Discovery Series One Day Programs

Museum of Mathematics • New York, NY
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Join CTY for an intriguing new program at this fascinating new museum known as MoMath. Mathematics illuminates the patterns and structures all around us. This program will stimulate inquiry, spark curiosity, and reveal the wonders of math. Please check back for more specific details about the program.
Cost: $95 per person.  CLOSED

Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum • St. Leonard, MD
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Investigate the past by working alongside professional archaeologists. Explore native life at a recreated Indian village based on period discoveries. Excavate at an 18th century plantation site on the Patuxent River, and work with conservators to analyze your findings at the state-of-the-art Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory. Through hands-on activities and real life examples, travel back in time and discover the people behind the artifacts. This program begins around 9 a.m. and ends around 4 p.m. Morning refreshments and lunch are included.
Cost: $95 per person.  Register now

NASA Goddard Space Center • Greenbelt, MD
Friday, June 28, 2013
Friday, August 9, 2013
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is a major U.S. laboratory for developing and operating unmanned scientific spacecraft. The Center manages many of NASA’s Earth observation, astronomy, and space physics missions. Join CTY at Goddard to find out what it takes to send a rocket to space and what to do with it once it’s there. Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the science labs, integration and testing facilities, and visualization studios. Spend time with world-renowned NASA scientists and conduct investigations into rocket science. Wrap up the day by making and launching your own “stomp rocket” and enjoying a liquid nitrogen ice cream treat. Goddard Security requires that anyone attending the program be at least 10 years of age and a U.S. or naturalized citizen. This program begins at 10 a.m. and ends around 3:30 p.m. Lunch is included.
Cost: $95 per person.  BOTH DATES CLOSED

The Cloisters Museum and Gardens • New York, NY
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Join us for this truly unique experience at The Cloisters, a branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. Long cherished as a world-class museum, The Cloisters also contains beautiful gardens featuring plants, fruit trees, and useful herbs familiar from the collection’s medieval tapestries and other works of art. Take fascinating, docent-led tours of the Museum and Gardens. See demonstrations of and participate in discussions about manuscript illumination, stained glass, and stone-carving. The Cloisters—assembled with Romanesque and Gothic architectural elements dating from the twelfth through the fifteenth centuries—is itself a New York City landmark. This program will begin around 9:30 a.m. and end around 1:30 p.m. Morning refreshments, a box lunch, and admission to the museum at the conclusion of the program are included.
Cost: $95 per person. Register now

Monterey Bay Aquarium • Monterey, CA
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Take part in private feedings as you learn how the Aquarium cares for more than 30,000 plants and animals. Take a guided tour of the galleries with a naturalist to get an insider’s view of the exhibits. Dissect a squid in order to learn where it lives and what it eats. Take a guided walk along historic Cannery Row to Fisherman’s Wharf. Board the Pacific Explorer, a 75-foot whale watching vessel as we explore Monterey Bay and the animals that call it home while keeping our eyes out for whales, dolphins, and sea otters. This program begins around 7:30 a.m. and ends around 6 p.m. Morning refreshments are included.
Cost: $160 per person.  Register now

Home Cooking New York • New York, NY
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Interested in the “science” of cooking and eating? Join Jennifer Clair, founder of Home Cooking New York, in a food adventure like no other! Let this knowledgeable Chef-Instructor guide you through Union Square’s famous outdoor Greenmarket to learn all about what foods are in season and how to select the best of the best. We will then go to Chef Jennifer’s Manhattan cooking school where we will use the ingredients we bought to prepare a fresh and delicious three-course meal! Afterwards, we will sit down together and enjoy the wonderful meal prepared by the CTY chefs. This half-day program will provide an invaluable culinary education for both students and parents, while teaching you to look at food in a whole new way! The program begins at 11:00 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m. More information regarding the menu will be available upon registration.
Cost: $125 per person. Register now 

Beverly Hills Chess Club • Beverly Hills, CA
Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11, 2013
This two-day program has been designed exclusively for players who have attended past CTY chess programs and for other experienced players. We begin reviewing rules, tactics, and strategies, and address such topics as king safety, pawn structure, opposition, and decoy. Use this new knowledge to play match games; participate in a simultaneous exhibition with skilled chess players; and take part in stimulating chess puzzles. Focusing on chess strategies will be an integral part of the program, which will be headed by International Master and author, Roman Yankovsky. The program begins around 10 a.m. and ends around 4 p.m. each day. Morning refreshments and lunch are included. This program will have different sections based on skill level. There will be separate programming in each section.
Cost: $165 per person.  Register now

Home Cooking New York • New York, NY
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Interested in the “science” of cooking and eating? Join Jennifer Clair, founder of Home Cooking New York, in a food adventure like no other! Let this knowledgeable Chef-Instructor guide you through Union Square’s famous outdoor Greenmarket to learn all about what foods are in season and how to select the best of the best. We will then go to Chef Jennifer’s Manhattan cooking school where we will use the ingredients we bought to prepare a fresh and delicious three-course meal! Afterwards, we will sit down together and enjoy the wonderful meal prepared by the CTY chefs. This half-day program will provide an invaluable culinary education for both students and parents, while teaching you to look at food in a whole new way! The program begins at 11:00 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m. More information regarding the menu will be available upon registration.
Cost: $125 per person. Register now 

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