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E1. Science Museum of Virginia
and Eugene P. and Lois E. Trani Center for Life Sciences at Virginia
Commonwealth University ($45) - includes museum tickets,
refreshments and lunch. |
Facilities include over 250 exhibits, a store, an IMAX
theater and kids' programs. It includes extensive exhibits such as
the human body, the microgravity well, crystals world and the world
of computers. I also has one of the
largest Foucault pendulums in the world. The staff of the
Virginia
Science
Museum
has been engaged in informal science education and has extensive
programs with elementary to high schools throughout
Virginia.
It also has a close cooperation program with
Virginia
Commonwealth
University
and the University of Virginia. |
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Schedule - Morning |
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8:00 – 8:15 |
William & Mary - Load Bus |
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8:20 – 9:00 |
Travel to SMV |
| 9:00 - 12:00 |
Coffee and pastries |
| LiveSky Digistar
planetarium show in Ethyl IMAX Dome theater; Scale models of
Earth-moon system with massive moving granite spheres |
| Bioscapes Life
Science Galleries - activities and tour |
| Space Gallery -
Gravity Wells and Microgravity Drop Tower |
| Demonstrations and
tour of interactive galleries |
| IMAX Film "Jane
Goodall's Chimpanzees" |
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Get more details at:
http://www.smv.org/ |
 Virginia
Commonwealth University
VCU is a Carnegie Research University, one of the three largest
research doctoral institutions in the Commonwealth. Sixteen of our
graduate, professional programs are ranked by U.S. News and World
Report as among the best in the nation.
Twelve are ranked in the top 20.
VCU's Medical College of Virginia Campus is now one of the most comprehensive academic
health centers in the nation, complementing our nationally ranked
School of the Arts, School of Social Work, and other schools and
programs.
VCU Life
Sciences, hheadquartered in the Trani Center for Life Sciences, is a
comprehensive strategy to merge the strengths of both the medical
and the academic campuses in order to provide students with an
integrated perspective on the life sciences and biological
complexity and prepare them for the exploding growth in life-science
related careers of the 21st century. For more information visit the
award winning website at:
http://www.vcu/edu/lifesci.com
 Chemistry
2002
 :Secrets
of the Sequence is a public television series, hosted by Lucky
Severson, in which VCU has direct involvement that provides
up-to-the-minute information about the astounding progress being
made in genetic research and life sciences today. Viewers will visit
laboratories where scientists are making unprecedented discoveries
in medical research, cellular biology, and biotechnology that could
change the way we live, the food we eat, and the way we fight
disease. Leading scientists and ethicists will address the profound
moral, ethical, and legal questions that surround this research. The
program is produced by Ward Television of Washington, D.C., and
corporate underwriters include Oracle, Pfizer Foundation and Pfizer.
National distribution by American Public Television.
Get more details at:
http://www.vcu.edu
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Featured: Eugene P. and Lois E. Trani
Center for Life Sciences
The VCU tour will feature
the Trani
Center for Life Sciences, dedicated in November 2001. The Trani
Center houses VCU
Life Sciences along with its "think tank", the Center for the Study
of Biological Complexity, a new research center overseeing
curriculum and research development through this new integrative
interdisciplinary approach. You will be able to tour its impressive
facilities including the Nucleic Acids Research Core Satellite
Laboratory and the Bioinformatics Computational Core Laboratories.
Also located in the Trani Center for Life Sciences is the Department
of Biology and the Center for Environmental Studies.
The drive
back to Williamsburg will take visitors right past a beautiful 342
acre site on the James River, recently donated to VCU, upon which
the Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences will be built. This
center will support research encompassing a new Virginia Rivers
Initiative and an annual named conference as well as providing
ongoing support for undergraduate and graduate programs and public
education . The VCU Life Sciences website provides an excellent
video on the Rice Center at:
http://www.vcu.edulifesci/videos/rice.ram
| Schedule -
Afternoon |
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
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| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch at VCU |
| 13:30 - 15:30 |
Tour the Trani Center for Life
Sciences. |
| 15:30 - 16:30 |
Return to William and Mary via
the Plantation route with a stop at the James River site where
the Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences will be
developed. |
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E2.
