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SUMMARY:Saturday Science Sparks: Migration
DESCRIPTION:Credit: The Avian Society at UNC-Chapel Hill\n\n\n\n\nThe Science of Migration\n\n\n\nCalling All Bird Brains: Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day at Morehead\n\n\n\nIn this Saturday Science Sparks session\, explore the wonders of winged migration through the tools of a bird researcher! With the help of UNC’s Sockman Lab\, the UNC Avian Society\, and the New Hope Bird Alliance\, you’ll get the chance to help the scientists uncover how the Earth’s seasons impact a bird’s journey\, discover the diverse bird species of North Carolina\, and talk with Gloria Gao ’27\, Founder of the Avian Society\, as you engage in hands-on activities and learn how to become a community scientist for the benefit of birds (and people!). \n\n\n\nIncluded with paid admission and located in the Launch Lab. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\n\n10:00 am to 12:00 pm\n\n\n\n1:00 pm to 3:00 pm\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: there will be a midday break. \n\n\n\nMORE is happening at Morehead this year\n\n\n\nNew for 2026\, Saturday Science Sparks offers Morehead guests a closer encounter with current science. Covering topics like astronomy\, the physics of juggling\, and computer science\, this program collaborates with community partners and academic clubs\, bringing you up-close experiences in the exciting world of STEAM. Saturday Science Sparks is open to the public and included in admission. \n\n\n\n\n\nCredit: New Hope Bird Alliance
URL:https://moreheadplanetarium.org/calendar/saturday-science-sparks-migration/
LOCATION:Morehead Planetarium and Science Center\, 250 E Franklin St\, Chapel Hill\, North Carolina\, 27516\, United States
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SUMMARY:Saturday Science Sparks: The Spectrum of Science
DESCRIPTION:The Spectrum of Science\n\n\n\nIn June’s Saturday Science Sparks session\, dive into new STEM experiences! As an initiative bringing you up close to current science\, we’re excited to welcome UNC-Chapel Hill’s Out in Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, and Mathematics (oSTEM) for a day of interactive activities. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday\, June 27\, visit our Launch Lab to create DNA bracelets\, experiment with pipette art\, and split light into a spectrum! \n\n\n\nIncluded with paid admission and located in the Launch Lab. \n\n\n\n\n\nMORE is happening at Morehead this year\n\n\n\nNew for 2026\, Saturday Science Sparks offers Morehead guests a closer encounter with current science. Covering topics like astronomy\, the physics of juggling\, and computer science\, this program collaborates with community partners and academic clubs\, bringing you up-close experiences in the exciting world of STEAM. Saturday Science Sparks is open to the public and included in admission.
URL:https://moreheadplanetarium.org/calendar/saturday-science-sparks-scipride/
LOCATION:Morehead Planetarium and Science Center\, 250 E Franklin St\, Chapel Hill\, North Carolina\, 27516\, United States
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SUMMARY:Saturday Science Sparks: Coastal Frequencies
DESCRIPTION:Coastal Frequencies: Explore the underwater sonic ecology of North Carolina’s coast!\n\n\n\nWhat does it sound like under the ocean? On Saturday\, July 25\, join artist Madeleine Popkin in a special Saturday Sparks exploration of underwater sounds recorded off the coast of Beaufort\, North Carolina! Madeleine will pair her paintings with visitor listening stations featuring recordings by marine bioacoustics researcher Dr. Shannon Brown. An ambient soundscape\, composed of underwater recordings from North Carolina’s coast\, will immerse you in a watery world.  \n\n\n\nYou can meet Madeleine in the Gateway Gallery from 1 to 4 p.m. as she presents her project and the power of combining art and science.  \n\n\n\nAll ages welcome. This special program is included in admission.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artist\n\n\n\nMadeleine Popkin is an interdisciplinary artist from Chapel Hill\, North Carolina\, working with painting and sound-based installation. Her practice engages bioacoustic research through the translation of scientific data and field recordings into immersive experiences. She collaborates with bioacoustic researchers to develop works that make human impact on the environment viscerally perceptible. She received a BFA from Cornell University’s College of Architecture\, Art\, and Planning. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA screenshot of audio in the software Audacity\n\n\nA past spectrogram painting by Madeleine Popkin\n\n\n\n\nArtist Statement\n\n\n\nMy work uses painting and sound to translate environmental research into embodied experience. I collaborate with underwater bioacoustic researchers and coastal labs\, working directly with recordings produced through site-specific field research. These recordings are not neutral documents; they carry the structure of marine life: communication for navigation\, reproduction\, socialization\, and survival. I examine how human and nonhuman systems overlap and persist over time by working with recordings of coastal environments and anthropogenic noise pollution. I treat this sound data as material that shapes composition\, rhythm\, and density in painting and corresponding soundscapes\, inviting the audience to experience the same coastal environments through sound and image. \n\n\n\n\nLearn more about Madeleine\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission\n\n\nMORE is happening at Morehead this year\n\n\n\nNew for 2026\, Saturday Science Sparks offers Morehead guests a closer encounter with current science. Covering topics like astronomy\, the physics of juggling\, and computer science\, this program collaborates with community partners and academic clubs\, bringing you up-close experiences in the exciting world of STEAM. Saturday Science Sparks is open to the public and included in admission.
URL:https://moreheadplanetarium.org/calendar/saturday-science-sparks-july2026/
LOCATION:Morehead Planetarium and Science Center\, 250 E Franklin St\, Chapel Hill\, North Carolina\, 27516\, United States
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SUMMARY:Saturday Science Sparks
DESCRIPTION:The Science of Sea Turtles\n\n\n\nSave the date! This September\, we’ll welcome UNC’s Lohmann Lab for a session of Saturday Science Sparks. More details and information will be available soon! \n\n\n\nMORE is happening at Morehead this year\n\n\n\nNew for 2026\, Saturday Science Sparks offers Morehead guests a closer encounter with current science. Covering topics like astronomy\, the physics of juggling\, and computer science\, this program collaborates with community partners and academic clubs\, bringing you up-close experiences in the exciting world of STEAM. Saturday Science Sparks is open to the public and included in admission.
URL:https://moreheadplanetarium.org/calendar/saturday-science-sparks-sept2026/
LOCATION:Morehead Planetarium and Science Center\, 250 E Franklin St\, Chapel Hill\, North Carolina\, 27516\, United States
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SUMMARY:Saturday Science Sparks
DESCRIPTION:The Science of Coastal Frequencies\n\n\n\nSave the date! This October\, we’ll welcome UNC’s Sockman Lab and the UNC Avian Society for a session of Saturday Science Sparks. More details and information will be available soon! \n\n\n\nMORE is happening at Morehead this year\n\n\n\nNew for 2026\, Saturday Science Sparks offers Morehead guests a closer encounter with current science. Covering topics like astronomy\, the physics of juggling\, and computer science\, this program collaborates with community partners and academic clubs\, bringing you up-close experiences in the exciting world of STEAM. Saturday Science Sparks is open to the public and included in admission.
URL:https://moreheadplanetarium.org/calendar/saturday-science-sparks-oct2026/
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