2009 Seasonal Events
MSUM Regional Science Center Buffalo River Site
Interpretive Center Open House
September 20, 2009, 2-4 pm; Prairie seed collecting at 3pm.
Come to Regional Science Center's Buffalo River Site for some hands-on learning about Minnesota's native prairie grasses and wildflowers. Enjoy a peaceful hour picking seed for the center's prairie restoration program. You'll learn why the prairie ecosystem is important and help to improve the center's prairie landscape. Be prepared to walk over uneven ground.
If Galileo Could See Jupiter Today!
October 9, 2009, 7-9 pm
One of the objects that Galileo found especially fascinating through his telescope was the planet Jupiter. The four brightest moons of Jupiter are still called the Galilean satellites. Tonight, we will retrace Galileo's footsteps by looking at the moons. If conditions are good, we will be able to observe details in Jupiter's atmosphere that he never saw with his simple telescope. We will also observe other celestial objects- the Milky Way, star clusters and nebulae.
The Buffalo River Site is located 15 miles east of Moorhead, off Highway 10. It is adjacent to the Buffalo River State Park and one of Minnesota's largest prairie preserves, The Nature Conservancy's Bluestem Prairie.