Thursday, January 19, 2012

Orpheum Children's Science Museum SPRING BREAK CAMPS


Looking to add some fun to your break while school’s out? Break into discovery at the Orpheum for hands-on experiments and fun. Join in the adventure with a full week of engaging fun for kindergartner through 5th graders. Full day campers attend from 8:30am-4:30pm. Half day campers attend 8:30am-noon or 1:00pm-4:30pm. Campers should bring a lunch and drink everyday. Snacks will be provided. Monday: Science of Art. Leonardo Da Vinci is the inspiration for integrating science and art. Come explore the inventor in you. Tuesday: Structures. Build your own structures from different materials as you learn about arches, bridges, and biomimicry. Wednesday: Wizardry. Bring your wand and join us for a day with magic classes, Quidditch, House competitions and all sorts of Harry Potter themed adventures. Thursday: Grossology. Grossology is the study of the icky. Phenomenon such as burps, sweat, and gas might be cause for embarrassment at the dinner table, but are fair game for exploration. Friday: Zoopreme (Animals. Leap into the fascinating world of animals with experiments, games, and crafts. Meet some real-life furry and scaly friends.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Having a Senior Moment? Come learn about Forests...

We like to serve our public where they are sometimes! We know it can be difficult for seniors to get to our facilities and preserves, so once a year we bring our resources to them! All of the locations below welcome the public, but require registration to know how many people to accommodate. Call 586-2612 for more information.

The staff of the Champaign County Forest Preserve Education Department will be presenting lectures/activities at Canterbury Ridge, Clark-Lindsey and Windsor of Savoy (dates listed below). Natural Resources and Museum staff have teamed up to talk about the natural and cultural history of forests in companion talks, "Into the Woods-A Virtual Hike" and "Into the Woods: Forests in the Arts and Literature."

In January:

Thursday, January 19 INTO THE WOODS—A VIRTUAL HIKE
Clark-Lindsey Village, 101 W. Windsor Road, Urbana, 7:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.

Friday, January 20 INTO THE WOODS—A VIRTUAL HIKE
Emeritus at Canterbury Ridge, 1706 E Amber Ln, Urbana, 2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Tuesday, January 31 INTO THE WOODS—A VIRTUAL HIKE

Windsor of Savoy, 401 Burwash Ave., Savoy, 2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Here's a description of the Virtual Hike:
Senior citizens and mobility-limited individuals are invited to experience the sights and sounds of a woodland hike in the spring—without ever going outside! Along the way, we will discover and explore local woodland flora and fauna. Free.


Then in February:

Wednesday, February 8 INTO THE WOODS—FORESTS IN ART AND LITERATURE
Emeritus at Canterbury Ridge, 1706 E Amber Ln, Urbana, 10:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
Windsor of Savoy, 401 Burwash Ave., Savoy, 2:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M

Thursday, February 9 INTO THE WOODS—FORESTS IN ART AND LITERATURE
Clark-Lindsey Village, 101 W. Windsor Road, Urbana, 7:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.

Here's a description of the "Forests in Art and Literature"

“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,” Robert Frost says of the woods on a snowy evening in his famed poem. Woods, or forests, have been depicted as beautiful, dangerous and unfathomable in art and literature since ancient times. Barb Garvey, Assistant Director of the Museum of the Grand Prairie, will take you on a multimedia tour of the famous forests of the past, real and imagined, and delve into how our perceptions of the forest are influenced by depictions of them in the arts. Free.