Jan
7
Fri
Touch Tank Feeding @ Museum of Coastal Carolina
Jan 7 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

You’re invited to get up close with some of the more familiar creatures found in our ocean.

Our touch tank pool allows you to gently touch marine animals such as sea stars, sea urchins, whelks, horseshoe crabs, and hermit crabs. These animals live in a variety of habitats and have developed many ways to survive the waves and predators. Volunteers are on hand to assist and teach you about these incredible animals.

Did you know, when a sea urchin “hugs” your finger if you gently touch its spines, it’s actually checking you out: Are you food or predator? If you’re neither, the animal will just gradually release you.

Jan
9
Sun
Sunday Star Stories @ Ingram Planetarium
Jan 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Come and enjoy an array of stories inspired by the stars in this relaxing Sunday afternoon star show.

Jan
10
Mon
Ocean Animal Rescue @ Museum of Coastal Carolina
Jan 10 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

This program concerns North Carolina ocean animal rescue efforts including the Sea Biscuit Wildlife Shelter and the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center.  The program will also include a discussion of the largest marine mammal hospital in the world in California that has rescued over 25,000 sea lions and seals. All of these rescue efforts have a similar purpose: rescue, rehabilitation, and release. The program will detail why an animal needs to be rescued, how it is rescued, and what determines if and when the animal is released. The program will have a brief discussion of how the health of ocean animals is connected to the health of the ocean. The program will include an art activity for children.

 

 

Jan
14
Fri
Touch Tank Feeding @ Museum of Coastal Carolina
Jan 14 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

You’re invited to get up close with some of the more familiar creatures found in our ocean.

Our touch tank pool allows you to gently touch marine animals such as sea stars, sea urchins, whelks, horseshoe crabs, and hermit crabs. These animals live in a variety of habitats and have developed many ways to survive the waves and predators. Volunteers are on hand to assist and teach you about these incredible animals.

Did you know, when a sea urchin “hugs” your finger if you gently touch its spines, it’s actually checking you out: Are you food or predator? If you’re neither, the animal will just gradually release you.

Jan
16
Sun
Sunday Star Stories @ Ingram Planetarium
Jan 16 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Come and enjoy an array of stories inspired by the stars in this relaxing Sunday afternoon star show.

Jan
17
Mon
Accidental Astronauts @ Ingram Planetarium
Jan 17 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

In this animated adventure, Robokids Cy, Annie, and their dog Armstrong get a lot more than they expected from their class field trip in an impromptu adventure. Explore the Sun, Earth, and Moon with a witty star ship computer as navigator and guide. Race along the surface of the Moon! Collect an asteroid sample in low gravity! Survive a solar storm! Find a new appreciation for the unique beauty of Earth. Journey along with the Accidental Astronauts in this epic adventure. This is a great show for little explorers. The movie is followed by a live star show.

Funding for this film was provided by The Town of Sunset Beach through its Accommodation Taxes.

 

A Place Like No Other (NEW) @ Ingram Planetarium
Jan 17 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Alaska is a place like no other. For many people, a trip to Alaska is a life-long dream. For the people who live there, they depend on and protect an enduring way of life. But there are places in Alaska that are so remote and so wild, few Alaskans have ever gone there. This program will take you to these places — to the remote wilderness to see iconic animals and to landscapes that define the Last Frontier — places that make Alaska…Alaska.

Seven Wonders @ Ingram Planetarium
Jan 17 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Ocean Animal Rescue @ Museum of Coastal Carolina
Jan 17 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

This program concerns North Carolina ocean animal rescue efforts including the Sea Biscuit Wildlife Shelter and the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center.  The program will also include a discussion of the largest marine mammal hospital in the world in California that has rescued over 25,000 sea lions and seals. All of these rescue efforts have a similar purpose: rescue, rehabilitation, and release. The program will detail why an animal needs to be rescued, how it is rescued, and what determines if and when the animal is released. The program will have a brief discussion of how the health of ocean animals is connected to the health of the ocean. The program will include an art activity for children.

 

 

Jan
20
Thu
Accidental Astronauts @ Ingram Planetarium
Jan 20 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

In this animated adventure, Robokids Cy, Annie, and their dog Armstrong get a lot more than they expected from their class field trip in an impromptu adventure. Explore the Sun, Earth, and Moon with a witty star ship computer as navigator and guide. Race along the surface of the Moon! Collect an asteroid sample in low gravity! Survive a solar storm! Find a new appreciation for the unique beauty of Earth. Journey along with the Accidental Astronauts in this epic adventure. This is a great show for little explorers. The movie is followed by a live star show.

Funding for this film was provided by The Town of Sunset Beach through its Accommodation Taxes.