American Museum of Natural History
Calling All Collectors: Scientists Will Identify Objects at Museum's Identification Day
Saturday, May 11, 12-4pm in the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall
As a boy, Theodore Roosevelt was a great collector of natural history objects. Today, some of the specimens gathered by our conservation-minded president are on display in the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall. Now, you can bring your own discoveries and collections to the Museum to ask questions of the experts. Each year, people bring their shells, rocks, insects, feathers, bones, and artifacts to the Museum’s annual Identification Day. Scientists will attempt to identify your discoveries while showing you some specimens from their own collections.
American Museum of Natural History
Identification Day
May 11th, 12pm-4pm
Bring your shells, rocks, insects, feathers, bones and artifacts to the annual Identification Day. Scientists will try to identify your discoveries while showing you some specimens from their own collections. Items identified in previous years have included a whale jawbone and a 5,000-year old stone spear point from Morocco!
For more information: www.amnh.org
American Museum of Natural History
Whales
May 19th, 11am-4pm
The Ocean is home to more than 79 species of whales. Over the centuries, cultures from around the world have both hunted and revered them, but what is the plight of these unique creatures? Learn about the work scientists do for the whales. Go inside a 45-foot life size replica of Istar, humpback whale, explore hands-on activities and meet scientists in this family program.
For more information: www.amnh.org
American Museum of Natural History
Whales:Giants of the Deep
Through January 5
Come closer than ever to some of the mightiest, most massive, and mysterious mammals on Earth. Featuring life-size models, interactive exhibits, and films-as well as more than 20 stunning whale skulls and skeletons-the family-friendly exhibition also reveals the history of the close relationship between humans and whales.
For more information: www.amnh.org
American Museum of Natural History
Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture
Through August 11, 2013
Explore the complex and intricate food system that brings what we eat from farm to fork. In sections devoted to growing, transporting, cooking, eating, tasting, and celebrating, the exhibition illuminates the myriad ways that food is produced.
For more information: www.amnh.org
American Museum of Natural History
The Butterfly Conservatory
Through late Spring
The butterflies are back! Celebrate the return of this re-created tropical forest environment with over 500 live butterflies.
For more information: www.amnh.org
Bronx Zoo
Penguin Feeding
Daily at 3:30 pm
During the daily feeding in the Russell B. Aitken Sea Bird Colony at 3:30pm, watch Magellanic penguins come out of their dens or up from the deep and bob for fish. Ask a keeper your questions about the birds.
For more information: www.bronxzoo.com
Bronx Zoo
Sea Lion Feeding
Daily at 3:00 pm
At the heart of the park, bark hello to California sea lions at the daily feeding and training demonstrations for the Zoo's noisiest residents at the sea lion pool.
For more information: www.bronxzoo.com
Bronx Zoo
Bee-Eater Feeding
Daily at 2:45 pm
Watch our acrobatic white-throated bee-eaters hunt live crickets on the wing, and ask a zookeeper your questions about birds.
For more information: www.bronxzoo.com
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Locally Sourced: Rare Plants, Rare Places
April 22-September 22
This summer, Brooklyn Botanic Garden adds several new plant communities to its cherished Native Flora Garden. This multimedia exhibit offers an inside look at the process of re-creating coastal meadow and pine barren habitats and the exciting science being done at BBG. Also on display are photographic prints of the landscapes that inspired the new gardens and some of the rare species the Native Flora Garden shelters.
For more information:
www.bbg.org
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Tree House Installation
Ongoing
This spring, tree house architect Roderick Romero has created a new site-specific installation using wood from trees felled by Hurricane Sandy. This whimsical, inhabitable sculpture will be part open-air classroom, part viewing point, and part artwork. Created specifically for BBG, the intriguing work will invite visitors of all ages to experience the Garden in a new way.
For more information:
www.bbg.org
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Spring in Bloom Guided Tours
Wednesdays in May | 1pm
Catch BBG's burgeoning blossoms at their best in this Garden-wide guided walk.
