JUNE 12, 2002
MUSEUM PRESENTS SCIENCE SATURDAYS
Ever wonder how museums obtain
and prepare flowers, insects, animals and other biological specimens
for study and display? Stop by the Cable Natural History Museum
on Saturday, June 22 to get a behind-the-scenes look at the work
of a museum curator.
Richard Oehlenschlager, assistant curator of biology at the Science
Museum of Minnesota, will be on hand from 10:00 a.m. until
2:00 p.m. to show visitors how preservation work is done for
scientific research and museum display purposes. The program
is free and open to the public.
The program is the first in a summer series called Science Saturday
at the Cable Natural History Museum. The programs will feature
scientists from various fields of study discussing and demonstrating
their techniques for Museum visitors. Science Saturday is a component
of the summer-long Forest Lab Intern Program (FLIP), which provides
an opportunity for 12 regional high-school students to observe
and participate in the practice of applied and research science
in the field and lab. FLIP interns will assist visiting scientists
as they present their work to the public.
The rest of the Science Saturdays schedule includes:
- July 6: Northland College Professor of Physical
Sciences Tom Fitz will provide visitors a chance to take part
in geology-based science experiments and demonstrations and
learn how northern Wisconsin looked more than 10,000 years
ago. Stop by the Museum any time between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00
p.m.
- July 13: Aquatic biologist Sue O'Halloran
of the Lake Superior Research Institute will guide visitors
on an investigation of invertebrate animal life of various
river systems using state-of-the-art research tools. Stop by
the Museum any time between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
- July 27: Herpetologist Ed Moll, professor
emeritus of zoology at Northern Illinois University, will provide
visitors a close-up look at the reptiles and amphibians of
northern Wisconsin. Stop by the Museum any time between 10:00
a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
FLIP is funded in part by the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute Science Education Initiative.
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