Afterschool Animal Encounters: Get Growing!

Learn about the different life cycles and life histories of some museum animals plus how they’ve grown over time on Wednesday, March 9. In the natural world, animals have all sorts of fascinating ways in which they grow. From tadpoles changing into bullfrogs to baby turtles becoming goliaths, growing up is a big part of life. Join human museum staffers Javier and Arielle in a virtual, 45 minute program with live animals and specimens from the museum collections. This event will be fun for the whole family, so bring questions and sense of wonder.

How do animals change as they grow? What do skeletons have to do with how an animal moves? How do animals today compare with their ancient ancestors? Each month Harvard Museums of Science & Culture will discuss a different theme while sharing specimens from the museum collections plus interacting with some of the museum’s incredible live animals.