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Fore! The Planet: A Putt-to-Learn Adventure

Presented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences

May 21-September 24, 2011

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Save an endangered animal, navigate a polluted waterway, follow the path of a migrating hawk—all while having fun playing miniature golf in the Academy of Natural Sciences' new exhibit Fore! The Planet: A Putt-to-Learn Adventure, opening May 21.Created by the Academy and based on the research of its own scientists, Fore! The Planet features 18 holes of indoor miniature golf in which players test their putting skills along with their environmental know-how. The exhibit is free with regular museum admission and open through Sept. 24.Each hole uses playful components and colorful graphics to explore dinosaur extinction, bat sonar, pollution, recycling and other themes in a way that's fun and educational for families with children. The front nine holes touch on how nature works, and the back nine are about people's interaction with the environment.The Academy created Fore! The Planet as a traveling exhibit and it has been shown at many museums in recent years including the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, Canada, Omaha Children’s Museum in Nebraska, San Diego Museum of Natural History in California, and the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, WA.