September is considered the most active month in hurricane season. Do you wonder why hurricanes happen at certain times of the year or how they form? Come learn how water temperature affects hurricane formation and how that might change with a changing climate. We’ll show you a hurricane in a bottle and give you instructions […]
Join us every Sunday afternoon for Sunday Cinema – a free series featuring movies and documentaries that surround a water theme. It’s a great family-friendly event, and we’ll show a different movie every month. The Day After Tomorrow: Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek across America to reach his son, trapped in the […]
Join us every Sunday afternoon for Sunday Cinema – a free series featuring movies and documentaries that surround a water theme. It’s a great family-friendly event, and we’ll show a different movie every month. The Day After Tomorrow: Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek across America to reach his son, trapped in the […]
September 23 – Turtle, Turtle – Shellebrate these reptiles lean about how they live what they like to eat. Head down to the Fairmount Water Works with your preschoolers (ages 3-5), and learn all about water! Starting August 26, join us Wednesday mornings from 10:30am – 11:30am to splash around and discover new things about water through interactive story […]
September 30 – Geometric Places – Learn about the building blocks that shape the architecture of the Fairmount Water Works. Head down to the Fairmount Water Works with your preschoolers (ages 3-5), and learn all about water! Starting August 26, join us Wednesday mornings from 10:30am – 11:30am to splash around and discover new things about […]
Join us every Sunday afternoon for Sunday Cinema – a free series featuring movies and documentaries that surround a water theme. It’s a great family-friendly event, and we’ll show a different movie every month. (Film selection subject to change.) A Bug's Life: A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, […]
Join us every Sunday afternoon for Sunday Cinema – a free series featuring movies and documentaries that surround a water theme. It’s a great family-friendly event, and we’ll show a different movie every month. (Film selection subject to change.) A Bug's Life: A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, […]
Handling and disposing of hazardous waste materials requires a special set of regulations due to the potential damage they can cause to people, pets and the environment. Residents can bring their hazardous waste to Household Hazardous Waste Events, sponsored by the Philadelphia Streets Department.
Do you wonder why leaves are green in the spring and summer, but change to red, yellow and orange in the fall? Investigate the different colored pigments in leaves, identify different leaves, and perform an experiment to show how one color is really made up of many different colors.(Sessions run every 30 minutes.)