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Winter/Spring 2010 Special Events
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Scientists at Sea Video Conference
Wednesday, February 10
3 - 4 pm
Children ages 8 and up accompanied by an adult/Free
Calling all home schoolers, scout groups and future scientists! In this after school program, join us in the Exploration Dome for a chance to talk to real scientists on the 470 foot long ocean drilling research vessel JOIDES Resolution. You will be able to see and talk to marine geologists live while they are out at sea and learn about what they are researching, as well as get a peek at the research vessel that has been so important to increasing our understanding of the sea floor and plate tectonics. To learn more about the JOIDES Resolution
visit http://joidesresolution.org/.
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Block Kids Competition at the Gateway Mall
Saturday, February 13
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Check in at 1 pm
Contest begins at 1:30 pm
Competition for grades 1-6
Participants and spectators free
» Download the Registration Form
***Spaces are limited. All participants must be pre-registered.***
Join us again for the Annual Block Kids Competition, co-sponsored by the National Association of Women in Construction and the Science Factory. Kids in the competition design and build any structure they want using interlocking blocks and then share their vision with judges from the local construction industry. The winner’s entry will go on to the regional competition with a chance at competing at the national level. Creativity and vision rule at this exciting event! All participants will get to explore designing and building. Participants take home a goody bag too.
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University Day
Saturday, February 27
11 am - 3:30 pm
All Ages/ Drop-in/ Free with exhibit hall admission
We are privileged once again to have professors and students from the University of Oregon providing a science fair full of hands-on demonstrations in the Science Factory. Meet real scientists and learn about the research going on right here in our own community. Our exhibit hall will be jumping as we explore everything from zebrafish to the human respiratory system to substances that melt and boil at the same time.
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Cavalcade of Crawling Creatures Day
Saturday, March 20
10 am - 4 pm
All Ages/ Drop-in/ Free with exhibit hall admission.
Our resident iguana Renegade looks forward to this day all year! Live reptiles and amphibians along with their owner/experts from the Oregon Herpetological Society fill the Science Factory. Meet turtles, lizards, snakes, frogs and salamanders and get tips on how to take care of your own coldblooded pets at home.
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Summer Camp Pre-Registration for Members
Saturday, April 17
10 am - 1 pm
Drop-In/Free to Science Factory Members
Don’t be stuck on a waiting list this year for summer camps! Members can stop
by the Science Factory to learn about the exciting topics we will cover this summer
and register your child for camps before it opens to everyone else. Our Education
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Eugene Kid's Marathon 2010
Saturday, May 1
8:05 am
Location: 4th & Mill Streets, Downtown Eugene
$15 between 1/2/10 and 4/23/10 (Online registration ends 4/23)
$20 at Health & Fitness Expo (only on Friday, April 30, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Here's a chance for kids to participate in a marathon — one mile at a time. Kids run or walk 25.5 miles over a period of time, logging their progress; 9-week and 12-week training schedules are available. Then, on race day – Saturday, May 1 – kids complete the final distance to make it a full marathon. Kids who track and complete the entire marathon distance receive a Finisher's Certificate, t-shirt and special medal. Don't want to run the whole marathon? That's fine too. Kids can still participate in the fun run with all of the other kids! Just register online, pick up your packet at the Expo and get ready to run on race day! The Eugene Kid's Marathon Run benefits the Science Factory.
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