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November 27, Friday
Connections: The Nature of Networks
Nov 27, 9:30 AM at New York Hall of Science
Occurs 150 more times thru May 22

Networks are everywhere and serve as a great tool for teaching science, mathematics, social studies and more. Connections utilizes state-of-the-art technology to explore the new science of networks. A spider’s web is a complex network and a river with its unstructured branches actually demonstrates a so-called emergent network. Connections will teach visitors about the differences, and similar read more...

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9:30 AM

New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street,
Queens, NY, 11368
(718) 699-0005
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Hidden Kingdoms: The World of Microbes
Nov 27, 9:30 AM at New York Hall of Science
Occurs 150 more times thru May 22

We live in a sea of microbes... Even though you cannot see these microbes, you are surrounded by them. They are on everything: surfaces, hands, soil, water, snow, and in the desert sands and Arctic Ocean. And they are alive: they reproduce, move, and respond to their environment. Welcome to Hidden Kingdoms-- The World of Microbes. Here you will be able to explore this unseen, fascinating and impo read more...

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9:30 AM

New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street,
Queens, NY, 11368
(718) 699-0005
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Marvelous Molecules: The Secret Of Life
Nov 27, 9:30 AM at New York Hall of Science
Occurs 150 more times thru May 22

Marvelous Molecules: The Secret of Life is the first ever hands-on exhibition exploring the shared chemistry of all living things. Hovering above the exhibit floor like a futuristic space station is a giant model of a glucose molecule magnified a quadrillion times (that's 10 followed by 15 zeroes!). This highly visible icon serves notice to visitors that they are about to enter a world whose size read more...

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9:30 AM

New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street,
Queens, NY, 11368
(718) 699-0005
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Mathematica: A World of Numbers
Nov 27, 9:30 AM at New York Hall of Science
Occurs 150 more times thru May 22

This is the first interactive exhibition devoted to math. Designed by world-renowned designers Charles and Ray Eames, Mathematica displays the range of mathematics, and share the excitement that mathematicians find in pursuing their science. Mathematica includes six interactive units covering: celestial mechanics, the Moebius band, minimal surfaces, projective geometry, probability, topology and m read more...

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9:30 AM

New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street,
Queens, NY, 11368
(718) 699-0005
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Preschool Place
Nov 27, 9:30 AM at New York Hall of Science
Occurs 150 more times thru May 22

The Preschool Place is the ideal space to explore and discover the natural and built world of a city. Experience multi-sensory activities in a protected area for our youngest visitors. Special science/art activities and puppet shows are featured during weekends and holidays.

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9:30 AM

New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street,
Queens, NY, 11368
(718) 699-0005
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Rocket Park
Nov 27, 9:30 AM at New York Hall of Science
Occurs 150 more times thru May 22

Rocket Park is a 5,000-square-foot exhibition on the grounds of the New York Hall of Science. Rocket Park features two newly refurbished icons of the U.S. space program—an original Atlas booster with a replica Mercury capsule and an original Titan II booster with a replica two-man Gemini capsule. Rocket Park also features a Friendship 7 Mercury capsule interactive replica, which allows visitors read more...

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9:30 AM

New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street,
Queens, NY, 11368
(718) 699-0005
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Science Playground
Nov 27, 9:30 AM at New York Hall of Science
Occurs 150 more times thru May 22

It's 60,000 square feet of outdoor fun! Through dozens of playground elements like slides and seesaws, people of all ages and abilities explore the scientific principles of motion, balance, sound, sight and simple machines, as well as sun, wind and water. The New York Hall of Science unveiled its outdoor Science Playground in 1997 to help the public experience aspects of science and technology read more...

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9:30 AM

New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street,
Queens, NY, 11368
(718) 699-0005
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Seeing The Light
Nov 27, 9:30 AM at New York Hall of Science
Occurs 150 more times thru May 22

Trick your mind and "see" something that's not there. Examine and experiment with the properties of color, light and the mysterious mechanisms of human perception. With over 80 exhibits, Seeing the Light allows visitirs to discover how the eye works, explore optical illusions and learn how we perceive the world around us with over. Exhibition highlights include: Rotating Light - Change read more...

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9:30 AM

New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street,
Queens, NY, 11368
(718) 699-0005
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The American Family Immigration History Center
Nov 27, 9:30 AM at Ellis Island Museum
Occurs 181 more times thru May 28

This is an exciting interactive area at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. You can access the passenger records of the ships that landed some 22 million immigrants, crewmembers, and other passengers at the Port of New York and Ellis Island from 1892 to 1924. More than 100 million Americans may find records of their family's beginnings in the new world here. To prepare for your search, gather as read more...

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9:30 AM

Ellis Island Museum
Ellis Island,
New York, NY
(212) 363-3200
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The American Immigrant Wall of Honor
Nov 27, 9:30 AM at Ellis Island Museum
Occurs 181 more times thru May 28

A special feature of the Ellis Island museum, the Wall of Honor overlooks the Statue of Liberty and the New York skyline and is the longest wall of names in the world. This unique display pays tribute to America's rich cultural heritage, celebrating American immigration from its earliest beginnings right up to the present day, and contains more than 700,000 names inscribed for posterity by family read more...