For more information:
www.bbg.org
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Spring Weekend Discovery Workshops
April 13-June 2 | Drop in Saturdays, 11 a.m.-1 pm, Sundays 1-3 pm
Drop in for these free family nature workshops and watch the Garden come to life! Children learn about garden plants and animals and explore the springtime world through Discovery stations, scavenger hunts, story time, crafts, and plantings to take home!
For more information:
www.bbg.org
New York Aquarium
In response to the delayed reopening of the New York Aquarium, Urban Advantage programs and services will now be available through WCS's Prospect Park Zoo at 450 Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. For the remainder of the school year, teachers, students and parent coordinators may take field trips, plan long term science investigations and use UA vouchers at Prospect Park Zoo - just as you would have done at New York Aquarium.
Students are encouraged to use their vouchers to collect data for an Animal Behavior Field Study Investigation or simply to enjoy a visit to the Zoo. Sea Lion Feeding
11:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m., & 4:00 p.m. | 4:30-6:30 p.m.
with Kimberly Carmody, Urban Mandala Whether they're high-fiving their keepers, showing off their dives, or catching fish on the fly, Stella and Beebe love to impress a crowd.
For more information: www.nyaquarium.com
New York Aquarium
The Discovery Center
open from 11-3pm on Saturdays and Sundays year-round
For more information:
www.nyaquarium.com
New York Aquarium
Fleece fest
May 18th and 19th, 12pm-5pm
It's time for some wild and woolly fun! Watch our sheep get their annual haircuts, and enjoy activities on the Farm. Musical guests will also perform.
For more information:
www.nyaquarium.com
New York Botanical Garden
Cooking Demonstrations
May 11-October 11 Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays: 2 pm and 4 pm At the Whole Foods Market Family Garden Kitchen
From late spring into early fall, learn to cook up flavorful new recipes using garden-fresh ingredients, twice a day on Wednesdays and weekends in the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden.
For more information:
www.nybg.org
New York Botanical Garden
Native Plant Garden Opening Weekend Celebration
May 4 and 5, 11 am-5 pm
Learn about the Native Plant Garden and its plants to appreciate the importance of these species. Kids can look for butterflies, join family scavenger hunts, and listen to native folklore.
For more information: www.nybg.org
New York Botanical Garden
Mother's Day Weekend Garden Party
May 11 and 12, 11 am-5 pm
Continue the celebration of the opening of the Native Plant Garden and treat mom to a beautiful green retreat. Play lawn games, fly a kite and have a picnic among the Garden's spectacular spring blooms. A professional photographer will be on hand to snap pictures for you to take home. Kids can enjoy hands-on nature activities and create a greeting card for the occasion.
For more information: www.nybg.org
New York Botanical Garden
Four Seasons
May 18-October 27
Four Seasons, in the Conservatory Courtyard, is an installation of four sculptures, each standing more than 15 feet high--Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter--by contemporary American artist and filmmaker Philip Haas. Haas was inspired by the 16th-century Italian Renaissance artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, who painted eccentric, yet scientifically accurate, composite heads composed of flowers, ivy, moss, fungi, vegetables, fruit, bark, and branches.
For more information: www.nybg.org
New York Botanical Garden
Wild Medicine
May 18-September 8
Discover how cultures around the world rely on plants for everything-from food and medicine to cosmetics-through a stunning recreation of Europe's first botanical garden in Padua and surprising displays of healing plants. Explore rare books and manuscripts, as well as engaging science adventures for kids, and much more.
For more information: www.nybg.org
New York Botanical Garden
Manolo Valdes Monumental Sculpture
Through May 26, 2013
Drawing inspiration from the Garden's natural landscape, acclaimed Spanish artist Manolo Valdes brings seven towering sculptures to five distinctive sites in a captivating showcase of the relationship between art and nature. Manolo Valdes has created new monumental sculptures that respond directly to the Garden's celebrated plant collections. Examples include Fiore, a 17-foot-high bronze and steel work inspired by oak and maple trees; Butterflies, a 50-foot-wide aluminum piece; and Ivy, a 15-foot-tall aluminum structure reminiscent of palm leaves.
