Come Discover Darwin!

DARWIN DISCOVERY DAY

February 10th, 2013, 1-5PM

MSU Museum

Come out to the Michigan State University Museum to celebrate Darwin Discovery Day: Tails of Scales: Darwin & Reptiles. This FREE event is a great opportunity to learn more about Darwin with many great hands-on activities. The MSU Fisheries & Wildlife Club will be participating in this awesome outreach opportunity, by hosting a booth at the event. We have several club member volunteers to help educate attendees of the event about conservation of endangered species. Come out to support club, and to support the Darwin Discovery Day; and be sure to visit the Club's booth! We will have many neat items on display that were confiscated at the Detroit Metro Airport; to help teach others about the stresses put on endangered species with illegal take. 

Also at the event will be:

- Interesting and unusual specimens from the MSU Museum's natural science collections

- Hands-on activities for kids with MSU 4-H Children's Garden and Dept. of Horticulture

- Ask Darwin:  Rich Bellon, MSU Darwin Scholar, will answer questions about Darwin

- Ask an Expert:  Museum curators and MSU Specialists can help identify backyard curiosities:  bring in a rock, bone, fossil, tooth, or other natural object

-  Live critters with the MSU Herpetology Club

- Tours of the MSU Museum's "Bug Room," where beetles help prepare animal skeletons for inclusion in the collections

- The annual behind-the-scenes tour of MSU Museum Natural Science Research Collections

- Science books and kits at the Museum Store

- MSU Museum's West Gallery: "Hyenas Rule!" and "50,000" part of a series of exhibits featuring NSF-sponsored BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action

- Cake and refreshments for Darwin's Birthday!

For more information on this event, visit http://museum.msu.edu, or send questions to msufwclub@gmil.com. Hope to see you at this AWESOME event! Happy Birthday to Darwin!

 Written by Becca Blundell (blundel2@msu.edu)