The Science Museum of Virginia offers exciting experiences for active, curious, smart adults. Events are included with museum exhibits admission unless otherwise indicated.

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Lunch Break Science is recommended for adults. Pre-registration not required. Please bring your own lunch.

SCHEDULE

Sept. 8, 2010
Plant Introduction in Virginia:  Beautiful Gardens
Neal Beasley
Horticultural Specialist & Landscape Designer, Timmons Group

Sept. 15, 2010
Salamanders, Sturgeon, and the World of Mesocosms: Outreach and Research at VCU's Rice Center
Anne Wright
Coordinator, Life Sciences Outreach Education, Virginia Commonwealth University

Sept. 22, 2010
Virginia's "Underdog" Wetlands: Ecology & Conservation of Vernal Pools & their Denizens
Michael Hayslett
Naturalist-in-Residence at Sweet Briar College and Director of the Virginia Vernal Pools Program

Sept. 29, 2010
Virginia’s Wonderful Wealth of Shrubs
Ms. Catharine Tucker
Botanist, Naturalist & Conservationist

Oct. 6, 2010
Virginia's Prospects in Offshore Drilling
David Spears
PG, State Geologist, Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy - Oil and Water

Oct. 13, 2010
Hurricanes and Virginia, a Surprising History, from Jamestown to the Present
Richard Schwartz, Author of Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States

Oct 20, 2010
Reducing the Need for Residential Mosquito Pesticides
Randy B. Buchanan
Virginia Mosquito Control Association

Oct. 27, 2010
The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
 Hans Oppe, Ph.D.