Pluto, Starball and GeoCaching…oh my!
The Maryland Science Center is hosting quite an exciting weekend! Tomorrow marks the grand opening of our new traveling exhibit: GPS Adventures. Using clues, visitors make their way though an elaborate maze finding the hidden geocashes and learning about the various equipment and methods employed in such a hobby. Visitors are also invited to borrow our GPS devices and try to find geocaches that we have hidden around the Harbor area. Think you’re up to the challenge?
The comedic, improv, musical Planetarium Show, Starball, will also be at the Science Center this weekend! Imagine that all the stars and constellations are gone and YOU have to re-create them! Join fellow visitors in the Planetarium to help bring the constellations back. The performers will use the audiences’ own dreams to create new constellations and they’ll also use improv to provide a musical soundtrack along the way. Starball is happening on Saturday and Sunday.
Not to be forgotten is Pluto – Formerly Known as a Planet – Fest! This one is happening on Saturday (12-4pm) in celebration of the King of the Ice Dwarfs. Guess what your weight would be on other planets, cast your vote in the “why or why not” chain and tell us why you think Pluto should be resinstated as a planet or why you think it shouldnt. Recreate the Pluto/Charon system using delicious treats and make a 3D model of Pluto’s surface! Folks from APL will be on hand as well to answer questions about New Horizons.
We hope to see you this weekend!
http://www.mdsci.org/exhibits/GPS.html
http://www.mdsci.org/events-calendar/events/Starball.html
