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Origami Valentines

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Origami Valentines
Start Date: 9-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 14-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Origami Valentines- Come create valentines using the Japanese art of paper folding. Using simple, geometric folds, discover how an ordinary sheet of paper can be transformed into a large variety of objects.

Tues & Wed- 10:30, 12:30, 2:30, 4:30

Thurs- 10:30, 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30

Fri & Sat- 10:30, 12:30, 2:30, 4:30

Sun- 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

Houston Skyline

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Houston Skyline
Start Date: 9-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 10-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

See if you can place the skyscrapers in the right place in the Houston skyline.

Build a Meter

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Build a Meter
Start Date: 9-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 10-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Visitors will gather objects that when lined up end-to-end approximate one meter's length.

Building Bonanza

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Building Bonanza
Start Date: 9-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 10-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Building Bonanza: Come celebrate the art of architecture and construction at Science Station. Build various structures with different types of materials. What can you build?

1. GeoDomes—Build geometric domes using toothpicks and clay.

2. Cups - Build a structure as high as you can only using cups.

3. Roman Arch— Try to build a working model of the Roman Arch and learn why this structure is so strong.

4. Marble Maze— Visitors use simple machines like inclined planes in order to build some extraordinary structures. Race your marble down a variable structure and problem-solve areas to create awesome twists and turns.

5. Straw Engineering – Straws aren’t just for drinking, but are great building tools as well. What can you build?

Design a Room

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Design a Room
Start Date: 9-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 10-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Use the furniture pieces to design your dream bedroom.

Kid''s First Movie

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Kid's First Movie
Start Date: 9-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 14-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Weekdays: 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30
Saturday: 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 3:30, 4:30

Sunday: 3:30, 4:30

Animal Architects

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Animal Architects
Start Date: 9-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 9-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Animal Architects: Explore the amazing habitats animals build and live in this week in EcoStation!

Animal Structures: Visitors match man-made structure cards with animal structure cards
Habitat Hunt:: Visitors match animals to their habitats
Nest Engineering: Can your nest hold the most eggs? Behave like a bird and figure out which would be the best nest for you.

US Building Find

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

US Building Find
Start Date: 9-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 10-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Place the famous building on the US map in the right city.

Build 100

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Build 100
Start Date: 9-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 10-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Roll the dice, multiply to find the product, and try to reach 100 before your opponents in this number building game.

Amazing Animal Adaptations

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Amazing Animal Adaptations
Start Date: 10-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 14-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Amazing Animal Adaptations: Act like a "wild" animal in EcoStation as you explore amazing animal adaptations this week!
 Bird Beaks: Visitors will use various materials to pick up different kinds of food to simulate different types of beaks and how they are adapted to different food
 Caching Critters: Visitors pretend they are storing food for the winter, like many different types of animals do. What strategies will they use to survive the cold?
 Skull Stories: Visitors examine skulls and fill out data about them

Amazing Animal Adaptations

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Amazing Animal Adaptations
Start Date: 10-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 14-Feb-10 6:00 PM
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Chinese Red and Yellow Bracelet

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Chinese Red and Yellow Bracelet
Start Date: 11-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 14-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Fold paper in the traditional Chinese colors to make a fabulous bracelet.

Tiger Craft

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Tiger Craft
Start Date: 11-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 14-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Make a paper bag puppet to celebrate the Year of the Tiger.

Shisima

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Shisima
Start Date: 11-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 14-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Get three game pieces in a row in order to win this strategy game.

Dancing Dragon Toy

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Dancing Dragon Toy
Start Date: 11-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 14-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Make your own paper version of the dancing dragon like the ones usually worn in parades on the Lunar New Year.

Lunar New Year Leap!

