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Classes were cancelled for April and May.
HMNS was closed while Harris County was under a Stay at Home order due to COVID-19.
2019-2020 Afternoon Activities
September
Art of the Gunsmith:
From Columbus to Napoleon
October
Planetarium:
Expedition Reef
November
The Art of the Brick
January
Hall of Ancient Egypt
February
Cockrell Butterfly Center and
Brown Hall of Entomology
March
IMAX Movie
Great Bear Rain Forest 3D
April & May
All events cancelled.
Group A - 2019-2020 Lab Schedule
September
9:30am - ConocoPhillips TechnoScience Labs - Magnets - Investigate magnetic fields and other interesting magnetic behavior.
11:00 am - Wildlife Labs - On the Hunt - Some predators ambush, while others set clever traps, and one even spreads forest fires all in the hunt of food! Learn about the unique techniques animals use to catch a meal.
October
Space Mission - Junior Expedition - Participants act as astronauts on a space mission
November
9:30am - ConocoPhillips TechnoScience Labs - Light - Explore fluorescence, luminescence and color as we experiment with light.
11:00am - Time Labs - Heraldry - Use unique combinations of colors, shapes and animals, to create your own shield as you dis-cover the history of heraldry.
January
9:30am - ConocoPhillips TechnoScience Labs - Shape Science - Discover the science and math of shapes through tessellations, construction and more.
11:00am - Time Labs - Medieval Life - Feudalism can be fun! Travel the “Three Estates” as you discover what life held for various people in the Middle Ages.
February
9:30am - Time Labs - Medieval Medicine - From bile to blood and beyond! Come explore the medicine of the Middle Ages and make an apothecary box to take home.
11:00am - Wildlife Labs - Bump in the Night - When we go to sleep there’s an entire world of wildlife that wakes up. Discover which animals enjoy the nightlife and the adaptations that help them conquer the night.
March
9:30am - Time Labs - Silk Road - Come and “travel” the silk road as you encounter interesting peo-ple and exotic goods.
11:00am - Wildlife Labs - Are you My Mother? - Parenting is no easy job, but these animals make it look simple! Hear about surprisingly good mothers (and some fathers!) in this lab all about animal parental care.
April - CANCELLED
9:30am - Southwestern Energy Earth Science Labs - Soil Layers and the Dust Bowl - Discover the layers of soil beneath our feet and see how these layers affected the Dust Bowl in the 1930s.
11:00am - Wildlife Labs - Bear With Me - Learn about the Great 8 – the only 8 species of bear that are alive today, and explore their unique qualities that inspired characters like Yogi, Winnie-the-Pooh, and Smokey in this BEARy good lab.
May - CANCELLED
9:30am - ConocoPhillips TechnoScience Labs - Pressure - Lift, crush and hover with the amazing power of air pressure.
11:00am - Wildlife Labs - Survey Says - How do researches count bugs in the thousands, when it’s hard to catch just one? How can you estimate the diversity of wildlife in a moving river? Investigate collection and counting techniques researchers use to study wildlife, and acquire some skills you can use in your own backyard!
Group B - 2019-2020 Lab Schedule
September
9:30am - Dissection Labs - Not for the Squeamish - Take a close look at the mammalian respiratory system as you dissect a sheep pluck, separating the lungs from the trachea and heart. Includes lung dissection.
11:00am - ConocoPhillips TechnoScience Labs - Magnets - Investigate magnetic fields and other interesting magnetic behavior.
October
9:30am - Dissection Labs - Leaping Lizards - Moths, roaches and beetles, Yum! Discover a fascinating predator and local color changer, the anole. Includes lizard dissection.
11:00am - Southwestern Energy Earth Science Labs - Season's Greetings - Explore the earth’s rotation and orbit and discover how it affects our seasons on Earth!
November
Space Mission - Full Expedition - Participants act as astronauts and mission control specialists, landing on the moon and on Mars.
January
9:30am - Dissection Labs - 14-Legged Fun - It’s neither part horse nor crab, but it sure is one incredible arthropod! Investigate the horseshoe crab inside and out. Includes horseshoe crab dissection.
11:00am - ConocoPhillips TechnoScience Labs - Shape Science - Discover the science and math of shapes through tessellations, construction and more.
February
9:30am - Wildlife Labs - Bump in the Night - When we go to sleep there’s an entire world of wildlife that wakes up. Discover which animals enjoy the nightlife and the adaptations that help them conquer the night.
11:00am - Southwestern Energy Earth Science Labs - Behind the Tide - Find out why the tides change throughout the day, and what celestial body is to blame.
March
9:30am - Dissection Labs - Think About it - Examine the body’s most complex organ, the brain. Put your axons to work as you model nerves and neurotransmitters. Includes sheep brain dissection.
11:00am - Time Labs - Silk Road - Come and “travel” the silk road as you encounter interesting peo-ple and exotic goods.
April - CANCELLED
9:30am - Wildlife Labs - Bear With Me - Learn about the Great 8 – the only 8 species of bear that are alive today, and explore their unique qualities that inspired characters like Yogi, Winnie-the-Pooh, and Smokey in this BEARy good lab.
11:00am - ConocoPhillips TechnoScience Labs - Falling Fast - Explore parachutes and other ways to cushion a fall, then design and protect an egg ‘passenger’ from a crash.
May - CANCELLED
9:30am - Southwestern Energy Earth Science Labs - Mass Extinction - Dive into a class on mass extinction events to discover some of the biggest exoduses of life and the theories behind them.
