Nature Fest

2012 Nature Fest
Thursday April 19, Friday April 20, Saturday April, 21 and Sunday April, 22

 

 

2012 NATURE FEST SCHEDULE
Thursday April 19, Friday April 20, Saturday April 21, & Sunday April 22

 

THURSDAY

6:30-7:30pm

Square Foot Gardening

How to reap a bountiful harvest from a smaller garden.

Larry McNabb                   Penn 211

Back Country Cooking

Nutritious and easily prepared food for the trail.

Dan Twyman               Penn 318

Hummingbirds

Fascinating facts about the smallest birds in Tennessee and beyond.

Dan Combs Penn 320

Nature Kids Crafts

Hands on “Nature” fun for the younger generation for ages 5 and up.

Clean Commission and

Beth Smith                   Penn 310

7:45-8:45pm

Vermi Composting

Learn the methods and benefits of worm composting for home and farm.

Randy Dodson                   Penn 211

Salamanders

Learn about salamanders and their habitat.

Mark Thurman             Penn 320

Night Sky 8:00-9:30

What can you see in the night sky without a telescope..

Steve Robinson            TTU Farm

FRIDAY

4:00-

5:00pm

To the Edge and Back:

A Tour of the Universe

A 3D experience.

TTU STEM Center.

 

STEM Virtual

Marc Robinson Theater

History of Astronomy,

Part 1: Our Solar System

TTU STEM Center.      4:30

 

 

 

STEM Virtual

Marc  Robinson Theater

6:30-

7:30pm

Fascinating Fossils

See some fossils from this area and learn how and when they were fossilized.

 

 

Larry Knox                        Kittrell Hall

Earthquakes

Learn the processes involved and consequences of earthquakes.

Mike Harrison               Penn 318

Eight Legged Freaks

Learn about spiders and scorpions.  Live animals will be displayed.

Chris Brown                    Penn 320

Touch a Snake 6:30-8:30

Visit our reptiles (and other) friends.  Snake handling is optional.

Penn 310

What’s Under the Microscope 6:30-8:30

Stop by and see the small parts of nature that make up our world.

Penn 308

Night Hike 8:00-9:00

Experience the sights and sounds of Old City Lake at night.

Danny Bryan                        CLNA

7:45 –

8:45pm

Snakes

Learn interesting facts and myths about snakes.

Ray Jordan                           Penn 128

Galapagos Islands

Slide presentation of the most friendly birds and animals in the world.

Dan Combs                   Penn 318

Human Footprint 7:45-9:15

A thought-provoking National Geographic documentary of our time on Earth.

Clean Commission         Penn 320

SATURDAY

10:00-

12:00pm

Wildlife Tracking

You can run, swim or fly, but you can’t hide!  Biologists will demonstrate how animals are tracked to describe their behavior and ecology.

CCP

Phil Bettoli                           Courtside

Tree Walk

Learn to identify trees by shape, bark, foliage, and other clues.

CCP

Dan Combs                        Hilltop

Geocaching

Use GPS units to find hidden objects. 

CCP

Dan Swartling                Lakeview

TWRA Wildlife Exhibit

10:00-4:00

Visit the educational exhibit brought to us by Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency.

CCP

Fishing Techniques

10:00-4:00

Techniques and equipment for successful fishing.  Hands-on chances to participate. Meet at fishing pier.

TTU Fisheries Students CCP

Canoeing 10:00-12:00

Check out the fundamentals of  pleasure/leisure canoeing.  Come dressed to get wet. Meet at concession stand.

Alfred & Dale Ballinger CCP

Bio-Diversity 2:00-3:30

“One fish, two fish.” – Measuring stream diversity. Help professionals research fish and aquatic life in a local stream. What you learn will be shocking!!! Meet at City Hall parking lot on Spring St. to caravan to site.

Phil Bettoli           Blackburn Fork

Touch a Snake 6:00-9:00

Visit our reptiles (and other) friends.  Snake handling is optional.

Penn 310

What’s Under the Microscope 6:30-8:30

Stop by and see the small parts of nature that make up our world.

Penn 308

12:30-

1:55pm

Scavenger Hunt

Look for items found in nature.

Fun for kids & parents.

CCP

Clean Commission               Courtside

Wildflower Walk

Check out all the flowering plants & learn their names as you walk through Cane Creek Park. Shelter#1

CCP

Danny Bryan                    Hilltop

2:00-

2:55pm

Turtle Time

Learn about turtles found at Cane Creek Park and elsewhere in TN.  Live turtles will be displayed.

CCP

Dan Combs                          Courtside

Native Americans: A Living History 2:00-4:00

Hands-on educational display.

Linda Veal and                     CCP

Carol & Steve Cash           Hilltop

Native American Arrowhead

Collection Display 2:00-4:00

Learn about Upper Cumberland

Native Americans and view extensive

collections of the types of

arrowheads and tools used.

Joe Beard                             CCP

Travis Melton                     Hilltop

6:30

7:30pm

Birds of Prey

Interesting facts and stories. Many birds on display including a bald eagle.

Dave Haggard                      Penn 128

Wilderness First Aid

Advice on how to respond if you or a companion are injured while hiking or camping.

 

 

Sean Ochsenbein         Penn 318

Frogs

Frogs and toads from TN.  Live animals will be displayed.

 

 

 

 

Danny Bryan                  Penn 320

7:45

8:45pm

Water Mammals

Learn about mammals that live in and around the water including beaver, muskrat, otter, and mink.

Nikki Panter                        Penn 211

Australia

Slide show of unique birds and mammals from Down Under.

Ed LeGrand                   Penn 318

Coyotes

Natural facts and the history in Tennessee of the invader from the West.

 

Brian Carver                   Penn 320

SUNDAY

1:30-

3:30pm

All About Bees

Learn about honey bees and bee keeping. Live displays.

CCP

Ray Wheeler                      Courtside

Organic Farming and Local Food Production 1:30-3:30

Learn the methods of healthy and bountiful farm and garden productions.

Gloria Hoch

Randy Dodson                     TTU Farm

All About Gourds

Growing, making useful items, artistic creations.

CCP

Sheryle Bruno                Hilltop

Planet Earth 1:30-4:30

BBC/Discovery Channel video series. TTU STEM Center

 

 

STEM Auditorium

Flint Knapping

Steps and techniques needed to take flint and turn it into a completed arrowhead ready for the hunt.  A live demonstration.

Jimmy Smith                      CCP

Dennis Burgess              Lakeview

TWRA Wildlife Exhibit

1:30-3:30

Visit the educational exhibit brought to us by Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency.

CCP

Canoeing 1:30-3:30

Check out the fundamentals of  pleasure/leisure canoeing.  Come dressed to get wet. Meet at concession stand.

Alfred & Dale Ballinger CCP