CURRENT EXHIBITS
"BATS ARE BEAUTIFUL"
"TUOLUMNE RIVER WATERSHED"
SCIENCE CHALLENGE
Thursday, October 2, 2008
6 PM
Seasons on Mchenry Ave.
$750 table, $80 person
Give your brain a workout and help a good
cause. Our annual Science Challenge is a very popular event! Gather your
co-workers or friends and compete in a unique local quiz show. Dinner is
included and spectator seats available. For information call 575-6196.
FALL OPEN HOUSE & NATIVE PLANT SALE
Saturday, October 18
9 - 4 (plant sale 8-12)
Free admission
BIKE RIDE ALONG THE TUOLUMNE
Sunday, October 26
1 - 3 PM
$10 person ( includes a gourmet snack)
Meg Gonzales of the Tuolumne River Trust
will be our guide on this leisurely ride as we explore the natural world along
the Tuolumne and learn about the future River Parkway.
Registration deadline October 17
COSUMNES RIVER PRESERVE FIELD TRIP
DATE: November 15
TIME: 12 noon—7 PM
PLACE: Cosumnes River Preserve
COST: $15/member $20/nonmember
GUIDE: Teri Curtis, MJC Biology
Stroll along wetlands, through Valley Oak
forests, and view Sandhill Cranes at sunset, all in the beautiful Cosumnes River
Preserve. This trip will include a stop in the CRP visitor center, a 3 mile
nature walk on a maintained trail, and viewing Sandhill Cranes as they fly in at
sunset to roost for the night. Participants should take or wear: walking shoes
(as well as comfortable clothes), sack lunch, water, snack, day pack, and a
jacket. Binoculars are recommended; binoculars (economical model) and a spotting
scope will be available.
Registration deadline Nov. 8
SCIENCE ON SATURDAY
FALLING INTO AUTUMN
DATE: Saturday, October 11
AGES: 8-12 years
INSTRUCTOR: Sarah Smith
$8/11
Learn why trees are so important to us through collection, observation, and a
tour of the trees on the MJC campus as well as the life cycle of a tree. Make
an miniature acorn pillow to take home. Falling into a pile a leaves is included
in this program. Dress in play clothes.
Registration deadline October 3
GET BATTY!
DATE: Saturday, October 18
AGES: 4-7
INSTRUCTOR: Kelly Skultety
$8/11
Sleep all day, stay up all night and hang upside down. Kids would love to be
a bat! Come get batty and try out your wings.
Registration deadline October 5
NATURAL HOLIDAY WREATHS
DATE: Saturday, November 15
AGES: 13 & up
INSTRUCTOR: Sarah Smith
$8/11
Create a on-of-a-kind Holiday wreath with the bounty of nature's flora and
step by step instruction.
Registration deadline November 3
OBSERVATORY VIEWING SESSIONS
Drop in, no registration required. Cancelled
if sky is cloudy.
Located behind the Museum Annex off alley. Free admission
September 5- 8 PM
October 3- 7:30 PM
November- 7:30 PM
CALL 575-6196 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY OF THE ABOVE