Science Saturday at the Fairmount Water Works
Posted on | July 7, 2009 | 1 Comment
| July 11, 2009 | ||
| 1:30 pm | to | 3:30 pm |
| July 25, 2009 | ||
| 1:30 pm | to | 3:30 pm |
It is easy to forget that, under all the concrete and asphalt, that Philly is a essentially a river town, built at the confluence of two great rivers. And even though many of our creeks were long-since diverted to sewers or buried to become future rowhome-sinkers, there is much natural beauty to be seen and appreciated.
This weekend, the Philadelphia Water Works Interpretive Center looks at the microscopic critters that form the base of our river-y ecosystem.
Science Saturday: The Schuylkill Food Web
Saturday, July 11, 1:30 pm -3:30 pm
Children and parents alike are fascinated by the microscopic life that thrives in the river. FWWIC educator and molecular biologist Megan Malloy will take visitors to the banks of the Schuylkill to get a fresh sample of river water. Back in the Interpretive Center lab, there is much to see when you make a slide from the sample and view it through the powerful Seeing Is Believing microscopes. Some life forms will elicit oohs and ahhs. Other creatures are deemed “yukky.” The river critters can range in size from algae, diatoms, protozoa and other microorganism to the larger nematodes, scuds and snails seen by the naked eye. These tiny life forms are the beginnings of a healthy food web for the shad and other water critters. Free; no registration required.
Judging by their site, it looks like this event will repeat on the 25th.
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July 10th, 2009 @ 12:41 pm
[...] Science Saturday at the Fairmount Water Works — 7/11, 1:30 pm -3:30 pm Children and parents alike are fascinated by the microscopic life that thrives in the river. FWWIC educator and molecular biologist Megan Malloy will take visitors to the banks of the Schuylkill to get a fresh sample of river water. Back in the Interpretive Center lab, there is much to see when you make a slide from the sample and view it through the powerful Seeing Is Believing microscopes. Some life forms will elicit oohs and ahhs. Other creatures are deemed “yukky.” The river critters can range in size from algae, diatoms, protozoa and other microorganism to the larger nematodes, scuds and snails seen by the naked eye. These tiny life forms are the beginnings of a healthy food web for the shad and other water critters. Free; no registration required. Butterfly Count at the Schuylkill Nature Center — 9am 7/11 [...]