Museum General News Items

Museum Hosts Polar Scientists for "Polar-Palooza: Stories from a Changing Planet"

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:22:08 -0500

Why should people in Oklahoma care about the poles? How can thousand-year-old ice from the Arctic and Antarctic help us understand Earth’s future climate? Who are today’s polar explorers, and why do they risk frostbite and crevasses to study some of the most extreme conditions on the planet? Answers to these questions and more will be found at Polar-Palooza, an education and outreach project made possible by the National Science Foundation and NASA that will be visiting the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in Norman for a one-night-only presentation at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 22. The presentation will be free and open to the public.

Spring Family Programs Offered

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:22:20 -0500

Spring is a great time for families to come together and reacquaint themselves with the outdoors. The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is offering some family programming this spring that can help families do just that, and have some fun along the way. Registration is open now for two “Family Night Out” programs coming up on March 28 and April 11.

Middle School Students May Apply Now For Museum’s Summer Field Program)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:22:22 -0500

Young scientists will have an opportunity participate in a week of “doing science” as part of a new program offered this summer by the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. During “Oklahoma Science Adventure,” 12 middle school students will spend a week doing real science with real scientists in the fields, forests, streams and quarries of Oklahoma.

Applications are being accepted now through April 28 for students completing sixth-, seventh- or eighth-grade this spring. Applications are available on the museum’s Web site: www.snomnh.ou.edu/explorology. Students must submit the written application, parts of which are to be completed by a parent or guardian and a teacher. The program will take place Sunday through Saturday, July 6 through 12.

ExplorOlogy! Museum Receives $950,000 Gift to Start New Education Program

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:22:24 -0500

The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in Norman has received a gift in the amount of $950,000 from the Whitten-Newman Foundation of Edmond. The gift will fund ExplorOlogy, a new education project designed to engage children and teachers in doing science by immersing them in the world of field exploration.

Museum Offers Audio Tours, Podcast of Dinosaur Exhibits in English and Spanish

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:22:29 -0500

New podcasts will now allow Spanish-speaking visitors to the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in Norman to enjoy a Spanish-language audio tour through the dinosaur exhibits. The 25-minute tour is available in both English and Spanish. Museum visitors have the option of downloading the tour from the Web onto their personal iPod or other mp3 player, or renting an iPod at the museum information desk for use during their visit. The audio tours were made possible by the AT&T Foundation.