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9:30 AM

Ellis Island Museum
Ellis Island,
New York, NY
(212) 363-3200
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The Search For Life Beyond Earth
Nov 27, 9:30 AM at New York Hall of Science
Occurs 150 more times thru May 22

On Earth, wherever there is life, there is water. Are there other places in our solar system that might contain water and perhaps life? Join us in this fascinating exploration in The Search for Life Beyond Earth. Discover what scientist have learned about life in extreme environments on Earth and how this is suggesting what kind of life we look for in our Solar System and beyond. Visit a boilin read more...

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9:30 AM

New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street,
Queens, NY, 11368
(718) 699-0005
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The Sports Challenge
Nov 27, 9:30 AM at New York Hall of Science
Occurs 150 more times thru May 22

Cross-train your brain by gauging the speed of your fastball, climbing a rock wall, or surfing a wave, while learning the roles science plays in popular sports. By playing at 15 different sports stations, visitors learn about friction, balance, physics, rotation, aerodynamics, reaction and reflection. Each of the sports stations focuses on a different scientific principle that is crucial to suc read more...

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9:30 AM

New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street,
Queens, NY, 11368
(718) 699-0005
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A World Of Plants
Nov 27, 10:00 AM at New York Botanical Garden
Occurs 150 more times thru May 22

Plants are essential to life on Earth, providing oxygen, filtering water, creating habitats, and supplying food, fuel, medicine, and shelter. A World of Plants showcases more than 3,000 species of plants found around the globe, from Africa to the Americas, all presented within 9 of the 11 glasshouse galleries of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, the largest Victorian-era glasshouse in the United Sta read more...

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10:00 AM

New York Botanical Garden
200th Street and Kazimiroff Blvd.,
Bronx, NY
(718) 817-8700
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Adventures with Dora and Diego
Nov 27, 10:00 AM at Children's Museum of Manhattan
Occurs 159 more times thru May 29

Enjoy new adventures in the rainforest and join Diego on a series of high-stakes animal rescue missions. Help get ready for a party and join in a fabulous fiesta at Dora’s house! Sponsored by Nickelodeon. For ages 2–6.

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10:00 AM

Children's Museum of Manhattan
212 West 83rd Street,
New York, NY, 10024
(212) 721-1234
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Adventures with Dora and Diego
Nov 27, 10:00 AM at Children's Museum of Manhattan
Occurs 159 more times thru May 29

Enjoy new adventures in the rainforest and join Diego on a series of high-stakes animal rescue missions. Help get ready for a party and join in a fabulous fiesta at Dora’s house!

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10:00 AM

Children's Museum of Manhattan
212 West 83rd Street,
New York, NY, 10024
(212) 721-1234
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Beavers IMAX Film
Nov 27, 10:00 AM at American Museum of Natural History
Occurs 37 more times thru Jan 03

Beavers follows a pair of these industrious creatures as they leave the shelter of their colony in search of a site to build a new home. The film chronicles their daily activities and the dangers they face as they find a site, build a dam, and start their own family. When it was released in 1988, the giant screen production Beavers brought audiences closer than ever to the shy, mysterious creat read more...

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10:00 AM

American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street,
New York, NY, 10024
(212) 769-5100
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City Splash Outdoor Water Play
Nov 27, 10:00 AM at Children's Museum of Manhattan
Occurs 159 more times thru May 29

Splash down in the Sussman Environmental Center and explore the physical properties of water as you launch boats down a winding stream. Younger children can splash, pour and experiment in the puddle patch.

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10:00 AM

Children's Museum of Manhattan
212 West 83rd Street,
New York, NY, 10024
(212) 721-1234
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Cosmic Pathway
Nov 27, 10:00 AM at Rose Center for Earth and Space
(Hayden Planetarium)
Occurs 175 more times thru May 22

Following the explosive Big Bang experience, visitors exit onto the Harriet and Robert Heilbrunn Cosmic Pathway, a dramatic, spiraling ramp that ushers them through 13 billion years of cosmic evolution. At the start of the walkway, visitors can measure the length of their stride and determine how many millions of years pass with each step. Thirteen markers along the way denote the passage of each read more...

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10:00 AM

Rose Center for Earth and Space
(Hayden Planetarium)
15 West 81st Street,
New York, NY, 10024
(212) 769-5100
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Extreme Mammals: The Biggest, Smallest, and Most Amazing Mammals of All Time,
Nov 27, 10:00 AM at American Museum of Natural History
Occurs 37 more times thru Jan 03

With Extreme Mammals: The Biggest, Smallest, and Most Amazing Mammals of All Time, the American Museum of Natural History explores the surprising and often extraordinary world of extinct and living mammals. Featuring spectacular fossils and other specimens from the Museum's collections, vivid reconstructions, and live animals, the exhibition examines the ancestry and evolution of numerous speci read more...

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10:00 AM

American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street,
New York, NY, 10024
(212) 769-5100
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Fare Collection
Nov 27, 10:00 AM at New York Transit Museum
Occurs 151 more times thru May 22

An exhibit on Fare Collection shows representative examples of various types of collection devices used throughout the subway system's history. Visitors may interact with these devices for a uniquely tactile retrospective experience. The exhibit features the first paper ticket-choppers used in 1904, later turnstile designs that accepted coins and tokens, the MetroCard turnstile currently in operat read more...

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10:00 AM

New York Transit Museum
Boerum Pl. & Schermenhorn Street,
Brooklyn, NY
(718) 694-4915
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