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Join us for the 18th Annual Parade of the Species, just before Earth Day! Make sure to dress as your favorite species for the costume contest. The parade will end at Sitka Sound Science Center, where there will…
Join SSSC on Saturday April 20 for the 2019 Coastal CODE Cleanup, sponsored by Alaskan Brewing Co. We will provide bags for garbage and recycling starting at 11am, then you are on your own to cleanup. All garbage and…
Join us on Saturday, 3/16 at 1:00pm for our next Octopus Encounter. We will be continuing the enrichment activities with our two octopuses, but they will be a little bit more challenging. Octopus Encounter is included with your $5…
Join SSSC on March 13 at 5:30pm for our next Behind the Scenes, Hippos to Whales. We will look at marine mammals and their closest land mammal relatives, with current SIRF Dr. Hans Thewissen leading the charge. This free…
Join SSSC, UAS, and the National Park Service Thursday, 3/7 at 7:30pm for the next Natural History Seminar series talk, titled “What Whales Hear, See, and Smell: Bowheads and Belugas on Alaska’s North Slope”. Dr. Hans Thewissen will describe how…
Join us for an epic herring journey at the Sitka Sound Science Center on Friday, March 1st, from 10am to Noon! Participate in games and activities to learn what it takes for a herring to go from egg to…
We welcome Dr. Hans Thewissen to Sitka as the March 2019 Scientist in Residency Fellow! Hans Thewissen has studied the paleontology, anatomy, and embryology of whales for more than three decades, and has traveled the world to study fossil…
Join SSSC, UAS, and the National Park Service Thursday, 2/21 at 7:30pm for the next Natural History Seminar series talk, titled “A Year in the Life of a Bear”. Phil Mooney (retired Fish and Game) will speak about how the annual cycle…
Come down to the Science Center to participate in our re-vamped Jr. Naturalist program. This activity is designed for school aged kids to complete in about an hour (younger kids may take longer and need more parental help). Participants will…
Join us on Saturday, February 16 at 1:00pm for our next Octopus Encounter. Come learn about octopus enrichment activities and why aquariums do these activities. We will start our two octopuses with different food puzzles, and see how they respond.