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Lunar New Year Leap!
Start Date: 11-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 14-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a leap into the sky! Join us at Science Station as we explore the characteristics that make fireworks brilliant: noise, color, smoke, and projection. Find out how fireworks are made to create these dynamic effects.
1. Film canister rockets-Shoot off a film canister rocket using some simple household supplies.
2. Glowing Fireworks—Explore the glowing effects of physical changes of objects under UV light. Create you own glowing firework display using UV sensitive highlighters.
3. Firework Glasses – View your world in a whole different way! Put on these special glasses and watch the colors burst to life.
4. Firework Periodic Table—Different combinations of elements are used to create colors, smoke, and explosion in fireworks. Visitors will match the different elements on cards to the elements on the periodic table to learn how the elements are used to create these special effects.
5. Name that Shell—Learn about the different shells (displays) that fireworks create and identify them in a matching game using a Firework Display Guide.

Jars of Stars

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Jars of Stars
Start Date: 11-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 14-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Use your estimation and multiplying skills to figure out which jars will hold various amounts of stars.

Food Trivia Challenge

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Food Trivia Challenge
Start Date: 11-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 14-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Think you've got what it takes to win? Come find out just how much or how little you know about the foods you put into your body.

Birthday Shades

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Birthday Shades
Start Date: 13-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 13-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

Birthday Shades – Jazz up your own 1st birthday shades and join the CMH celebration.

What''s your sign?

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

What's your sign?
Start Date: 13-Feb-10 10:00 AM
End Time: 13-Feb-10 6:00 PM
Event Details:

What’s Your Sign? – Art activity focused around horoscopes…everyone who has a birthday has one!

Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:57:45 GMT

Start Date: 9-Feb-10 11:00 AM
End Time: 9-Feb-10 5:30 PM

Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:57:45 GMT

Start Date: 10-Feb-10 11:00 AM
End Time: 10-Feb-10 5:30 PM

Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:57:45 GMT

Start Date: 11-Feb-10 11:00 AM
End Time: 11-Feb-10 5:30 PM

Target Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:54:36 GMT

Start Date: 11-Feb-10 5:00 PM
End Time: 11-Feb-10 8:30 PM

Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:57:45 GMT

Start Date: 12-Feb-10 11:00 AM
End Time: 12-Feb-10 5:30 PM

Members Only Hour

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:42:21 GMT

Start Date: 13-Feb-10 9:00 AM
End Time: 13-Feb-10 10:00 AM

Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:57:45 GMT

Start Date: 13-Feb-10 11:00 AM
End Time: 13-Feb-10 5:30 PM

All Sunday Events Begin at Noon

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:37:36 GMT

Start Date: 14-Feb-10 12:00 PM
End Time: 14-Feb-10 6:00 PM

Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:57:45 GMT

Start Date: 16-Feb-10 11:00 AM
End Time: 16-Feb-10 5:30 PM

Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:57:45 GMT

Start Date: 17-Feb-10 11:00 AM
End Time: 17-Feb-10 5:30 PM

Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:57:45 GMT

Start Date: 18-Feb-10 11:00 AM
End Time: 18-Feb-10 5:30 PM

Target Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:54:36 GMT

Start Date: 18-Feb-10 5:00 PM
End Time: 18-Feb-10 8:30 PM

Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:57:45 GMT

Start Date: 19-Feb-10 11:00 AM
End Time: 19-Feb-10 5:30 PM

Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:57:45 GMT

Start Date: 20-Feb-10 11:00 AM
End Time: 20-Feb-10 5:30 PM

All Sunday Events Begin at Noon

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:37:36 GMT

Start Date: 21-Feb-10 12:00 PM
End Time: 21-Feb-10 6:00 PM

Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:57:45 GMT

Start Date: 23-Feb-10 11:00 AM
End Time: 23-Feb-10 5:30 PM

Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:57:45 GMT

Start Date: 24-Feb-10 11:00 AM
End Time: 24-Feb-10 5:30 PM

Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:57:45 GMT

Start Date: 25-Feb-10 11:00 AM
End Time: 25-Feb-10 5:30 PM

Target Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:54:36 GMT

Start Date: 25-Feb-10 5:00 PM
End Time: 25-Feb-10 8:30 PM

Storytime

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:57:45 GMT

Start Date: 26-Feb-10 11:00 AM
End Time: 26-Feb-10 5:30 PM