#FunWithNature

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History

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6 months ago

Image 1 Title: Family Fun with Nature. Subtitle: follow for more summer activities. Top image is Gus the Gopher Tortoise. A rainbow in dark blue sky. An image of a collecting activity, Find a Rainbow. An image of a drawing activity, shadow drawing. Logo for the Museum of Natural History: Part of the Nova Scotia Museum

The final Family Fun with Nature activity for the summer is learning about insects by making a collection of leafy insects for home. Roll over a rock and see who is living there. Come explore the #MNH #NaturalHistory #Museum this summer #FunWithNature

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History

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7 months ago

Title: Family Fun with Nature. Subtitle: follow for more summer activities. Top image is Gus the Gopher Tortoise. A rainbow in dark blue sky. An image of a collecting activity, Find a Rainbow. An image of a drawing activity, shadow drawing. Logo for the Museum of Natural History: Part of the Nova Scotia Museum

Text: Nature Weaving. Green background with three stages of a craft labeled; 1: a Y-shaped stick and green yarn. 2: the green yard has been wrapped around the Y-shapes stick. 3: Items found during a nature walk have been woven between the wrapped yarn.

Today's #FamilyFunWithNature activity is #Weaving what you find on a neighbourhood walk into a #CraftyArt display. Select an ideal stick or combine a few sticks then wrap colourful yarn around the edges. While on a walk place found objects in-between the bands of yarn.
#MNH #FunWithNature

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History

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7 months ago

Text: Blue in Nature. Structural Colour. Some animals appear as a certain colour because of external structures in their feathers, shells, or scales. An image of a Banded Purple Wing Butterfly, A Blue Jay and a diagram indicating how blue light reflects off a feather into an eye.

For #Animals and #Insects displaying blue is a structural-engineering evolution. The #BandedPurpleWingButterfly and #BlueJays manipulate the structural layers of their scales/ feathers to scatter blue light back to our eyes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g24...
#FunWithNature #RainbowWonderful #Blue

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History

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7 months ago

Text: Space Debris in our Solar System. An image, from the ISS, of a fireball burning up as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere. An Image of Science on a Sphere/ Museum of the Natural History. An Information sheet about Comets, Asteroids, Meteoroid, Meteor, Fireball, Meteorite. https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronomy/tips-tricks/perseids.asp.

Come to the #MNH and learn about the #SolarSystem on our #ScienceonASphere or take in a daily solar system presentation until the end of August. Share your completed activities by tagging #MNHNovaScotia.

#NovaScotia #Museum #NaturalHistory
#FunWithNature #RainbowWonderful

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History

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7 months ago

NOAA dataset: Vegetation- Real- Time. An image capturing the changes to vegetation over time. NOAA dataset: Biosphere: Marine Chlorophyll Concentration. Greener water is abundance with Chlorophyll, bluer water indicates less. Red patches indicate an abundance of life caused by run-off.

#Photosynthesis transforms the light energy from the #Sun into vital sugars all planets use as fuel to grow. Come explore the #NaturalHistory #Musuem and see #ScienceOnASphere and learn about #NOAA datasets. Marvel at watching photosynthesis in real time.
#FunWithNature #RainbowWonderful

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History

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7 months ago

Text: Fun with Nature. Three crayons, one marker, a few collected leaves, a piece of fallen tree bark, a piece of paper placed on a table.

A completed activity sheet titled: what I found in Nature. Leaf and tree bark rubbings with crayons. Leaves and crayons and bark surrounding the activity.

Have #FunWithNature by placing a #leaf on a flat surface with it’s stem and veins facing upwards. Lay the paper on top and use a crayon to rub along the leaf. After a few passes, you will see the impression of the leaf appear. #NovaScotia #Nature

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History

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7 months ago

Text: Carotenoid Pigments. Left image of a Daylily. Right image is a sliced Orange resting on oranges. Bottom image is a bushel of carrots.

Plants, like #Daylilies, #Oranges, and #Carrots make great advantage of the #carotenoidpigments within their cells to increase the absorption of light energy for the purpose of #photosynthesis.
Come explore the #MNH #NaturalHistory #Museum. #FunWithNature #RainbowWonderful

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History

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7 months ago

Red Title: Birding is a fun family activity. A pair of graphic binoculars with a Golden Finch in the left eye. A person snapping a photo. A person holding a note board. A person holding a field-guide to birding.

A photo of a person with long brown hair wearing a red checkered shirt, holding a pair of binoculars up to their eyes, towards trees.

Many birds migrate to #NovaScotia for the #summer months and leave again when the weather gets cooler. Some birds stay all year round. #NovaScotiaBirding is an activity you can do in your backyard, by a lake, in a park or at the beach. How many kinds of birds live near you?
#FunWithNature

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History

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7 months ago

Title: Family Fun with Nature. Subtitle: follow for more summer activities. Top image is Gus the Gopher Tortoise. A rainbow in dark blue sky. An image of a collecting activity, Find a Rainbow. An image of a drawing activity, shadow drawing. Logo for the Museum of Natural History: Part of the Nova Scotia Museum

Activity. Red Title: Can you find these birds? A tree with five birds identified as: Blue Jay, Purple Finch, Red-Winged Blackbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, and the Spotted Sandpiper.

This summer try bird watching as a #FunWithNature activity. Next time you're enjoying #Nature, see if you can spot some familiar Nova Scotian birds. Come explore the #MNH #NaturalHistory #Museum this summer and share your fun activities by tagging #MNHNovaScotia

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History

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8 months ago

Title: Family Fun with Nature. Subtitle: follow for more summer activities. Top image is Gus the Gopher Tortoise. A rainbow in dark blue sky. An image of a collecting activity, Find a Rainbow. An image of a drawing activity, shadow drawing. Logo for the Museum of Natural History: Part of the Nova Scotia Museum

Cumulus clouds in an ombre blue sky. Low tide at a Nova Scotian beach with a rainbow umbrella.

Try having #FunWithNature by cloud spotting. The main cloud groups are divided based on their level above ground; low, middle and high with one other set called convective clouds referring to how they are formed. Learn more with, #Clouds. En56-241-2010-eng.pdf. #EnvironmentCanada.

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History

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8 months ago

Completed collection of found items matching the colours of the rainbow. A hand is holding the finished activity up to the light blue sky.

All the colours of the rainbow can be found in Nature #RainbowWonderful. During your next walk through a park or while playing in your backyard how many colourful examples will you find. #FunWithNature