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| Your Guide to the Fleet
| JUNE 2012 | |  | |
| Dads Free to Gross Your Kids Out - Father's Day Free at the Fleet!
|  Let Dad discover for himself why our bodies produce mushy, oozy, crusty, scaly and stinky stuff at "GROSSOLOGY: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body." Dads receive Free Gallery Admission with the purchase of one full-price gallery admission ticket (adult, junior or senior) on the same day. No other discounts accepted, purchase at ticket counter. Moms welcome, but not required to be grossed out. More>>Sunday, June 17 "Grossology" is made possible, in part, by a generous grant from Takeda California.  | Explor-O-Rama - Get Your Hands On Science!
|  Our newest Main Gallery exhibition will feature some of the all-time favorite and never-seen-before exhibits from San Francisco's Exploratorium, with opportunities to explore mechanics, motion, math, hearing, electricity and many other areas of science. Look for new challenges with the Bicycle Wheel Gyro, Strobe Flower and Magnetic Wave Machine; and enjoy the return of popular favorites the Whisper Dishes, Rope Squirter, and Pedal Generator! More>>Exhibit Opens Saturday, June 16
| "Check It Out" - The Fleet Now Available at Every SD City Library!
|  The Fleet is proud to launch "Check It Out ~ The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center" in partnership with San Diego Public Library, sponsored by ScholarShare College Savings Plan. This innovative program provides area families unlimited access to the Fleet, with circulating "Exhibit Experience Membership Cards" available for checkout at each of 36 city libraries. When library patrons check out a Fleet membership card, they receive full membership benefits for two full weeks; including free gallery admission for two adults and up to six children, discounts on IMAX® films and digital shows, and discounts at Galileo's Café and the North Star Science Store.Available now at a library near you! ScholarShare College Savings Plan is a proud sponsor of "Check It Out"  | Last-In-A Lifetime Chance to View Transit of Venus on June 5!
|  We sold out of $2 eclipse viewers and glasses at North Star Science Store for the May solar eclipse, so get yours early this time! Last chance 'til 2117 to view a Transit of Venus as it passes in front of the sun - among the rarest of planetary alignments, last seen in 2004. The transit begins at 3:06PM, visible inside the sun's disk at 3:23PM. Venus will travel across the face of the sun until sunset at 7:54PM. This is literally a last-in-a-lifetime event. Learn about it in a NEW digital short before every BLACK HOLES digital planetarium show screening, then join us at the Fleet to make a pinhole camera and watch safely - and keep those solar shades handy! More>>Tuesday, June 5
3:06 p.m. - 7:54 p.m., Science Center closes at 5:00 p.m.
| Become a Green Engineer at our 5th Annual Family Day!
|  Learn about renewable energy and water conservation at our "So WATT" and "San Diego Water" exhibitions. Design, build and take home your very own solar-powered car! Many more hands-on activities for the entire family. Enter our drawing for a free "green" themed summer camp (Grades 1-6). Activities free with gallery admissions. More>>Saturday, June 30 11 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Exploring Ethics: "Overcoming Barriers to Medical Research"
|  "Can the Community Help Overcome Barriers to Medical Research?" UCSD's Dr. Howard Taras explores the role of Community Agencies in finding enough people for medical research studies, especially those with a specific disease or from a particular community. Free, registration required: (858) 822-2647 / ethicscenter@ucsd.edu. For the months of July, August and September, the Ethics lecture series will be held at the Sanford Consortium Building. Please refer to the Center for Ethics website for more information. More>>
Wednesday, June 6
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | 5th Annual International Autonomous Robot Competition (iARoC)
|  The Fleet Community Forum hosts 15+ teams of middle and high school students competing to design and program an autonomous robot that can find its way through a set of obstacles, locate Infra-Red and visible beacons, and activate a switch at the home station. Saturday will be trial runs, technical presentations and robot drag races; main competition on Sunday. Stop by to cheer on your favorite robot! Admission to the Wintriss Technical School iARoc robotics event is free with gallery admission. Saturday, June 23 & Sunday, June 24
| Members Receive Free Exhibit Gallery Admission
|  The openings of the "Grossology" and "Explor-O-Rama" exhibitions are great reasons to use your membership. Fleet members receive free exhibit gallery admission - always. If the building is open, you get in free. Present your membership card at the entrance to the science center and avoid waiting in line.*
Free exhibit gallery admission is one more reason why Fleet Membership is a great value all year long. (Not yet a member? Join right now online.) * Reminder: If you're seeing a film or digital show, always exchange your Member Theater Vouchers at the Ticket Counter before you line up at the Theater. | | | | | |
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