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Highlights: Call Mothers the Mother of Invention

Perhaps it is time to change the old saying that necessity is the mother of invention. People who are involved with the Da Vinci Science Center’s Inventor’s Lab Program may be more likely to tell you...

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Highlights: The Work of Bringing Earth Explorers to Life

Before the Da Vinci Science Center can open its summer feature exhibition National Geographic Presents: Earth Explorers on Saturday, May 30, 2015, nearly two weeks of work is needed to bring it to...

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Highlights: This Billboard Says Partners Bring Lives to Science

With the Da Vinci Science Center’s opening of the feature exhibition National Geographic Presents: Earth Explorers just days away, fans will begin to see billboards and several more promotional items...

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Highlights: How Kids Can Go to Med School on their Summer Vacation

The Da Vinci Science Center’s Summer 2015 Camps start on June 15, and spaces are filling up for many of the great week-long sessions. One of the most popular sessions is the Mini Med School morning...

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Highlights: No Cry Babies Here … Except Some Visitors

One of the most important roles we play at the Da Vinci Science Center is making science fun for kids. Simply put, the more fun a kid thinks something is, the more likely he or she is to take an...

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Highlights: DSC Experiences Help Stave Off the Summer Slide

The United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley and partners – including the Da Vinci Science Center – are working to call attention to what is known as the summer slide – the effect in which students can...

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Places to Explore: Natural Beauty Runs Deep at Lost River Caverns

Since the Da Vinci Science Center is encouraging its fans, friends, and members to have adventures exploring their world this summer, the Center is highlighting adventurous places nearby to discover...

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#MySci411: Internationally-Renowned Chemist Becomes Lehigh President

An internationally-renowned chemist became President of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., on Wednesday. John D. Simon, Ph.D., comes to Lehigh from the University of Virginia, where he served as...

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Highlights: Sharks Extended at DSC for Two Extra Weeks

The Da Vinci Science Center’s Inquiry Island visitor activities related to sharks – scheduled to be presented only this week – will be extended through July 24, 2015. The shark-themed fun includes...

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Highlights: Four Camp Scholarships Available for Underserved

Four scholarships remain available for students from underserved communities to attend a week-long Da Vinci Science Center Summer 2015 Camp session. The four scholarships – provided by FLSmidth, Inc....

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Highlights: Field Trip Funding Available from Multiple Sources

Funding opportunities are available from multiple sources for educators who wish to provide Da Vinci Science Center field trips for their students during the upcoming school year. Da Vinci Science...

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Highlights: Surf’s Up with Center’s Nine-Year-Old CEO for a Day

Two young people will enjoy being the Da Vinci Science Center’s CEO for a Day in the coming months because of vital support provided to the Center’s mission and programs. The CEO for a Day experience...

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Highlights: Bud Berge’s Passion Also Brought Science to Life for Kids

Charles Berge – whom everybody called Bud – was most known in the Lehigh Valley area for playing St. Nicholas at the Christkindlmarkt holiday village in Bethlehem, Pa. What many may not know is that...

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Highlights: Straw Puppets Bring the Ordinary to Life at Inquiry Island

What do a fish, a robot hand, a princess, and a dinosaur have in common? Visitors can make any or all of them as drinking straw puppets at the Da Vinci Science Center’s Inquiry Island each afternoon...

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Highlights: Summer Cools off Saturday with North Pole Adventure

Summer gets much cooler at the Da Vinci Science Center on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015, at 1 p.m. with a special program titled Breaking the North Pole Ice. Chemist, inventor, and adventurer Frank K....

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Highlights: DSC to Become the #BestDayOutWithDogs

The Lehigh Valley area’s best day out with kids also will become the best day out with dogs as the Da Vinci Science Center presents its first Dog Days of Summer event, sponsored by Freshpet, on...

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Highlights: Leo Society Members Enjoy Look Inside Jaindl Turkey Farm

Members of the Da Vinci Science Center’s Leonardo Society enjoyed a unique exploration recently inside one of the Lehigh Valley area’s largest independent agricultural operation. Society members took...

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Highlights: What Leonardo’s Horse and Pope Francis Have in Common

What do Leonardo da Vinci’s Horse and Pope Francis have in common? One answer is the Vatican, where the 266th Pope lives now, and where Leonardo da Vinci lived for three years near the end of his...

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#MySci411: Penn State Scientist Helps Little League Diamonds Sparkle

As the world enjoys the rural beauty this week during the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., its verdant baseball diamonds shine with the help of a Penn State University science...

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Highlights: STEM Valley Coalition Welcomes a Champion for Mentoring

The STEM Valley Mentoring Coalition has welcomed Kendra Simpson, Ph.D., to its team through the AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program. Founded by the Da Vinci Science Center in...

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