Top 5 Reasons To Go To Tellus' Family Science Night

1. Meet Super Why and Princess Presto, two of the stars of the hit GPB kids' show "Super Why!" 
2. Design a unique keychain full of colorful sand. 
3. Start your own sand collection by creating a special sand card.  
4. Think all sand is the same? Check out a variety of shapes, sizes and colors under special microscopes.  
5. Collect four new Tellus trading cards. These special cards feature photos of different types of sand. 

Plus see the kid-friendly planetarium show "Molecularium" and visit the Observatory, open from 5 to 10 p.m., to do some stargazing. 

Want to learn more about sand collecting? These presentations set for the Cartersville museum will be open to the public:

Friday, Nov. 22, 10 a.m. to Noon: Photographing Sands

Presentation 1: "Increasing Depth of Field in Sand Photographs"
Equipment, software, and techniques.
Speaker: Julian Gray

Presentation 2: "Basic Sand Photography"
Simple photographic techniques
Speaker: Leo Kenney

Presentation 3: "Light Microscopy of Sand"
Lighting, scaling, and image enhancement.
Speaker: Peter Blau

Presentation 4: "PLM Analysis of Mineral Grains"
Analyzing sand with a polarizing light microscope.
Speaker: Thom Hopen

Saturday, Nov. 23, 10 a.m. to Noon:The Diversity of Sand

Presentation 1: "Sand Collecting in Europe:
The History and Practice Today for the German Sandmuseum"
Sand Collectors of Europe and their Sand Collecting
Speaker: Ralf Hermann

Presentation 2: "Sand Containers"
What to consider when storing sand.
Speaker: Anita Westlake

Presentation 3: "Sand as an Artistic and Religious Symbol"
Exploring the meanings and evolution of the use of sand in art and religion.
Speaker: Heidi Scheirer McGrew

Presentation 4: "Heavy Sand Processing"
How heavy sands are extracted and separated.
Speaker: Lori Carter

Presentation 5: "Writing Sand (aka Blotting Sand)"
Curious? Then come to this presentation!
Speaker: Thom Hopen

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