For young women only! An introduction to engineering including lessons, hands-on activities, and mentoring from professional female engineers, university faculty, alumni, and current engineering students.
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Red Rock Canyon was designated as Nevada's first National Conservation Area. The unique geologic features, plants and animals of Red Rock represent some of the best examples of the Mojave Desert.
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SOUTHERN NEVADA IS UNIQUE, AND SO IS THE SCIENCE THAT HAPPENS HERE.
THE LAS VEGAS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FESTIVAL makes science fun, accessible and engaging, and it highlights the great science taking place right here in our own community.
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Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay is not your typical aquarium. It's a total sensory experience designed to transport visitors to an undersea ocean of fantastic sights, sounds and encounters.
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Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at The Mirage brings you face-to-face with white lions, white tigers, leopards and a family of bottlenose dolphins! Explore how you can interact with nature's most exotic animals in this wondrous world.
Offers interdisciplinary environmental field studies, courses, and workshops for university students, K-12 learners and educators and the public. See also Galena Creek Visitor Center. Campfire series, naturalist-led hikes and Youth Summer Day Camp
From planting and harvesting to preparing what we grow, Urban Roots follows food from seed-to-table, empowering students to answer the question, “Where does our food come from?
Fun classes, workshops and events. Exploratorium Class, Summer Natural Science and Art Camps designed to “encourage our children to conserve and protect the environment and to become wise stewards of the earth’s natural resources.
The McCarran Ranch Preserve was the Conservancy’s first restoration project on the lower Truckee River, and the work done there has become a model for how to fix the Truckee.