Join the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center for a free family friendly Earth Day Open House event in Kearneysville, West Virginia! The event will include hands-on-exhibits, crafts, demonstrations and touring the experimental stream laboratory.
Join the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center for an Earth Day Open House event.
When: Sunday, April 23, 2023 from 1:00 p.m. EDT to 4:00 p.m. EDT
Where: 11649 Leetown Rd. Kearneysville, WV 25430
The USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center is hosting a free Earth Day Open House event in Kearneysville, West Virginia. Demonstrations will highlight science and activities happening at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center. Events will include touring an experimental stream laboratory, extracting DNA from a strawberry, life of fish, learning about pollinators, crafts, learning how to ID stream organisms and macroinvertebrates, mapping, livestreaming a dive from a research cruise in the Pacific Ocean, watershed activities and more.
Exhibits may include:
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Strawberry DNA Extraction
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Brook trout in an Experimental Stream Laboratory
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Exploring Amphibians of the Northeast
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Recycled Art
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The Secret Life in Fish
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Fish Print Painting
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Stream Organism & Macroinvertebrates ID
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USGS Careers & Veteran Opportunities
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Identifying Pollinators from DNA they leave behind on Flowers
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Know your Watershed
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Exploring the Bird Banding Laboratory and the Breeding Bird Survey
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USGS/NOAA Research Cruise LIVE 2:30 p.m. only
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Bird Bingo LIVE 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. only
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Eager Eels LIVE 2:30 p.m. only
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Fish Health Sampling at the Secret Life in Fish LIVE 1:30 and 3:00 p.m. only
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Coloring Table