 NASA-Langley: Virginia Air and Space
Center ($25) - includes
museum and theater tickets; lunch not included |
The next time you get on a plane or watch a
U.S. space launch, picture in your mind coastal
Virginia
and the city of Hampton, near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. It's
the home of NASA's
Langley
Research Center, 800 acres of cutting edge aerospace technology.
(a minimum of 25 participants is
required) |
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Schedule |
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8:30 – 8:45 |
William & Mary - Load Bus |
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8:50 – 9:30 |
Travel to museum |
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9:30 |
Virginia Air and Space Center - Museum
visit/tour |
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9:45 – 11:00 |
Virginia Air and Space Center - Free time
in museum |
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11:15 – 12:00 |
IMAX theater - IMAX movie |
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12:00 – 12:45 |
Space Center Cafeteria - Lunch |
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13:00 – 15:00 |
Virginia Air and Space Center - Teacher
Resource Center |
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15:00 - 15:45 |
Return to William & Mary |
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Get more details at:
http://www.americasaviationadventure.com/vasc.html |
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E3. Colonial Williamsburg ($35)
- lunch not included |
One
visit to Colonial Williamsburg and it is hard not to stand back
and be impressed by what is indeed a thrilling and awesome
achievement. Once home to the budding ideas of independence and
democracy and a catalyst to revolution, this historic town
was literally restored from the ground
up. Today it is a living and working town on 173 acres, with over
500
historic
buildings. But more than just a snapshot of
18th-century life, Colonial Williamsburg serves as a testament to
a time when colonists started down the path toward becoming
Americans. The motivating force behind the town's ongoing
operation is the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, a group of
dedicated men and women with shared values and a shared mission.
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Schedule |
| 9:00 - 9:15 |
Departure William and Mary |
| 9:30 - 16:00 |
One day pass to all Colonial
Williamsburg attractions |
| 16:00 |
Return to William and Mary |
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Get more details at:
http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org |
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| E4. Jamestown and Yorktown ($35)
- lunch not included |
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Yorktown Victory
Center
The drama of the
American Revolution and the birth of a great nation come to life
at Yorktown Victory Center. In provocative indoor galleries,
witness the Revolution through the eyes of those who were
there—from soldiers on the battlefields to women on the home
front, from American Indians to African Americans. The evocative
film, A Time of Revolution, places you in a
Continental Army encampment where soldiers spend an evening
reminiscing and musing on their lives and the war that has brought
them together. Outdoors, experience the sights and sounds of the
Revolutionary War in the re-created Continental Army encampment.
On the re-created 18th-century farm, interpreters in the garden,
tobacco house, farmhouse and kitchen introduce you to life in
1780s Virginia.
Immerse yourself
in the daily lives of Revolutionary War soldiers. Explore living
quarters and, at
2:35 p.m. each day, join a cannon crew. Historical interpreters
demonstrate 18th-century medical techniques, camp cooking,
musket-firing and wartime punishments.
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Jamestown settlement
Relive the
adventure of 1607 when 104 Englishmen dropped anchor and began to
build America's first permanent English colony in Jamestown,
Virginia. Explore life at the dawn of the 17th century inside the
palisade of a re-created colonial fort, discover the world of
Pocahontas in the Powhatan Indian village, and experience the
four-month passage to the
New World on board re-creations of the three ships that brought the
settlers to
Virginia.
Extensive indoor galleries tell the compelling stories of
Jamestown,
from its beginnings in England through its often turbulent first
century, and of
Virginia's
Powhatan Indians. The dramatic film, Jamestown: The
Beginning, chronicles the endurance of the first settlers
as they struggled to build a lasting colony.
