Spring 2010 Programs
Registration is now open for all Spring 2010 programs!
Adult Lectures and Workshops Children's and Family
Workshops Special
Events
Family
Night Out Movie Night Sunday Science Film Series Spike's
Club Scouts
Children's and Family Programs
Children's and Family Workshops
Space is limited, and pre-registration is required. To enroll, please call the education department at 405-325-4712.
Summer Explorers
June 7 through August 6
Are you ready for an exciting summer? Join us for exciting new classes and some old favorites this summer. Our classes are a fun way for children ages 4 to 14 to experience the world of natural history. All classes will spend some time outside on museum grounds, and some classes will meet at the museum and then travel in museum vans to local areas around Norman. All classes are taught by trained staff. Click here for a full schedule of Summer Explorers programs.
Dinosaur Designer
Saturdays, 10 a.m. to noon, Feb. 20 and 27
For grades 1 and 2
Bring your imagination to the museum! We’ll look at real fossils from our collection and then it will be your turn to create and name your very own dinosaur to take home.
Cost: members $20, non-members $30
Fun with Fossils, A Family Fossil Field Trip
Friday, April 23, 7 to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Join us as we travel to one of the premier invertebrate dig sites in Oklahoma in search of marine fossils. Steve Westrop, Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology, will lead this fun educational adventure. To prepare for our trip, we’ll meet Friday evening to learn about the time period when Oklahoma was under the ocean and trilobites roamed the waters! This field trip is open to children ages 8 and up with an adult. To register, please call the education department at (405)325-4712.
Cost (one adult and one child): members: $90, non-members: $105
Each additional person: members: $45, non-members: $55
Family Night Out
Enjoy a fun night out with the family at the museum. Don’t worry about dinner and entertainment – it’s all here! We’ll introduce a topic (see options below), enjoy pizza and drinks for dinner, and complete a project to take home. These programs are a great way for families to learn more about Oklahoma's diverse natural areas and find new ways to enjoy them together.
Kids ages 5 and older will enjoy the activities, but all ages are welcome. One adult for every two children is requested. Space is limited, and pre-registration is required. To register, please call the education department at (405) 325-4712. Cost: $10 per person members, $12 per person non-members
(includes craft project and dinner)
Who’s Been Here?
Friday, February 26, 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Ever wonder who visits your yard or your favorite natural areas when you’re not there? We’ll learn about the kinds of clues animals leave behind, from footprints to scat, during this fun workshop. After a pizza dinner, each family will make an animal track guide to take with them on their next outdoor adventure!
Hunters of the Sky
Friday, March 26, 6 to 8:30 p.m.
How would you eat your lunch without your hands? How would you find your food in a sea of grass? Come learn how hawks and owls meet these and other challenges. After a pizza dinner, we’ll look at “pellets” for more clues to how birds of prey survive.
Insectigations
Friday, April 30, 6 to 8:30 p.m.
It’s a bug’s world! Insects are everywhere, from your back yard to local parks. We’ll start our evening outside where we’ll learn how safely catch and release insects. After a pizza dinner, we’ll learn more about these curious creatures and some basic insect identification.
Movie Nights at the Museum
NOTICE: New movie times to allow you to get your little ones home earlier!
Bring your pillow and blanket for this family movie night in the museum’s Great Hall.
(Movie titles to be announced) Galleries open from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Movie begins at 7 p.m.
Evening museum admission, which includes movie admission, is $5 for adults, $4 seniors age 65 and up,
$3 youth ages 6 to 17, and free for children ages 5 and under. Museum members and OU students receive
a $1 per ticket discount. Snacks will be available for purchase during the show.
Friday, Feb. 19
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
Friday, March 19
Movie TBA
Friday, April 16
Movie TBA
Friday, May 21
Movie TBA
Friday, June 18
Movie TBA
Spike's Club
Spike’s Club is for kids who are wild about science and nature. Come join us this winter as we explore mythology! Travel around the world and through time as we explore fantastic tales and faraway lands. We’ll discover the mythology, legends and history of different cultures and even create a myth of our own! Click here for more information.
Scouts
The museum offers badge workshops for Girl Scouts of all ages and for Cub Scouts and Webelos. These workshops target many, if not all of the requirements for the completion of a badge, loop or pin.
To register for one of our workshops or to schedule a private class for your troop, pack or den, contact the education department at (405) 325-4712. Click here for a full list of Scout activities offered by the museum.
Special Events
Science in Action and I.D. Day
Sunday, Feb. 7, 1 to 5 p.m.
