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Next 7 days, November 26 - December 02, 2009

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November 26, Thursday
Sea Lion Feeding & Presentation
Nov 26, 11:30 AM at Central Park Zoo
Occurs 181 more times thru May 26

Whether they're high-fiving their trainers, showing off their flips, or catching fish on the fly, our charismatic sea lions love to impress a crowd.

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11:30 AM

Central Park Zoo
East 64th Street and Fifth Avenue,
New York, NY, 10021
(212) 861-6030
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Join the Harbor Seals for a Meal
Nov 26, 11:45 AM at Central Park Zoo
Occurs 181 more times thru May 26

Herbie and Nikki work with their keepers on behaviors such as “station” (stay), “target,” (focus), and “give flipper!”

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11:45 AM

Central Park Zoo
East 64th Street and Fifth Avenue,
New York, NY, 10021
(212) 861-6030
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Manhattan Mini Models
Nov 26, 12:00 PM at Skyscraper Museum
Occurs 127 more times thru May 22

Two highly-detailed, hand-carved miniature wooden models of Downtown and Midtown Manhattan on permanent display. Donated by Mike Chesko, a 49-year-old retiree and devoted amateur model maker. Chesko's models measure 17-3/4 by 20 inches for the Lilliputian Lower Manhattan and 37 by 31 inches for Midtown. The scale of the model is 3/8 inch for every 100 feet, meaning that the 1,250 foot Empire State read more...

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12:00 PM

Skyscraper Museum
39 Battery Place,
New York, NY, 10280
(212) 968-1961
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Maps and Photographs of Lower Manhattan
Nov 26, 12:00 PM at Skyscraper Museum
Occurs 127 more times thru May 22

Lower Manhattan in the Sixties was a mature business district trapped in the fitments of an earlier age. A corset of finger piers bounded the island's edge, constraining growth. The downtown waterfront had been rendered obsolete, first by larger ships with deeper drafts, and from the late 1950s, by containerization which drove shipping to relocate to the vast, vacant expanses of the New Jersey low read more...

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12:00 PM

Skyscraper Museum
39 Battery Place,
New York, NY, 10280
(212) 968-1961
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The Myths & Magic of Iceland: A Voyage through Icelandic Children's Literature
Nov 26, 12:00 PM at Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America
Occurs 127 more times thru May 22

Travel to an enchanted landscape of glaciers, volcanoes, magical creatures, and spellbinding stories! This fall Scandinavia House's annual celebration of Nordic children's literature spotlights Iceland, an island nation with a unique culture and a rich trove of vibrant folk traditions and fairy tales. From the ancient sagas chronicling exciting Viking adventures, to folk tales passed from generati read more...

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12:00 PM

Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America
58 Park Ave.,
New York, NY, 10016
(212) 879-9779
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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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