SOUTHERN NEVADA IS UNIQUE, AND SO IS THE SCIENCE THAT HAPPENS HERE.
THE LAS VEGAS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FESTIVAL makes science fun, accessible and engaging, and it highlights the great science taking place right here in our own community.
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Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay is not your typical aquarium. It's a total sensory experience designed to transport visitors to an undersea ocean of fantastic sights, sounds and encounters.
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Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at The Mirage brings you face-to-face with white lions, white tigers, leopards and a family of bottlenose dolphins! Explore how you can interact with nature's most exotic animals in this wondrous world.
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The premier place in Las Vegas to explore the valley’s vibrant history through interactive science and nature exhibits, botanical gardens, and more.
(southern nevada)
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Experience the wonder and tragedy of the world’s most famous ocean-liner, Titanic. Viewed by more than 25 million people worldwide, the Exhibition is one of the highest attended in history.
The McCarran Ranch Preserve was the Conservancy’s first restoration project on the lower Truckee River, and the work done there has become a model for how to fix the Truckee.
UNR, in the Mackay School of Mines Building. “Houses an outstanding collection of minerals, ores, fossil specimens and photographs, in addition to mining related relics.
(northern Nevada)
200 eye-popping cars with authentic street scenes and sounds. Think about all the engineering that went into creating the modern automobile!
Berlin is a Nevada Ghost Town, and the park highlights fossils of Ichthyosaurs, prehistoric marine reptiles. A nature trail connects to campground to the Fossil Shelter, information and viewing windows are available at the Fossil Shelter if you cannot attend a scheduled tour.
The Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office website home page has some cool videos on the Devil’s Hole pupfish, Mojave Population of the Desert Tortoise, Mojave Desert Tortoise Hatching, Sage Grouse Life History. They offer a number of education events and programs.