Saturday, November 21, 2009

Naturally Illuminating:

The Science Behind Luminescence

A Year of Science Celebration!

Talk at 1:00 PM

Hands-on activities from 12-4 PM

The talk will be American Sign Language interpreted.

How do living and non-living things glow in the dark?

Come celebrate the Year of Science and find out the difference between photoluminescence and chemoluminescence through hands-on experiments. Hunt through the Wagner's collection that did or still do luminesce -

including our newly refurbished fluorescent mineral display!

Atlas extrait de l'album de mineralogie by Johann Gottlob von Kurr.

Paris: Fermin Didot Frères, Fils et Cie, 1865.

12 - 4 PM

• Institute is open to the public.
• Explore the museum collections in the exhibition hall.
• Hands-on activities for children ages 6-12.

1 - 2 PM

• Children's program in the Victorian lecture hall.

  

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