On Saturday,
February 27, HSC will hold what we hope will be the first
ANNUAL food extravaganza that we are calling e3
(e-cubed). It will feature some of the best food
you’ll enjoy in 2010! We are going completely upscale, and up
and down the stairs when all three floors will be filled with
epicurean delights. Local restaurants and celebrity food artists
will bring their cooking skills and a favorite dish to share in
buffets that will amaze guests on all levels.
The schedule
for the evening will look something like this:
5:30
- Social hour & cash bar
Touring
of the buffets
Live jazz in “The Pub” (downstairs)
Silent Auction
Special program by guest physicist
Glenn Schmieg – Playing with Food!
6:30
- Dinner on the main floor and mezzanine
Live
music - Bemidji Baroque Ensemble
Bemidji Symphony chamber groups
Magic Show with Joe d’Alessandro
HSC staff demonstration - Cryogenics & Combustion
(or Food, Fried & Frozen!)
7:30
- exceptional
ending extravaganza
(a dessert experience you won’t forget!)
e3
is open to the public! Tickets are $25 and may be purchased at
the Science Center, RiverWood Bank, the Bemidji Chamber office,
or 1st National Bank Downtown Express Bank. Recommended dress is
“high-end casual,” as HSC’s atmosphere will be transformed into
an elegant dinner setting for this special evening!
Food sponsors so
far are:
Applebee’s
Backyard BBQ
Brigid’s Cross
Cabin Coffeehouse
Cattails
Dunn Bros
Ground
Round
Hampton
Inn/
Green
Mill
Harmony Co-op
Keg n’ Cork
Lueken’s Village Foods
Minnesota Nice Cafe
Peppercorn
Raphael’s Bakery
Tutto Bene
Wild Hare Restaurant
Beltrami Co
Farm
Bureau
Julie
Bengtson
Sue
Doeden
Pat Hurd
The “P.I.G.S.”
(Preparing Incredible
Gourmet Sensations -John Cota, Dennis Doeden, Ken
Howe,Gary Johnson)
Always a big hit with guests, the
snakes at HSC are fed every other Saturday at 3:00 pm.
You are invited to observe this informative demonstration and learn
about these interesting, but often maligned animals.
Why are they fed only every other
week? What do they eat? How are snakes adapted allowing them to
swallow food that just seems too big?
Please check the
calendar to see the Saturdays scheduled for feeding the snakes
and all other activities.
Become a Minnesota Master
Naturalist Volunteer
The Minnesota Master
Naturalist
Program is a volunteer program that provides Minnesotans with
opportunities to explore the natural world, teach others about
their passion, and conserve our natural resources. It is a
collaborative project sponsored by the University of Minnesota
Extension Service, the Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources, the Bell Museum of Natural History, the National
Science Foundation, and includes partnerships with environmental
learning centers throughout Minnesota.
HSC will help host a 40-hour Master Naturalist Volunteer
Training course in the Northwoods, Great Lakes Biome. During
this time, we’ll look closely at Minnesota’s ecology, focusing
on the geology of the land, the organisms and natural
communities found there, and the ways in which humans and the
environment affect each other.
Classes will be held on Monday nights from 6:30 to 9,
beginning Feb 1, 2010 and ending April 18, 2010. The first 5
sessions will be held at the Science Center, with the remaining
6 sessions at Bemidji State Park. Sessions will include
classroom, hands-on, and outside learning experiences as well as
2 full-day field trips. Participants will be expected to
complete a capstone project.
The fee for the program is $200. Class size is limited to 20
people and reservations are required. Please register online by
going to
this site and choosing “Courses
Available.” The website also has an application form for
scholarships. If you have questions, call HSC at 218-444-4472.
Robotics at HSC!
Once again Headwaters Science Center’s robotics squads
competed in First Lego League’s Robotics
Tournament. This project is a growing collaborative
effort between HSC and Beltrami County 4-H, a most excellent
benefactor and overall supporter through their SET (Science
Engineering and Technology) program.
Lego robotics has 3rd through 9th graders designing,
engineering, building, programming, and running robots and
collecting points on an obstacle course with a mission in
mind. This year’s challenge was “Smart Moves.” In addition
to robotic performance; students addressed local
transportation issues and displayed their findings along
with robotic solutions in presentations delivered to
regional judges.
Our first-year team, “Pigs Might Fly,” finished with
silver medals in Division ll with many Division I team
members. Congratulations! Our returning team, “Off in the
Woods,” earned a first-place plaque for robotic performance,
meaning their robot won in head-to-head competition with
every other team in the Northern Minnesota Region. We are
very proud of all their accomplishments and we salute their
enthusiasm, for the “Off in the Woods” team has embarked
upon an even greater challenge––deciding to build a robot
from scratch!
We can always use help with these blossoming
endeavors in the form of parts and expertise, for we need a
guidance system, a reliable power plant, small powerful
motors, and a mission. The new robot has the potential to be
exhibited at the Beltrami County Fair in July. Contact James
Owens at 444-4472 if you can assist us in our efforts.
Starlab
This is a portable planetarium where people observe the night sky at any
time of the day! Learn about stars, constellations and planets and how
they appear in the night sky on any day and hour of the year. With
starlab, up to 20 star-gazers can study subjects ranging from
constellations of different cultures, the positions and motions of
planets, telling time with the stars, navigating by the sky, cycles of
the sun and moon, the reason for seasons and other facets of astronomy.
See the Starlab
home page for detailed information. Ages 8 and up.
StarLabs will be
held on selected Saturdays as shown on the
HSC Calendar at
2:00 pm. The price is $3 per person
for non-members in addition to HSC admission, or $2 for members. To find
out about special one-day programs, please call Headwaters Science
Center 218-444-4472.
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