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e-UPDATE NEWSLETTER APRIL 2008
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
eNews April 2008
Summer Camp Registration Now Open!
Offered every week starting June 23, our popular half-day summer camps are for kids of all ages - from pre-Kindergarten to 8th grade. With almost 30 different camps to choose from, kids can spend a week as a superhero, wizard, pirate, roller coaster designer, artist and more - all while exploring the wonders of science!
 
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Nano Day at the Fleet
Nano Days at the FleetWhat do tennis balls, PC hard drives and catalytic converters have in common? They all benefit from advances in nanotechnology, or the science of creating materials from single atoms. Discover how everyday products use nanotechnology, explore the tiny scale of nanoscience (one nanometer = one billionth of a meter!), then play with that strange nano-material, ferrofluid.
 
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Conservation's in Bloom at the Spring Garden Festival
Spring Garden FestivalLooking for ways to conserve water at home? Mark your calendar for the Spring Garden Festival at Cuyamaca College on Saturday, April 26. With water-wise gardening lectures, expert demonstrations, live entertainment and children's activities, it's good green fun for the whole family.
 

 
 
Online ticket sales now available!
eTicket
Now you can buy advance IMAX tickets online! Click the ticket image to the right or visit https://tickets.rhfleet.org anytime to purchase tickets for a film in the Fleet's IMAX Dome Theater. Your transaction is secure and you may pick up your tickets at the will call window. (registration required)
 
Theater Reservations Privileges for Members
Did you know that your Fleet Science Center membership allows you to make free reservations for IMAX films and planetarium shows? Simply call (619) 238-1233 and press 3, then claim your reservation at the box office at least 15 minutes prior to show time. Not a member yet? Click "more" for complete details.
 
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This Month's Experiment: Shrinking Plastic

Plastic take-out containers as art? Join Nicole and Brandon at the Exploration Bar for a fun experiment with incredible shrinking plastics!

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READ THE INSTRUCTIONS (PDF)
NORTH STAR SCIENCE STORE
Featured Product of the Month
Frigits Frigits transforms your refrigerator into a kinetic playground! Position the rails, buckets, chutes, and ferris wheel anyway you like, then release the marble and let the fun begin! This award-winning toy teaches about simple machines, inertia, kinetic & rotational energy - all while exercising strategy and problem-solving skills. Available in standard and deluxe versions.

Our Price: $24.99 to $32.99
(Recommended for ages 7 and up.)
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Enter to Win!
Congratulations to Jan Illig Smith, winner of two passes to the Birch Aquarium at Scripps!

This month, it could be YOUR turn to win! Enter to win four passes to the San Diego Museum of Art! To enter, please complete this form by April 15.


 
San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture
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April Calendar
APR 2: The Sky Tonight Planetarium Show
APR 5: Nano Day at the Fleet
APR 7: Senior Monday (Afternoon Scholars)
APR 12: Saturday Science Club for Girls
APR 19: Family Science Day
IMAX Films
Grand Canyon Adventure


Sea Monster


Dolphins
Fridays at the Fleet
See classic IMAX films
at 6 & 7 pm every Friday
for only $7.50 each!
($6.00 for members)
APR 4: Adventures in Wild California
 
Bugs!
 
APR 11: Ring of Fire
 
Stormchasers
 
APR 18: Journey into Amazing Caves
 
To the Limit
 
APR 25: Africa: the Serengeti
 
Antarctica
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