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Events

  • Confluence: Earthly Films for Philadelphia

    Friday, April 19, 2024

    5:30 PM-9:00 PM

    121 N. Christopher Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia, PA

    • Everyone

    This Earth Week, the Academy of Natural Sciences debuts Confluence: Earthly Films for Philadelphia – an environmentally focused film festival.

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  • Confluence: Earthly Films for Philadelphia

    Saturday, April 20, 2024

    11:00 AM-7:00 PM

    The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103

    • Everyone

    This Earth Week, the Academy of Natural Sciences debuts Confluence: Earthly Films for Philadelphia – an environmentally focused film festival.

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  • Drop-in Science Workshops: Rainforest Rangers!

    Saturday, April 20, 2024

    2:00 PM-4:00 PM

    The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103

    • Everyone

    What is so important about the rainforest? What plants and animals can you find there? Drop in to learn about the lungs of the planet and be amazed at how biodiversity plays a big part in this habitat. Explore real mammalogy and herpetology specimens and craft your own rainforest ranger button to take home.

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  • Confluence: Earthly Films for Philadelphia

    Sunday, April 21, 2024

    1:00 PM-2:30 PM

    Byrn Mawr Film Institute 824 Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

    • Everyone

    This Earth Week, the Academy of Natural Sciences debuts Confluence: Earthly Films for Philadelphia – an environmentally focused film festival.

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  • City Nature Challenge

    Friday, April 26, 2024

    12:00 AM-12:00 AM

    This event takes place in Philadelphia, Delaware, Montgomery and Bucks counties in Pennsylvania, and Camden, Gloucester and Burlington counties in New Jersey.

    • Everyone

    The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is a four-day bioblitz where cities around the world compete to see who can record the most wildlife.

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