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Hit HMNS Sugar Land Friday night to solve Chemistry Mysteries and disco dance the night away

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HMNS Sugar Land’s monthly Friday Family Fun Nights have something for the whole family — crafts, snacks and, of course, science!

Join us this Friday, July 20 and delve into the world of Chemistry Mystery as you react and interact with other patrons, engage in live chemistry demonstrations in the Neon Lab and then dance the night away with the Neon Dance Group inside the Digital Dome Theater, which will be transformed into a Digital Disco for the occasion.

Join us this summer for Friday Family Fun Nights at HMNS Sugar Land!For more info on Friday Family Fun Night and tickets, call 713-639-4629 or click here.

Have some fun with the family this Friday at HMNS Sugar Land’s Animal Secrets exhibit!

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Forget The Secret Life of the American Teenager; how about the secret lives of forest animals?

HMNS Sugar Land’s new exhibit, Animal Secrets, answers questions about animal life from the common to the curious. Where do chipmunks sleep? How do mother bats find their babies in the dark? Answers to these questions and others are answered as children explore the secret lives of forest creatures.

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You can explore Animal Secrets with the whole family this Friday at Friday Family Fun Night. Designed especially for children ages 3 to 8, kids can discover nature from an animal’s point of view as they play in natural habitats — from meadows to caves.

In addition to access to the Animal Secrets exhibit, Friday Family Fun Night features a host of extra family-friendly activities, including live animals from local wildlife centers and the Cockrell Butterfly Center‘s popular outreach program, Wildlife on Wheels. Kiddos will get the opportunity to get up-close with baby alligators, screech owls, katydids, grasshoppers, butterflies and more (all supervised, of course).

Arts and crafts opportunities will be set up throughout the exhibit at craft stations. Costumes are also encouraged! Dress your little ones up as their favorite animals for our Kids Gone Wild costume contest.  Light snacks and a limited cash bar for the adults will be provided. Don’t miss it!

What: Friday Family Fun Night

When: Friday, June 1 from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Where: HMNS Sugar Land, 13016 University Blvd., Sugar Land, TX 77479

How much: $15, $10 for Museum members

For more information about HMNS Sugar Land’s family programming, call 713-639-4629 or click here.

A different kind of dancing robot: Robotic dinos hit HMNS Sugar Land Saturday

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What’s scarier than the thought of dinosaurs once again roaming the earth, Jurassic Park-style? What about robot terminator dinos?

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Don’t make any sudden movements.

Well, we have good news and bad news. The “bad” news is that we’ve got robot dinosaurs headed to our Sugar Land campus. The good news is they’re not yet self-aware. Yippee!

That’s right, beginning this Saturday, April 14, through Sunday, September 30, the HMNS Sugar Land location will feature a “Dinosaur Discovery,” with robotic dinos that were developed by LA’s Kokoro Dinosaurs in cooperation with some of the nation’s most prominent paleontologists.

Each dino is scientifically accurate, with pneumatic movements and patented skin texturing to give them the most life-like appearance possible.

Among the robots are an Albertosaurus, two Triceratops, a Maiasaura with an egg nest, and an Apatosaurus.

Want to check out the new dino robots (or prepare yourself for their inevitable take-over)? Click here for tickets.

Crime Lab Detective Now Open at HMNS at Sugar Land

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Today’s post is by Adrienne Barker, Director of the Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land. 

Saturday September 3rd marked the opening of the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Sugar Land‘s latest exhibtion – Crime Lab Detective. One of my colleagues and I, Kathy Treibs, visited it on Labor Day to check it out.

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Crime Lab Detective is on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land
now through May 6, 2012!

The exhibit is set in the home of the Johnsons who discover they’ve had a break in while on vacation.  As you enter the exhibit you see where the crime occurred and can take a look at the broken window, disturbed dirt outside and broken items inside.

Stopping at the first kiosk we saw a news report on the crime. 

After picking up a Crime Lab Detective Notebook, we headed to a second kiosk where we saw recordings of interrogations of suspects.  From there we were off to solve the crime!

Crime Lab Detective [HMNS at Sugar Land]

We walked through six different stations focused on various aspects of the crime.  From a teacher’s standpoint, Kathy discovered that students will have many opportunities to examine different types of scientific evidence and use problem solving skills to identify the criminal.  It will easily lead to many post-visit activities in science and career exploration for all grade levels.

We agreed that the crime is more difficult to solve than one might expect and a fun challenge to adults who don’t use these skills everyday.

Crime Lab Detective [HMNS at Sugar Land]

Catch our future messages as we take a closer look at fingerprinting, blood analysis, DNA, handwriting samples, and trace evidence including fibers and soil.  This is a great exhibit for everyone, especially those who like the challenge of criminology and solving the mystery.