11:00am - ConocoPhillips TechnoScience Labs - Pressure - Lift, crush and hover with the amazing power of air pressure.
Group C - 2019-2020 Lab Schedule
September
9:30am - Wildlife Labs - On the Hunt - Some predators ambush, while others set clever traps, and one even spreads forest fires all in the hunt of food! Learn about the unique techniques animals use to catch a meal.
11:00am - Dissection Labs - Not for the Squeamish - Take a close look at the mammalian respir-atory system as you dissect a sheep pluck, separating the lungs from the trachea and heart. Includes lung dissection.
October
9:30am - Time Labs - Barbarians! - Go Goth as you meet the bad boys and girls that helped to usher in the Middle Ages.
11:00am - Dissection Labs - Leaping Lizards - Moths, roaches and beetles, Yum! Discover a fascinating predator and local color changer, the anole. Includes lizard dissection.
November
Space Mission - Full Expedition - Participants act as astronauts and mission control specialists, landing on the moon and on Mars.
January
9:30am - Time Labs - Medieval Life - Feudalism can be fun! Travel the “Three Estates” as you discover what life held for various people in the Middle Ages.
11:00am - Dissection Labs - 14-Legged Fun - It’s neither part horse nor crab, but it sure is one incredible arthropod! Investigate the horseshoe crab inside and out. Includes horseshoe crab dissection.
February
9:30am - Southwestern Energy Earth Science Labs - Behind the Tide - Find out why the tides change throughout the day, and what celestial body is to blame.
11:00am - Time Labs - Medieval Medicine - From bile to blood and beyond! Come explore the medicine of the Middle Ages and make an apothecary box to take home.
March
9:30am - Wildlife Labs - Are you My Mother? - Parenting is no easy job, but these animals make it look simple! Hear about surprisingly good mothers (and some fathers!) in this lab all about animal parental care.
11:00am - Dissection Labs - Think About it - Examine the body’s most complex organ, the brain. Put your axons to work as you model nerves and neurotransmitters. Includes sheep brain dissection.
April - CANCELLED
9:30am - ConocoPhillips TechnoScience Labs - Falling Fast - Explore parachutes and other ways to cushion a fall, then design and protect an egg ‘passenger’ from a crash.
11:00am - Southwestern Energy Earth Science Labs - Soil Layers and the Dust Bowl - Discover the layers of soil beneath our feet and see how these layers affected the Dust Bowl in the 1930s.
May - CANCELLED
9:30am - Wildlife Labs - Survey Says - How do researches count bugs in the thousands, when it’s hard to catch just one? How can you estimate the diversity of wildlife in a moving river? Investigate collection and counting techniques researchers use to study wildlife, and acquire some skills you can use in your own backyard!
11:00am - Southwestern Energy Earth Science Labs - Mass Extinction - Dive into a class on mass extinction events to discover some of the biggest exoduses of life and the theories behind them.
Group D - 2019-2020 Lab Schedule
September
9:30am - ConocoPhillips TechnoScience Labs - Magnets - Investigate magnetic fields and other interesting magnetic behavior.
11:00am - Dissection Labs - Not for the Squeamish - Take a close look at the mammalian respir-atory system as you dissect a sheep pluck, separating the lungs from the trachea and heart. Includes lung dissection.
October
9:30am - Southwestern Energy Earth Science Labs - Season's Greetings - Explore the earth’s rotation and orbit and discover how it affects our seasons on Earth!
11:00am - Dissection Labs - Leaping Lizards - Moths, roaches and beetles, Yum! Discover a fascinating predator and local color changer, the anole. Includes lizard dissection.
November
9:30am - Wildlife Labs - Pollination and Predation - This lab focuses on the types of ecologi-cal relationships plants and animals engage in such as mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism. It explores the different ex-amples of these relationships in nature, and examines how these relationships effect the ways plants and animals interact with their environment.
11:00am - Time Labs - Heraldry - Use unique combinations of colors, shapes and animals, to create your own shield as you dis-cover the history of heraldry.
January
9:30am - Dissection Labs - 14-Legged Fun - It’s neither part horse nor crab, but it sure is one incredible arthropod! Investigate the horseshoe crab inside and out. Includes horseshoe crab dissection.
11:00am - ConocoPhillips TechnoScience Labs - Shape Science - Discover the science and math of shapes through tessella-tions, construction and more.
February
9:30am - Southwestern Energy Earth Science Labs - Behind the Tide - Find out why the tides change throughout the day, and what celestial body is to blame.
11:00am - Time Labs - Medieval Medicine - From bile to blood and beyond! Come explore the medicine of the Middle Ages and make an apothecary box to take home.
March
9:30am - Time Labs - Silk Road - Come and “travel” the silk road as you encounter interesting peo-ple and exotic goods.
11:00am - Dissection Labs - Think About it - Examine the body’s most complex organ, the brain. Put your axons to work as you model nerves and neurotransmitters. Includes sheep brain dissection.
April - CANCELLED
Space Mission - Advanced Full Expedition - Harder tasks. Participants act as both astronauts and mission controllers. Landings on Moon and Mars.
May - CANCELLED
9:30am - ConocoPhillips TechnoScience Labs - Pressure - Lift, crush and hover with the amazing power of air pressure.
11:00am - Wildlife Labs - Survey Says - How do researches count bugs in the thousands, when it’s hard to catch just one? How can you estimate the diversity of wildlife in a moving river? Investigate collection and counting techniques researchers use to study wildlife, and acquire some skills you can use in your own backyard!
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