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Access to Science

May 15, 2019 Mackenzie Fitchett Education, Featured, Interactive, Live Animals, People, Program

A sensory-friendly event

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A Parent’s Review of Mythic Creatures

May 1, 2019 Mackenzie Fitchett Education, Exhibit, Featured, Fossil, Interactive, Paleontology

She recounts her experience with her daughter.

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Truth or Legend?

April 24, 2019 Mackenzie Fitchett Botany, Exhibit, Featured, Fossil, Ichthyology, Ornithology, Paleontology, Uncategorized

The myths behind the real Academy specimens

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Protecting Bioko’s Biodiversity, Part 2

April 17, 2019 Mackenzie Fitchett Education, Environmental Science, Featured, People, Program

Researchers want to know what’s happening to water quality.

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Academy on the Go Gets a New Set of Wheels

April 3, 2019 Mackenzie Fitchett Education, Featured, Interactive, Live Animals, Ornithology, Program

Subaru donates 2019 Subaru Outbacks for outreach.

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New Species Announced at Academy

March 25, 2019 Mackenzie Fitchett Environmental Science, Evolution, Fossil, Uncategorized

Reminder of how important biodiversity is.

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The Meteorite Has Landed

March 22, 2019 Mackenzie Fitchett Featured, Interactive, Mineralogy, Uncategorized

Touch a hunk of outer space.

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Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids

February 13, 2019 Mackenzie Fitchett Education, Exhibit, Featured, Fossil, Ichthyology, Malacology, Paleontology, People

Opens Feb. 16

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How Fast Are the Oceans Warming?

January 30, 2019 Mackenzie Fitchett Education, Environmental Science, Featured, People

Faster than you think.

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Reporting From Antarctica, Week Two

December 17, 2018 Mackenzie Fitchett Environmental Science, Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Paleontology

Training on how to survive in Antarctica.

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Academy Conversation: Is the Climate of Climate Ch Academy Conversation: Is the Climate of Climate Change Changing? Join us virtually to talk about what actions are being implemented to help tackle #ClimateChange, from City Hall in Philadelphia all the way to the White House. Free with registration. ⁠
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📅TODAY 3/2/21 at 3:30 p.m.⁠
Link in bio to register
Happy #MolluskMonday! Here is a fine Horned Helmet Happy #MolluskMonday! Here is a fine Horned Helmet Shell (Cassis cornuta) in the Academy’s malacology collection.
Rainy day blues? We have sold out of tickets for t Rainy day blues? We have sold out of tickets for today, but you can come hang out under these blue skies with our Bison on Sunday. You save $2 when you reserve your timed tickets online! Plan your visit today via link in bio. 

Photo by recent visitor @cgladston3
Want to see our Permian Monsters exhibit, full of Want to see our Permian Monsters exhibit, full of moving prehistoric creatures from the comfort of your couch? You can - tonight! ⁠
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Link in bio to register for our Flashlight Tour at 7 p.m.
Raise your hand if you've ever dreamed of digging Raise your hand if you've ever dreamed of digging for dinosaur bones! 🦖⛏️🙋🏽 ⁠
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For Ruby Le, a high school student in our Women In Natural Sciences program, this dream became a reality in the summer of 2019 during a weeklong fossil dig in Montana. Ruby got to jacket fossils, stargaze, hike and learn about geography! ⁠
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Women In Natural Sciences (WINS) is a free afterschool and summer science enrichment program offered to female public school students. Since its founding in 1982, WINS has been providing participants with hands-on science classes, skill-building activities and opportunities for personal growth in a uniquely nurturing setting. To date, more than 820 young women have completed the WINS program. The program’s mentoring and support have resulted in 100 percent of students graduating high school and more than 96 percent attending college.⁠
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Join us virtually on March 11 to celebrate the meaningful experiences of WINS alumnae at Life After WINS. Link in bio to register.
The Academy's animal ambassadors help connect our The Academy's animal ambassadors help connect our community to nature! Gecky the leopard gecko has become a favorite of local students during virtual lessons about animal habitats. Leopard geckos are native to dry desert areas in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and northwest India. Leopard geckos are well equipped to survive in this extreme habitat with features like camouflage, a tail that stores fat for nutrition and shedding edible skin that provides extra minerals and moisture.⁠
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To book a virtual lesson for your class visit the link in profile!
Break out your pearls for #MolluskMonday! A pair o Break out your pearls for #MolluskMonday! A pair of cultured “Mabe” pearls still in their parent oyster. These are made by sliding a hemispherical blank between the living animal and its shell. The oyster deals with the irritation of the rough blank by coating it with mother-of-pearl to make it smooth. The resulting half-round pearls are bigger than any possible spherical pearl, and are used for earrings and brooches.
We tend to think of seashells as inanimate objects We tend to think of seashells as inanimate objects scattered across sandy beaches at the sea’s edge. But each of those shells were living animals, or mollusks. Their life stories can be unexpected, telling and surprisingly varied. Join Collection Manager Paul Callomon live from the Malacology Collection as he brings shells back to life.⁠
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A Shaker of Science: Shell Tales⁠
Thursday, February 25⁠
5:30 PM-6:30 PM⁠
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Link in bio to register!
Ah, that feeling when you can sleep in on the week Ah, that feeling when you can sleep in on the weekend. We're looking forward to it – Happy Friday! ⁠
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There is limited time left to visit the incredible Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit at the Academy. See 100 award winning nature photographs from all around the world!⁠
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The Academy is open to the general public Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m. –5 p.m. Timed tickets are available to reserve online. ⁠
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Link in bio for more info.
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