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Schedule |
| 8:30 - 8:45 |
William & Mary - Load Bus |
| 8:50 - 9:00 |
Travel to Jamestown |
| 9:00 - 11:30 |
Jamestown tour and visit |
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
lunch |
| 13:00 - 16:00 |
Yorktown tour and visit |
| 16:00 - 16:20 |
return to William and Mary |
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Get more details at:
http://www.williamsburg.com/james/james.html |
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E5.
Bush Gardens Amusement Park
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($55)
- includes park tickets to all attractions; lunch not included
Adventure is at every turn at Busch Gardens Williamsburg with more
than 100 action-packed acres of unparalleled fun. With dozens of
thrilling rides and attractions, eight main stage shows, wide
variety authentic foods and shops, and a magical children’s area,
Busch Gardens Williamsburg is the ticket to a world-class
adventure.
Voted
America’s "Most Beautiful Theme Park" for eight consecutive years
by the National Amusement Park Historical Association (NAPHA),
Busch Gardens Williamsburg has achieved top-billing among theme
park enthusiasts. NAPHA also has named Busch Gardens Williamsburg
as one of America’s "Favorite Theme Parks."
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Schedule |
| 8:30 - 8:45 |
William & Mary - Load Bus |
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8:50 – 9:30 |
Travel to Bush Gardens |
| 9:30 - 16:00 |
Bush Garden amusement park |
| 16:00 - 16:40 |
Return to William and Mary |
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Get more details at:
http://www.buschgardens.com/
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E6. The Virginia Marine Science
Museum ($30)-includes museum and theater tickets;
lunch not included |
The Virginia
Marine Science Museum provides a unique educational adventure which
you will not find anywhere else! We are one of the top ten most
visited aquariums in the nation. The museum is accredited by the
American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AZA).
Virginia's marine environment is represented through:
800,000 gallons of aquariums
Live animal habitats
More than 300 hands-on exhibits
1/3-mile nature trail
˝-acre aviary
"Larger that life" movies on an IMAX movie screen
(8 stories x 6 stories)
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(a minimum of 25 participants is required) |
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Schedule |
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8:30 – 8:45 |
William & Mary - Load Bus |
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8:50 – 10:00 |
Travel to museum |
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9:30 |
Virginia Marine Science Museum - Museum
visit/tour |
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9:45 – 11:00 |
Virginia Marine Science Museum - Free
time in museum |
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11:15 – 12:00 |
IMAX theater - IMAX movie |
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12:00 – 12:45 |
Marine Cafeteria - Lunch |
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13:00 – 14:00 |
Virginia Marine Science Museum - Free
time in Museum |
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14:00 – 15:15 |
Return to William & Mary |
Get more details
at:
http://www.vmsm.com/index.shtml
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E7.
Virginia's Famous Paleontological Sites:
James River -
($45) includes fossil identification
guide, lunch not included. For this excursion please register directly
with Alton Dooley by sending him a note of inquiry at:
butchd@vmnh.org
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Schedule |
| 8:45-9:00 |
William and Mary-load bus |
| 9:00-10:00 |
Travel to fossil pit-Smithfield |
| 10:00-11:45 |
Collect at fossil site |
| 11:45-12:30 |
Travel to Chippokes State Park |
| 12:30-13:15 |
Lunch (fast food vendors in the area) |
| 13:15-15:00 |
Observe fossil strata at Chippokes |
| 15:00-16:00 |
Return to William and Mary via the
Jamestown Ferry over the James River |
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Museums the world over contain
fossil specimens of marine invertebrates and vertebrates that inhabited
the Virginia Coastal Plain during the last 60 million years. Specimens
are especially abundant and well-preserved in the vicinity of
Williamsburg and include whales, sharks, fish, mollusks, corals,
bryozoans, and other taxa. Join paleontologists from the Virginia Museum
of Natural History on a collecting and educational excursion to some of
the most productive sites including areas where Virginia's State Fossil,
Chesapecten jeffersonius, can be obtained. |
Chesapecten jeffersonius. |
| Get additional
information by writing to: L. W. Ward:
lwward@vmnh.org and
Alton Dooley:
butchd@vmnh.org
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