Exciting experiments, super scientists, live animals and science challenges will be set up throughout the museum for this free family science day. Experts will be available to identify your natural history objects and share museum specimens. Sponsored by Chesapeake Energy and OU Physicians.
Museum Volunteer Orientation Program
Saturday, Feb. 20, 10 a.m. to noon or Tuesday, Feb, 23, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Be part of the excitement! Join our wonderful team of volunteers and see the museum in a new light. Become a docent in one of our world-class galleries, work with children in the interactive Discovery Room or see what opportunities might await behind the scenes!
Spring Break Escape
Monday, March 15 through Friday, March 19, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Engage your senses as you spring into the culture and nature of Oklahoma! Daily activities include art workshops, nature hikes, storytelling, scavenger hunt and more! All programs are free with museum admission but space will be limited for some activities. Check the museum Web site, www.snomnh.ou.edu, for a full schedule of activities. Sponsored by Chesapeake Energy.
Eggstravaganza
Wednesday, March 31, 4 to 7 p.m.
Join us on the museum grounds for our annual egg hunt!
Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair
Monday and Tuesday, April 4 and 5
Sponsored by The Boeing Company and the Cyril Fund.
Saturday, June 12, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Free Admission Day
Enjoy a day of free admission, generously sponsored by Chesapeake Energy.
Lectures and Workshops
Adult Workshop: Supermarket Botany
Saturday March 6, 9 a.m. to noon
*This program was originally scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 30, but was rescheduled due to weather.
Join Dr. Wayne Elisens, curator of the Bebb Herbarium and professor of botany, and Ian Ramjohn, lecturer in botany, as they take you on a journey through the supermarket. You will examine the biology of common and exotic plants available in supermarkets and grocery stores. The basics of plant structure will be examined using common fruits and vegetables. Domestication of several cereals, fruits, and beverage plants will be studied. In addition to taste-testing of a variety of produce, interactive approaches will be employed to aid in our understanding of consumable plants important for human health and well-being. The workshop will be held in the teaching lab at the museum. This workshop is for adults only and early registration is recommended.
Cost: Members: $25, Non-members: $35.
Evening With a Curator: "The Art and Music of Navajo Peyotism: Tradition and Innovation"
Thursday, March 4, 7 p.m.
Daniel C. Swan, Associate Curator of Ethnology
The Peyote Religion or Native American Church is an intertribal religious movement that was born on the reservations of Southwest Indian Territory in the late 19th century and quickly spread to tribal communities in surrounding regions. Today the Church assumes an important role in the lives of hundreds of thousands of Native Americans. A vibrant expressive culture of traditional and fine arts, complex musical repertoires and ritual performances has developed in association with the Peyote Religion, particularly among the Navajo. This presentation explores the role of traditional philosophy and modern demographics in the rise of Navajo Peyote arts to a level previously unachieved in the history of the religion. Swan draws on 15 years of research with Native American Church artists from the Navajo community to demonstrate how the Navajo case is unique and may well provide a defining moment in the evolution of contemporary Peyote arts.
The Botany of Desire: Botany Book Discussion
Tuesday evenings, April 6 & 13, 7 p.m.
Join Phil Gibson, Associate Professor of Zoology and Botany/Microbiology for two informal discussion sessions on Michael Pollan’s, The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World. The sessions will be held on pm in one of the museum’s classrooms. This discussion series is limited to 15 participants.
Pre-registration is required. Cost for both sessions: members: $10; non-members: $15. Participants will provide their own book.
Tuesday, April 13, 7 p.m.: “Listening to Lizards: Natural History in Perspective”
Evening With A Curator
A free public presentation by Laurie Vitt, museum curator of reptiles, featuring a variety of live lizards.
Adult Workshop: Crafting a Caddo Bois d’arc Hunting Bow
Saturday April 17th, 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Phil Cross, member of the Caddo Indian Nation and author of numerous works on bow and arrow making, will discuss the art of crafting a hunting bow from bois d’arc (Osage orange). Time does not allow for building a bow from start to finish therefore, Mr. Cross will bring examples of the various stages involved in constructing a hunting bow. This program is for adults only and early registration is recommended.
Cost: members: $30, non-members: $40
Explore Oklahoma’s Geology: Adult Field Trip
Sunday, April 25, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Explore acres of 1.39 billion year old Tishomingo Granite, collect invertebrate fossils at the Hutton anticline, and look back into Oklahoma’s geological past by examining road cuts on I-35 or observe the geology of the Arbuckle Mountains. Rick Lupia, museum curator of paleobotany and micropaleontology, will lead you on an Oklahoma geology adventure. This field trip is for adults only and early registration is recommended.
