girl Scouts will explore a special Journey Station designed to meet the Discover portion of It's Your Planet, Love It! Journey. All new activities and experiments for Daises, Brownies, and Juniors to explore this year including Dinosaur exhibit and the Tinkering Studio. Girl Scouts will also earn the unique MASM patch, explore the Museum, and see a specialized Tesla Coil show. RSVP by contacting the Director of Informal Learning at 501.767.3461 x13 or groups@MidAmericaMuseum.org.
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Cub Scout MASM Patch Day November 16, 2013 • 10am - 3pm
$8/Cub Scout • $5/accompanying adult
A special event just for Cub Scouts! Each scout will earn a unique MASM patch, explore the Museum and special activity stations tailored to support a variety of merit badge requirements, and learn about other offerings for Cub Scouts. New to Cub Scout Day this year: Dinosaur exhibit, Mastodon Muck Citizen Science Project, and Tinkering Studio. RSVP by contacting the Director of Informal Learning at 501.767.3461 x13 or groups@MidAmericaMuseum.org
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