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Curiosity meets a microscope cells, tiny organisms and worms came into view. Ben Dubin-Thaler, a scientist and a BioBus coChildren climbed aboard a founder, explained to them what new, all-electric mobile laborato- they were examining. “My favorite one was the ry — dubbed the BioBus — at the Long Island Children’s Museum bee,” 7-year-old Eoien Callan in Uniondale, peering into high- said. “It was actually so cool powered microscopes and exam- because you can see the pollen ining samples of insects and on it, and I never gotten to really organic matter during a hands- do it before.” The bugs were chosen for on demonstration. The museum held a ribbon- inspection based on what they cutting ceremony on Feb. 16 for thought would look good under the mobile science lab, which the microscope, Co-founder Latasha Wright said travels to schools with a laugh. across Long Island, Sisters Rae, 2, New York City and and Ami, 5, accomBoston, and will now panied by their make several stops mom, Freeport resiat the museum each dent Lennaxia year for special Brathwaite, found events. The expanthe worm station sion is supported by fascinating, looking a $600,000 investment at the insects under from the National a microscope with a Grid Foundation LennAxIA bright light and over the next three BRAThwAITe watching them in years. their environment, During the cere- Freeport resident moving in dirt. mony, about 40 chilBrathwaite expressed apprecidren helped cut the ribbon, and then crowded inside the mobile ation for the experience, noting lab, taking turns looking that such opportunities weren’t through microscopes and asking available to her growing up. “This is awesome — I always scientists questions, as parents loved science,” Brathwaite said. tagged along. The BioBus’s interior was “I want them to experience it, to separated into two stations — be able to be tangible and to one was “focus” and the other touch things, to explore anything “hands on.” Children leaned hands-on. “The visuals and the tangiover microscopes, adjusting the focus as magnified images of Continued on page 12
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Year of the puppet horse
The Long Island Children’s Museum celebrated Lunar New Year with Chinese Theater Works’ puppet show, “Hao Bang Ah! Horse” — a Chinese expression meaning “Great!” or “Well done!” The original “budaixi,” or glove puppet performance, highlighted the Year of the Horse with skits, dances and songs celebrating the wisdom of the 12 zodiac animals. Each year, Theater Works presents a Chinese New Year performance. Above, the puppeteers, clockwise from top left, Stephen Kaplin, Arielle St. Louis, Huixin Bai, Jing Shan, Kyang-Yu Fang and Harrison Greene created a bilingual experience that even the youngest audience members could understand. At right, Aurora Lin, 7, celebrated in traditional attire. Story, more photos, Page 10. Holden Leeds/Herald
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