Space is limited, and pre-registration is required. To enroll, please call the education department at (405) 325-4712.
Sunday Science Film Series
"Madame Curie"
Sunday, Jan. 24, 2 p.m.
This 1943 classic was nominated for 7 Oscars. Starring Greer Garson as Madame Curie, the film traces the struggle she and her husband and colleague, Dr. Pierre Curie, undergo to isolate the new element, radium. Unrated.
Free with paid museum admission.
“Chain Reaction”
Sunday, Jan. 31, 2 p.m.
(1996) Starring Keanu Reaves as Eddie Kasalivich, an undergraduate at the University of Chicago who works as a technician for a scientific team that discovers an alternative, low-cost, pollution-free fuel source. When one of the chief scientists is murdered and the invention stolen, Eddie and physicist Lily Sinclair are framed for it and have to flee for their lives, with the FBI, CIA and other involved parties in close pursuit. Rated PG-13. Free with paid museum admission.
"Semmelweis"
Sunday, Feb. 7, 2 p.m.
(2001) The tragic true story of Ignaz Semmelweis, the Hungarian doctor who discovered a method for preventing the lethal disease of childbed fever. In the Vienna General Hospital, 1849; years before Pasteur would develop his germ theory, one in three new mothers die within days of giving birth. Director Klein deems it 'the price God has put on the great gift of bearing a child.' But Semmelweis, assistant to the second ward, cannot believe that it is so. Fraught with nightmares, he cannot rest until he discovers the cause and cure of the fever. What he finds is a new way of thinking. Unrated. Free with paid museum admission.
“28 Days Later”
Sunday, Feb. 14, 2 p.m.
(2002) A powerful virus escapes from a British research facility. Transmitted in a drop of blood and devastating within seconds, the virus locks those infected into a permanent state of murderous rage. Within 28 days the country is overwhelmed and a handful of survivors begin their attempts to salvage a future, little realising that the deadly virus is not the only thing that threatens them. Rated R. Free with paid museum admission.
“Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet”
Sunday, Feb. 21, 2 p.m.
(1940) Nominated for an Oscar in Best Original Screenplay. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Dr. Max Erlich makes several valuable contributions to medical science. Among these was the ability to develop a serum to fight diseases such as typhoid by slowly building up natural immunities. From these successes, Erlich moved on to using chemicals as a cure for disease. His success at finding a cure for syphilis proves his ideas to be correct but he is forced to defend them in court when he sues a colleague for libel. Unrated. Free with paid museum admission.
“Pi”
Sunday, Feb. 28, 2 p.m.
This 1998 film won a directing award at the Sundance Film Festival. Max, played by Sean Gullette, is a genius mathematician who's convinced that numbers can be used as a key for understanding all existence. Representatives both from a Hasidic cabalistic sect and high-powered Wall Street firm hear of his secret and attempt to seduce him. Rated R. Free with paid museum admission.
“Ek Doctor Ki Maut (Death of a Doctor)”
Sunday, March 7, 2 p.m.
A 1990 award-winning film by noted Bengali director Tapan Sinha. After years of painstaking research at the cost of his personal life, Dr. Dipankar Roy discovers a vaccine for leprosy. The news is flashed over television and overnight, an insignificant junior doctor receives international recognition. Instead of recognition, Roy suffers social ostracization, bureaucratic negligence, reprimand and insult. Unrated.
Free with paid museum admission
“Gattaca”
Sunday, March 14, 2 p.m.
(1997) In the not-too-distant future, a less than perfect man wants to travel to the stars. Society has categorized Vincent Freeman (played by Ethan Hawke) as genetically inferior and he has become one of the underclass of humans. To move ahead, he assumes the identity of Jerome Morrow, a perfect genetic specimen who is a paraplegic as a result of a fall. When a colleague is killed Freeman is finally scheduled for a space mission, but a colleague suspects his origins and the police begin an investigation. Rated PG-13. Free with paid museum admission.
“The Story of Louis Pasteur ”
Sunday, March 21, 2 p.m.
(1935) This film, staring Paul Muni in the title role, won 3 Oscars and was nominated for Best Picture in 1937. The film traces the ups and downs of Pasteur’s career, beginning in 1860 when his germ theory and recommendation that doctors wash their hands and sterilize their instruments meet with derision in the academy. Unrated. Free with paid museum admission.
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