Thursday, March 1st Events

Astronomy: Colliding Galaxies & Monster Black Holes

Time: 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Place: Keene Public Library, Auditorium, Keene, NH
Price: Free
Ages: Older

 

How did galaxies like our Milky Way form? Beautiful images of galaxies from telescopes often hide their violent pasts. Many galaxies grow by cannibalizing smaller galaxies or by crashing into each other in giant cosmic train wrecks. What's more, most galaxies (including our Milky Way) hide monster black holes in their centers, which sit quietly waiting to be fed. But when galaxies collide, these monsters awake…and they are anything but quiet. Astronomer Laura Blecha will tell us about the fate of galaxies and black holes in these collisions, including the ultimate fate of our own galaxy. Blecha is a Ph.D. candidate at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The program is co-sponsored by the Keene Amateur Astronomy Club. 

Old Tyme Magic Show

Time: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM
Place: West Manchester Community Library, 76 North Main St., Manchester, NH (about 60 miles from Keene)
Price: Free
Ages: All

Looking for something to do with your kids during February vacation? The Manchester West Community Library will present Andrew Pinard’s Olde Tyme Magic Show, voted best magic show by New Hampshire Magazine.

 

This is a wonderful show guaranteed to enchant and amuse the whole family that emphasizes audience participation, visual magic, and physical comedy. The show will take place at the Senior Center next door to the West Manchester Community Library, 76 N. Main St., Manchester.

Home School Series: Earth Cycles

Time: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Place: Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, 23 Science Center Rd., Holderness, NH (about 90 miles from Keene)
Price: $9/member; $11 non-member
Ages: 4-6/7-10

The first Thursday of the month from November through April. 
For Age 4 to 6 or 7 to 10. This series is specifically for home schooled students, but anyone can take part. Programs focus on the cycles you can observe in the natural world around us. Topics include rock cycle, water cycle, life cycles, and more! All Home School Programs align with the New Hampshire Science Framework. One adult must attend with children at no cost. Each additional adult pays child fee. 

The Toe Jam Puppet Band

Time: 10:30 AM
Place: Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St., Peterborough, NH (about 20 miles from Keene)
Price: Free
Ages: All

Unique, interactive, theatrical musical performances. Phone: 924-8040 .

Homeschool March MATHness

Time: 2:15 PM
Place: McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, Concord, NH (about 50 miles from Keene)
Price: $15 per student
Ages: Contact for more info

Featuring the latest planetarium show Fractal Zooms, your homeschooler will delve into the never-ending world of colorful patterns and shapes created from the simplest algebraic formula. Zoom in to patterns smaller than atoms, or out to see arrangements bigger than the universe. Level one will be introduced to the concept of scale and count objects in our universe using small numbers (such as moons around planets) and larger numbers (like stars in the galaxy). Level two will cover patterns and various scales in the universe. Level three will examine the occurrences of fractals in the universe, how the simplest equations can produce them, and Newton’s and Kepler’s laws. 

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