To see a complete listing of FRC programs and events through the end of December 2005 please visit our website at www.FRC.info

Please note, Members and nonmembers may register for these program openings. We must meet a minimum number of registrations two weeks prior to each program.

Register for programs by calling 978-741-7449 Monday - Friday 8:00am - 6:00pm

Once we meet a program minimum we will often times have plenty of room for additional registrations. The following programs have met minimums and still have openings:

9/20 - Anam Cara Castle (NH)

9/21 - RECENTLY ADDED DATE! Christa McAuliffe Planetarium: Rocketry program (NH)

CT Renaissance Fair! Advance Tickets (CT)

10/10 - RECENTLY ADDED 3rd PROGRAM DATE! Seacoast Science Center: Advanced Tidepooling & Geology programs (NH)

Students use a 40-foot seining net to collect organisms that live in the salt pond. Students then examine the catch and identify each organism. In the process they learn about its habits and how it is adapted to live in the salt pond, how it feeds, avoids predators by using camoflage as well as its place in the food web. We also discuss the impact of changes in the pond over time and the effects of human presence at the pond from Native Americans to present concerns of pollution, recreational use and development.

This is an actual dig site run by professional archaeologist instructors. In this very rare program opportunity students will each be assigned a 1x1 meter area to research. Every participant will be trained how to dig, sift and record information as they explore their assigned area. This will be followed by a lab where students will clean and sort what they have found. This is as real as it gets folks! Space is very limited and there will be no additional bookings for this program this year.

Participate in a hands-on research project!

This program allows students to participate in an on going research project by assisting Lloyd Center staff in catching and tagging Monarch butterflies. The students will be introduced to Monarch Butterfly biology and migration patterns, before heading out to attempt catching and tagging these beautiful insects.

(Please prepare students by letting them know sightings are not always successful but last fall we had the most successful group of taggers)

We offer weekly programs plus a series of one- day activities.

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