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2021 Apr 21

Earth Week: Let's Botanize! Live Video Screening and Q&A

4:00pm to 4:45pm
Location:
Online

In their Instagram series, Let’s Botanize, Harvard doctoral candidates Ben Goulet-Scott and Jacob Suissa share their passion for plants and bring these often-overlooked parts of our environment into the foreground. Join us for a live screening of their short video, Movement without Muscles: The...
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2021 Apr 21

Evolution and Adaptation of Frogs

9:00am to 12:00pm
Location:
Online

Intended for middle school educators but the lesson is also suitable for upper elementary.

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2021 Apr 20

Earth Week: After-School Animal Encounters: Humans and Animals

3:00pm to 3:45pm
Location:
Online

Life on planet Earth can sometimes seem unbelievably diverse and resilient, yet we’re more aware than ever of how connected all living beings are to one another. This special Earth Week edition focuses on some of the challenges animals face today, and on what we humans—young and old...
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2021 Apr 19

Earth Week Story Time – Live!

3:30pm to 4:00pm
Location:
Online
Stories are a wonderful way to cultivate appreciation and protection for the planet in young Earthlings. Join Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Volunteer Coordinator Carol Carlson for Earth Week Story Time with a live reading of two children’s picture books that explore how living...
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2021 Apr 19

A Week-Long Celebration of Earth Day

Mon Apr 19 (All day) to Fri Apr 23 (All day)
Location:
Online

Join the Harvard Museum of Natural History in celebrating Earth Day with...
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2021 Apr 17

Nature Journaling for Families - Sold Out

9:30am to 11:30am
Location:
Online
Artist and Educator Erica Beade

Exploring the natural world together is a wonderful family experience. Bringing along a sketchbook can enrich that experience, providing opportunities for closer observation and leading to great...
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2021 Apr 15

Glass Flowers Tours – The Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants

6:00pm
Location:
Online

Join us for a virtual tour of the famous Glass Flowers! This docent-led tour will delve into the history, artistry, and significance of the collection and give participants the opportunity to explore the gallery online. These interactive tours are approximately one-hour in length, and offer time for Q&A with your tour guide.

The fee is $8 members/$10 nonmembers per...
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2021 Apr 14

Body Builders: How Animals Regenerate New Parts

6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location:
Online

Mansi Srivastava, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences, Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

Regeneration is a...
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2021 Mar 30

HMSC Members Only: Family Fun: Animal Problem Solvers

6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location:
Online

Exclusive for Members Virtual Event

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2021 Mar 27

Drawing Plants & Flowers in Colored Pencil - Sold Out

9:30am to 11:30am
Location:
Online

In this online workshop participants will explore the versatile medium of colored pencil as they capture the form and beauty of botanicals. After discussing materials and techniques and looking at examples, each participant will experiment with drawing botanical subjects of their...
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2021 Apr 22

Earth Week: Feeding the Globe Sustainably in the Twenty-First Century

6:00pm to 7:00pm

2021 Apr 23

Earth Week: Ecology and Spirituality: A Roundtable with Harvard Divinity School Students

4:00pm to 5:00pm

2021 Apr 27

Flap, Hop, Caw

3:00pm to 4:00pm

2021 Apr 28

Drawing Trees - Sold Out

9:30am to 11:30am

2021 Apr 28

What Spiders Have to Say

6:00pm to 7:00pm

2021 May 01

Teeth and Temperature: The Evolution of Horses in Response to Environmental Change

9:00am to 12:00pm

2021 May 08

Is it a Snake? Convergent Evolution in Reptiles and Amphibians

9:00am to 12:00pm

2021 May 11

Drawing Birds - Sold Out

9:30am to 11:30am

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