Looking for ways to entertain the kids and family during the winter break?
Catawba Science Center (CSC) in Hickory offers hands-on exhibits, a shark and stingray touch pool, and Expedition Amazon in the freshwater aquarium gallery. CSC will also offer an expanded planetarium and holiday laser show schedule during the weeks of Dec. 20 – 31.
The Winter Solstice is fast approaching, with the first day of winter arriving Dec. 22, at 5:30 a.m. UT (Universal Time – the time at the longitude of Greenwich, England, the Prime Meridian). Millholland Planetarium will begin its recognition of the winter season with Winter Stargazing, starting at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23. CSC will also recognize the winter season by featuring a planetarium show about the most popular constellation of winter, Orion, the hunter. Enjoy Legends of the Night Sky: Orion, starting Saturday, Dec. 31.
CSC’s Millholland planetarium schedule also features extra showings of Laser Holidays, a sparkling seasonal laser light show with classic and contemporary Christmas songs. Laser Holidays will play all day Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24 in Millholland Planetarium, with shows at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1, 2 & 3 p.m.
Planetarium show tickets are just $2 for CSC members and $3 for nonmembers.
See the complete planetarium and holiday laser show schedule at www.CatawbaScience.org/planetarium.
Visitors of all ages can solve real-world problems that engineers face in CSC’s exhibit Tech City. Clean water using a hydraulic system, design a landscaping environment to protect a lakeshore park, build a gravity dam, optimize traffic flow, test structures to see if they are earhtquake-proof, experiment with sound and more. Visit Tech City now through Dec. 31. Admission and hours are at www.CatawbaScience.org
Please note CSC and its offices will be closed on Dec. 25, Dec. 26, Jan. 1 and Jan. 2.
Catawba Science Center is a nonprofit science and technology museum in the Western Piedmont with traveling exhibits, a digital planetarium theater and marine touch pool with live sharks and stingrays. Learn more at CatawbaScience.org.
CSC is funded in part by the United Arts Fund of Catawba County and is located in the Arts and Science Center of Catawba Valley, on the SALT Block, 243 3rd Avenue NE, Hickory.
