8th Annual MEMBERS NIGHT. Friday, September 18, 2015 PROGRAM

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1 8th Annual MEMBERS NIGHT Friday, September 18, 2015 PROGRAM

Welcome Welcome to our Eighth Annual Members Night an exclusive look behind the scenes at the Academy! We ve had another fantastic year here at the Academy.

2 Welcome Welcome to our Eighth Annual Members Night an exclusive look behind the scenes at the Academy! We ve had another fantastic year here at the Academy. In the museum, thousands of members, visitors, schoolchildren, and students came to see our special exhibits. They experienced the sweet aroma of chocolate in Chocolate: The Exhibition, stood next to a 48-foot-long snake model in Titanoboa: Monster Snake, and learned about the grosser side of the animal kingdom in Animal Grossology. We have a wonderful slate of exhibits coming up this year including two live animal exhibits, Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly and Tarantulas: Alive and Up Close, which will be open this fall and winter. Then, roaring, moving dinosaurs will make their home again in our Special Exhibits Gallery for Dinosaurs Unearthed, back by popular demand! Our scientists have been working hard behind the scenes, and many have made exciting discoveries around the world. You can get a sneak peek at some of these discoveries tonight at Members Night. Our researchers, scientists, and educators have come up with some great activities that showcase the kind of work they do every day. Check out new fossil discoveries from the Devonian Period, use algae to make colorful rainbows, reassemble a cow skeleton, learn about owl pellets, and much more! Don t forget to cast your vote tonight for your favorite activity by putting the name of the activity and department on the ballot in the back of your program and dropping it in the box in our main lobby. Who will be this year s winner of the Members Choice Award? Cast your vote and find out! Thank you for your support of the Academy. I hope you have a wonderful night! All the best, George W. Gephart, Jr. President & CEO

3 EXPERIENCE ACADEMY SCIENCE HANDS-ON! Photo credits: + J. Fusco for ANS Mike Long for ANS Amy Marvin +

4 EXPLORE BEHIND THE SCENES! +

5 Museum-Wide Game Play Academy Pursuit on your Members Night visit! As you tour the museum tonight, keep an eye out for the education staff and play Academy Pursuit! Just look for their Education Staff buttons. They may be in an exhibit, doing an activity, or even on an elevator with you! Education Staff Education Staff To play the game, find an education staff member who has done one of the activities below and have them write their name in the square. Can you fill in your entire Academy Pursuit card? Bring completed Academy Pursuit cards to either admissions desk to win your prize! Find an education staff person who has worked in the museum for more than five years. has a favorite Academy specimen. What is it? has been on a fossil dig. Where did they go? has been inside a diorama. Which one? SPECIMEN WHERE DIORAMA has held a snake. has pinned an insect. has had an animal poop on them. has spent the night at the museum. has been trained to handle live animals. has practiced taxidermy. has eaten a bug on purpose. has traveled outside the USA for work. #ANSMembersNight

Ground Level Academy Café: Open until 9 p.m. Members receive a 10 percent discount. Buffet Dinners: 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. in the Commons. Tickets may still be available.

6 Ground Level Academy Café: Open until 9 p.m. Members receive a 10 percent discount. Buffet Dinners: 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. in the Commons. Tickets may still be available. Check in the Café for more details. Restrooms: Located on the Ground Level. Level 1 A Skeleton Similarities (Dino Hall) From Tiktaalik to T. rex, vertebrates share a number of boney features. Help reassemble a cow skeleton as we compare and contrast shared vertebrate skeletal characteristics. B Fossil Prep Lab Meet Academy paleontologists and hear all about how dinosaur fossils go from the ground to the museum. C The Big Dig (Mezzanine) Unearth dinosaur skeletons in The Big Dig on the Mezzanine. D Auditorium Movie Take a break from the action and watch a movie, playing on loop from 5 9 p.m. E Imposters to the Monarchy How well do you know the monarch butterfly s royal family? Take a closer look at some of the butterflies that live in our exhibit. Learn for yourself who s a pretender to the throne, who isn t, and why. Information Desks Drink Station: Beverages for purchase from 5 9 p.m. Academy Shop: Open until 9 p.m. Members receive a 10 percent discount. 1 River Monsters (Mezzanine) Come see some horrors of the deep presented by Academy ichthyologists! 2 X-ray X-perience Learn how Academy ichthyologists use X-ray images to study fish, and see what some familiar things look like on the inside. 3 Where s the Fish? Explore how fish use shape, color, and patterns to hide, fool, and show themselves off. F They Eat WHAT?! Are you going to eat that, butterfly? Fruit and nectar have long been favorite foods of our butterflies, but that s not all they eat. Come see some alternative foods and help us keep track of what they prefer! +

Navigation Tips To avoid crowds, try starting on the upper levels and working your way down. Elevators The elevators do not go to every level. They are color coded to help you find your way.

7 Ground Level / Level 1 YELLOW ORANGE BUTTERFLY GREEN DINOSAUR BLUE Level 1 3 FISHERIES ICHTHYOLOGY F SPECIAL EXHIBITS GALLERY 2 1 E BUTTERFLIES! NORTH AMERICAN HALL D AUDITORIUM C B MEZZANINE Ground Level COMMONS A DINOSAUR HALL 19TH STREET LOBBY 19TH STREET GENERAL/GROUP ENTRANCE ACADEMY CAFÉ ACADEMY SHOP BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PARKWAY ENTRANCE Navigation Tips To avoid crowds, try starting on the upper levels and working your way down. Elevators The elevators do not go to every level. They are color coded to help you find your way. Elevator operators will assist you. LIGHT BLUE areas indicate public areas of the museum. NAVY BLUE areas are behind the scenes. Orange (Butterfly) Elevator: Ground Level 4 Green (Dinosaur) Elevator: Level 1 4 Blue Elevator: Level 1 6 Yellow Elevator: Ground Level, 1, and 5

Level 2 A Mussel Power Learn more about the ecological power and value of freshwater mussels, and see the results of Academy scientists ongoing research on the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers.