For more information: www.nybg.org
New York Hall of Science
Daily Science Demonstrations
NYSCI Explainers demonstrate the exciting properties of chemistry, physics, biology, and more right before your eyes during these interactive 15-minute demonstrations. Engaging explanations combine with audience participation to make live science demonstrations an enjoyable learning experience for all ages. Free with NYSCI admission.
For more information: www.nyscience.org
New York Hall of Science
Science Playground
March 26 - December 31, 2013, weather permitting
Discover North America's largest science playground! More than 60,000 square feet of outdoor exhibits help visitors explore the scientific principles of motion, balance and simple machines. Open weather permitting. Free with UA
For more information: www.nyscience.org
New York Hall of Science
Design Zone
May 25 - September 1
Find out how videogame developers, music producers, roller coaster designers and other creative problem solvers use math and science to meet their design challenges.
For more information: www.nyscience.org
Queens Botanical Garden
Mother's Day Plant Sale
May 1 through 12 or while supplies last
Give mom (or yourself) the gift of flowers for the windowsill or garden! Visit the QBG Store for an assortment of blooms.
For more information: www.queensbotanical.org
Queens Botanical Garden
Celebrate National Bike Month at QBG
Throughout May
Ride your bicycle to QBG during the month of May and receive 50% off admission. NOTE: bicycles are not allowed inside the Garden -- lock up your wheels at our bike racks and take a stroll to see the flowers!
For more information: www.queensbotanical.org
Queens Botanical Garden
National Public Gardens Day and Garden Tour May 10, 2 pm to 4 pm
Fee: Free with voucher
(see link below)
Celebrate National Public Gardens Day with a tour of Queens Botanical Garden's verdant landscapes. Follow link to print out your voucher: here
For more information: www.queensbotanical.org
Queens Botanical Garden
Mother's Day Weekend Picnic in the Garden
May 11 & 12, 12 pm to 4pm Where: Crabapple Orchard of the Arboretum
Take mom to lunch at QBG! Pack a picnic basket or a brown-bag lunch and spend a delightful afternoon enjoying the flowers. Please -- no barbeques, tents or similar items.
For more information: www.queensbotanical.org
Queens Botanical Garden
NYC Wildflower Week Tour May 18, 2 pm
Check out our native plants in bloom! Discover natives in the woodland and perennial gardens and the beautiful fragrance walk with Fred Gerber, QBG's Director of Education Emeritus. See the Green Roof and the native plants around our Visitor & Administration Building -- LEED® certified by the U.S. Green Building Council
For more information: www.queensbotanical.org
Queens Botanical Garden
Art Exhibit: Fish & Crushed Can Story - Mixed Media
April 22 through July 22 Fee: Free with Garden Admission
This mixed media exhibit by artist Iandry Randriamandroso is created from discarded, crushed aluminum cans found on the streets, and cardboard and burlap from local grocery, along with wordless hand-made books about a fish and a crushed can and illustrates how growth is disrupted by invasive species. The exhibit is on display in the Visitor & Administration Building Gallery.
For more information: www.queensbotanical.org
Staten Island Zoo
Farm Day and Shear Madness at the Children's Center
May 19, 12 pm to 3 pm
We'll give our visitors a sense of the hard work it takes to run a farm, especially caring for the animals. And, May is sheep shearing time! Peter Sepe, a professional sheep shearer, will demonstrate how he shears the wool from our flock. And, the Staten Island Hand spinners and Weavers will demonstrate how the wool is spun into yarn that's used to weave or knit scarves, hats and sweaters. The demonstration is free with regular admission to the Zoo.
For more information: www.statenislandzoo.org.