From My Recent Visit to Connecticut
 Beluga Whale at the Mystic Aquarium |
In addition to Penguin Contact, Ray Touch Pool, and Beluga Whale Contact programs, the Aquarium hosts an impressive Marine Animal Rescue Program, with Seal Rescue Clinic. The rays felt surprisingly silky when I got the opportunity to touch one, and the beluga whales and seals were rather personable too… must be a mammal thing. For more information, visit the aquarium website.
Haley Farm State Park in New London Connecticut.
Connecticut’s first governor, John Winthrop Jr., owned part of the farm in 1648, and subsequent owner Caleb Haley’s hobby of building stone walls to separate pastures out of surrounding boulders give this park a unique character. For more information, check out the park website.
 Jenny Eaton Demonstrates the Sugar Content of Sodas for Port Discover |
Recent Events at Port Discover Children’s Science Center:
Port Discover volunteers spent the day at the Knobbs Creek Recreation Center, educating children about the sugar content of their favorite soft drinks. Using an electronic scale, volunteers had kids pick out their favorite soda and then measure out the amount of sugar on the nutrition label. Kids and parents were always surprised at how much sugar they had to pour into the bowl meet the label’s number of grams.
Doctor Buckett of NC EcoTours took two separate groups of children on a tour of the foliage and wildlife within a one-block radius of the science center. He taught the children about the occurrence of fibonacci numbers in pine needles, leaves, and clovers, and taught them how to use bionoculars to observe wildlife at a distance.
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