The Week-in-Preview: We’re Back, Really.
Posted on | May 9, 2007 | Comments Off
Last post declared we were back, this post means it.
Here we are with some nifty upcoming events.
Franklin InstiTut: Geocaching Kickoff
Saturday, May 12, 10 am-2 pm
Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th Street, CC Philly – Free!!!
Did you ever want to try geocaching? It’s like a tresure hunt, but with GPS. Anyway, this sounds like a neat excuse for spending the afternoon roaming the cityside. There’s prizes involved and a Tut theme. Souns neat.
The Franklin Institute’s website is scarce on the details — and the Geocaching site has a lot to be desired — so here’s some of the pertinent info:
| This one-day contest serves as the kickoff for the King Tut Treasure Geocaching Tour, a geocaching trail that connects 12 Tut and Egypt related points of interest throughout Center City, Philadelphia. The caches can be found until the end of September.This free event is for geocachers and their families. It is hosted by gophila.com and the Franklin Institute. It will take approximately four hours to complete the 12 caches. Please note, the new caches will not be activated until May 12th.The race may be completed individually or in teams of up to four people. Prizes will be awarded to the first geocachers who complete the tour of caches.
Registration and a time to meet other geocachers starts at 9:15 a.m. Unveiling the new geocaches and the race starts at 10:00 am. |
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I think I just broke the page, but I did it for you.
The Penn Science Cafe: “Recall! Lifting the Pet Food Fog”
Tuesday, May 15, 6pm
MarBar, 40th and Walnut, West Philadelphia – Free!
An old fave, the Penn Science Cafe is back with a timely talk about the pet food additive that’s killing our pets.
Lots of hype. Lots of questions. But what does the pet food recall mean to pet owners? What constitutes a healthy diet? What does the recall mean for the future of the pet food industry or the value we place on our adopted loved ones?
Brown Bag Lecture at the Chemical Heritage Foundation: “Nicotine: A Tale of Poisoning Priority”
Tuesday, May 15, 12 noon
Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut Street, Center City Philadelphia – Free!
You may (or may not) know of Jean Servais Stas, the guy who came up with the atomic weight of oxygen. Science Historian Brigitte Van Tiggelen talks about Stas’ role in solving a good old fashion murder mystery. Chemistry and homicide! What could be more fun?
On 20 November 1850, Gustave Fougnies died during a dinner at the home of his sister Lydie, wife of Hippolyte Visart de Bocarmé. As suspicion grew about the cause of death, the chemist Jean-Servais Stas was asked to investigate.
Academy of Natural Science: The Scoop on Poop ends May 13
1900 on the Parkway, Center City Philadelphia – worth whatever it costs
And you thought this exhibit would never pass. Well, the end is near.
