Education – The Academy of Natural Sciences

Butterfly chrysalises from Costa Rica. Light green with gold.

Chrysalises Emerge

October 15, 2018 maryalicehartsock Exhibit, Featured, Live Animals

Unboxing a shipment for our Butterflies! exhibit

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kids in costume with educator and hedgehog

Halloween Month at the Academy

October 11, 2018 maryalicehartsock Featured, Live Animals, Program, Uncategorized

Trick-or-treat, story times and live animals–oh my!

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Undersea Treasures Wash Up at the 35th Annual Philadelphia Shell Show

October 10, 2018 Mackenzie Fitchett Education, Environmental Science, Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Malacology, Program

Thousands of beautiful and unusual shells from around the world will be on display and for sale when the 35th[…]

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Voting for the Environment

October 3, 2018 Mackenzie Fitchett Education, Environmental Science, Featured, People, Program

Academy Town Square Oct. 24 examines the issues

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Black walnut leaves against sky

Finding the Black Walnut

October 1, 2018 Gelsey Torres Botany, Education, Featured, Interactive

Search for a native hardwood that is known for useful autumn fruits.

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Dioramas Revealed, Part 2

September 20, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Education, Entomology, Environmental Science, Exhibit, Featured, Photoblog

Diorama makeover, takins before and after

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Close up of Red Autumn leaves against blue gray sky

Chromatography Experiment

September 11, 2018 maryalicehartsock Botany, Featured, Interactive, Kids Club, Membership

Predict what color a tree’s leaves will turn in the fall!

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edges of yellow and orange autumn leaves

Start a Nature Journal

September 10, 2018 Gelsey Torres Botany, Education, Environmental Science, Featured, Interactive

Fall is a great time to record your observations in a nature journal.

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Hawk Watch in Cape May

September 3, 2018 maryalicehartsock Featured, Interactive, Kids Club, Live Animals, Ornithology

Make plans for fall bird-watching

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Last Man Who Knew Everything

August 27, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Education, Entomology, Evolution, Exhibit, Featured, Fossil, Malacology, Paleontology, People

Looking back to Joseph Leidy

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