Name: Explore Your Planet! Open House at the Pacific Museum of the Earth
Time & Date: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25, 2009
Location: Earth and Ocean Sciences – Main Building, 6339 Stores Road
Description: Presented by UBC’s Earth and Ocean Sciences Department as part of National Science & Technology Week, this Open House will interest pretty much everyone — undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, children, parents, and the general public. Join Earth & Ocean Sciences researchers and Museum interpreters as they lead hands-on activities and experiments, including:
- Dig for real fossils!
- Make your own meteorite impacts and see the cratering they cause! Learn about Extinctions.
- Bring your own rocks, minerals and fossils for experts to identify.
- Experiment with convecting fluids and learn about volcanic eruptions!
- Learn about how landslides are predicted!
- Make miniature tsunamis and other waves!
- Measure earthquake magnitude and experiment with simulated building collapses!
- and much more…
Interpreters will lead tours of the Museum displays; highlights include precious gemstones in The Vault, dinosaur fossils, a tornado machine, local earthquake hazards, and diamond exploration. The Museum is located at 6339 Stores Road.
Further information, including directions to the Museum, is available at http://www.eos.ubc.ca/resources/museum/exploreyourplanet.html.
To learn more about this and other Celebrate Learning events, you can visit us at celebratelearning.ubc.ca.