8 Level 2 A Mussel Power Learn more about the ecological power and value of freshwater mussels, and see the results of Academy scientists ongoing research on the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. B Drawn to Africa Let your creativity go wild by drawing on our diorama glass! C It s Owl Good Whooo loves owls? We do! Fly on by to check out what s inside an owl pellet on the big screen while you dissect your own owl pellet to take home (while supplies last). We ll have real feathers and specimens to touch, not to mention special appearances by the live owls that call the Academy home. Don t get your feathers ruffled by missing this egg-citing experience! D Test Old Technology Before there were laptops and ipads, there were typewriters, tape recorders, and more! Check out some of this old technology and see if you can figure out how to use it. E Vote for your Favorite Library Exhibit Item Check out a few selected items from our new exhibit. Vote for your favorite and see the winner on the Academy s Facebook page! F My Academy Coloring Book Pick up your own coloring book featuring items from the Library and Archives! Try to guess which things belong in the Library and which ones belong in the Archives! apple

9 Level 2 ORANGE BUTTERFLY GREEN DINOSAUR BLUE Level 2 F E LIBRARY D B AFRICAN HALL ASIAN HALL C A Level 1 Ground #ANSMembersNight

10 SEE THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE SCENES

Level 3 A Forage, Frolic, Fun! To ensure the animals that live in our Live Animal Center and Outside In lead full, amazing lives, staff members design and develop enrichment activities for them.

11 Level 3 A Forage, Frolic, Fun! To ensure the animals that live in our Live Animal Center and Outside In lead full, amazing lives, staff members design and develop enrichment activities for them. Help our staff make enrichment activities for our animals during your visit to Outside In. 1 Wild Watersheds See how our scientists use technology to protect the water quality of the Delaware River Basin. 2 Climate Change and Mongolia Use our model of a stream to learn about the impacts of thunderstorms on the watersheds in Mongolia. 3 A World Under Slides Pick through live algae to make a slide and look at it under a microscope. yourself a photo of your discovery. GREEN DINOSAUR + BLUE ORANGE BUTTERFLY Level PHYCOLOGY A OUTSIDE IN Level 2 BEES CLASSROOM Level 1 Ground #ANSMembersNight

12 SEE TREASURES FROM THE COLLECTIONS + +

13 Level 4 1 Bird Specimen Preparation See how our ornithologists prepare bird specimens and collect valuable biodiversity data for the museum s scientific collections. 2 Spectacular Specimens Come see some of the most beautiful insect specimens in our Entomology Collection! 3 Pinning and Prep Learn how Academy scientists prepare insect specimens, and hear about the history of entomological specimen displays. 4 Brand-new Bugs Check out some new additions to the Entomology Collection from a recent survey of Valley Forge National Historical Park, and learn how our entomologists collect insects. 5 Devonian Fight Club It s a fish-eat-fish world out there! Check out some new fossil discoveries from the Devonian Period and learn about the wild world of prehistoric ecosystems. 6 Beach Party The ever-popular beach is back! Pick out and identify shells, and find one to add to your own collection. 7 Micro-Malacology Watch a dissection and some micro-shell sorting under a microscope camera. 8 Introduction to Snails Learn how these amazing creatures grow, live, and more! ORANGE BUTTERFLY BLUE Level 4 GREEN DINOSAUR 8 7 Level 3 MALACOLOGY 6 5 VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY ORNITHOLOGY Level 2 Level 1 Ground Level ENTOMOLOGY #ANSMembersNight

Level 5 1 Forensic Botany Sometimes scientists are called in to help investigate a crime scene. Discover how botanical evidence can crack a case!

14 Level 5 1 Forensic Botany Sometimes scientists are called in to help investigate a crime scene. Discover how botanical evidence can crack a case! 2 Amazing Rainbow Algae Did you know that algae is used in ice cream and candy? Try your hand at experimenting with algae extracts and watch them create colorful rainbows. 4 Mounting Mini-specimens Learn how 1.2 million specimens in the Academy s herbarium are cared for, and prepare your own mounted plant specimen to take home! 5 Pollinator or Nectar Thief? Some of the insects you see on flowers are helpful pollinators; others are nectar thieves! Find out how to tell who s doing what. 3 The Lewis and Clark Herbarium Get an up-close look at some of the most treasured specimens in the Academy s collection: plants collected by Lewis and Clark during their famous expedition. YELLOW BLUE Level BOTANY Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Ground

Level 6 BLUE Level 6 1 2 Level 5 Level 4 Level 3 Level 2

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2 Small Plants, Big Data Get an up close look at different

15 Level 6 BLUE Level Level 5 Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Ground 1 Pennsylvania Plants Go Digital! See how different organizations work together, and find out how you can become a citizen scientist! 2 Small Plants, Big Data Get an up close look at different species of mosses and lichens and see what makes these tiny plants so #ANSMembersNight

16 2015 Members' Choice Award Vote for your favorite activity! Write the name of the activity below. Place your ballot in the box in the main lobby. We ll announce the winner in the next member . Last year, the Education team won. Who will win this year? Activity Title Department or #ANSMembersNight MEMBERS NIGHT Friday, September 18, 2015 Connect with us #ANSMembersNight FOUNDED IN 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is a leading natural history museum dedicated to advancing research, education, and public engagement in biodiversity and environmental science Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ansp.org

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