AMSE Events by Ben Pounds
National Park Anniversary
This event will be on Thursday, April 30 and will feature free entry to museums across Oak Ridge.
Participating are the American Museum of Science and Energy at 115 S. Main St., the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge at 461 West Outer Drive, the K-25 History Center at 625 Enrichment St., the New Hope Center at 602 Scarboro Road and the Oak Ridge History Museum at 102 Robertsville Road.
Homeschooling
Homeschool classes are offered for two different grade levels: from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. are classes for kindergarten through secomd grade.
From 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. the museum will hold classes for third through fifth grade.
To register go to shorturl.at/M95EB.
Information Nation
Information Nation, a temporary exhibit open now shows how the United States, celebrating its 250th birthday, and Tennessee have led the “information revolution,” with advances in technologies.
Summer Camp
Registration for AMSE’s summer camp program is open at https://shorturl.at/FQVMD.
From June 15 through 17, drop-off will be at 8:30 a.m. and pick up at 3 p.m. June 15 topics are electricity, forces in motion, and chemistry. June 16 topics are rain and erosion, geology, and fossils. June 17 topics are microscopes, solar and nutrition.
On June 18 and 19, drop-off will be at 8:30 a.m. and pick up at 5 p.m. Camper dinner is included from 5 until 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 18 will focus on nuclear technology and include field trips. Friday, June 19 will focus on AI and computing.
