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Monday, April 30, 2012
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Buggin' Out| Chicago |
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Make a bug friend, design bug bling, complete bug challenges, take part in a bug flash mob, learn fun facts about bugs or maybe even snack on one.
Where: Chicago Children's Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
Circus Zirkus| Chicago |
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Children can immerse themselves in backstage preparation, perform routines in center ring or manage the behind-the-scenes action of lights and sound. Plus, try making a circus balance toy or dress up like a clown.
Where: Chicago Children's Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
Space Junk 3-D| Chicago |
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A visually explosive journey of discovery that weighs the
solutions aimed at restoring our planet's orbits. Visitors
experience mind-boggling collisions in time lapse sequences
captured with the magical imagery of 3D.
Where: Adler Planetarium
Ages: Family/All Ages
Undiscovered Worlds| Chicago |
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Through the discovery of exoplanets, we have learned our solar system is not alone in the universe. IN this new space show, learn how, with new instruments like the Kepler Telescope and rapidly improving technologies, the discovery of exoplanets puts us one step closer to finding an Earth-like world.
Where: Adler Planetarium
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission.
3-D Sun| Chicago |
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New space show gives audiences the chance to see the sun
up close in dazzling, high-definition 3D. Stand above the Arctic
Circle and witness brilliant auroras. Take a ride on a solar blast
from the Sun's surface to Earth's Magnetosphere. Witness the most
powerful explosions in the solar system - equal to the force of a
billion megaton nuclear bombs.
Where: Adler Planetarium
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
Bikes! The Green Revolution| Chicago |
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Learn about the American bicycle and Chicago's bike culture. The exhibition details the roots of America's most democratic and sustainable form of transportation and considers why human-powered locomotion could be the way of the future for our rapidly evolving urban environment.
Where: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
Gods, Myths and Mortals| Chicago |
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Visitors go on an interactive journey through the world of ancient Greece, where they can meet the gods, experience ancient Greek daily life and interact with the epic poem The Odyssey through more than 25 engaging interactive components, including climbing into a 13-foot tall Trojan Horse. Kids play and learn as they navigate rocky caves and open seas on "The Odyssey: A Hero's Journey" and e-mail home their Hero Record, belt tunes in the Sirens Karaoke Cave, discover which Greek god they are most like, match wits with Aristotle in a game of 20 questions, test their arm wrestling prowess in the Gymnasium and marvel at a working replica of the Antikythera Mechanism, believed to be the world's oldest computer.
Where: National Hellenic Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
















