Museum Offers Free Climate Day Activities April 5

"Free First Thursday" events focus on NASA Climate Day

SEATTLE, March 27, 2012--During the April 5 "Free First Thursday" from 5 to 9 p.m., the Museum will celebrate NASA Climate Day with activities and presentations exploring the science of climate change and what we can do about it. The event's featured guest is NASA scientist Michelle Gierach. From 6 to 7 p.m., Gierach will take audience questions via a live video link to the Museum's theater from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. Gierach is an expert on the climate's relationship between the oceans and the atmosphere. NASA Solar System Ambassadors Dr. Ron Hobbs and Merle Hanley will be at the Museum to conduct presentations showing how NASA missions collect data on Earth's climate.

Other activities show how satellites have helped scientists study climate change, and what that data means to Earth and us. Visitors can measure their carbon footprint, learn about the difference between climate and weather, and what "fossil fuel" means. The Museum and Climate Day activities are free, April 5 from 5 to 9 p.m.

For a schedule of Climate Day activities at the Museum, please see:

www.museumofflight.org/event/2012/apr/05/nasa-climate-day

For more information about NASA Climate Day, please see:  

climate.nasa.gov/NASAClimateDay/

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The Museum of Flight is located at 9404 E. Marginal Way S., Seattle, Exit 158 off Interstate 5 on Boeing Field half-way between downtown Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport. The Museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is id="mce_marker"7 for adults, id="mce_marker"4 for seniors 65 and older, id="mce_marker"3 for active military, $9 for youth 5 to 17, and free for children under 5. Group rates are available. Admission on the first Thursday of the month is free from 5 to 9 p.m. courtesy of Wells Fargo. For general Museum information, please call 206-764-5720 or visit museumofflight.org.