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Select the country and object's type 7th Annual Backyard Science Days are Almost Here

7th Annual Backyard Science Days–Coming This Weekend

August 11 and 12, Noon to 4pm Both Days

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Science can happen in a lab, science can happen in space and science can happen in your own back yard! Come to the Maryland Science Center\'s 7th annual Backyard Science Days for a day of animal encounters and hands-on activities. Stomp on stomp rockets, race vegetables and learn about the science that lives right outside your back door. Whether you like slimy or furry, snakes or turtles, bugs or birds – you are sure to run into your favorite neighborhood critter.

Backyard Science Days will put visitors face-to-face with a Big Brown bat from North America and hear its high-pitched echolocation with a bat detector, see fruit bats from Africa and Asia, and meet the largest bat in the world, the Gigantic Flying Fox Bat from Malaysia with a six-foot wingspan in Rob Mies\'s famed Bat Encounters show. Performances will be on our Atrium Stage at 1:00pm and 3:00pm.

All activities free with paid admission, completely free for members.

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Exclusive Membership Deal!

Onsite only during our Backyard Science Days weekend, receive a 25% discount off the price of any membership AND three extra months. Offer limited to Backyard Science Days attendees only. Valid on renewals, gift and new memberships. Some restrictions apply. To learn more about the benefits of membership, please visit our Membership Benefits Page.

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