Class is in session! Join us for Crazy Science: Prevent & Protect, where we’ll uncover how YOU can fight back against mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas. 🦟🛑 We’ll explore repellents, barriers, and helpful tips to stay safe this summer! 📅 July 16th–19th, 2025 ⏰ 11 AM 📍 Disease Vector Education Center – St. Augustine, FL Suit […]
Hi everyone! 🎉 The DVEC has an exciting lineup of events for August 2025—don’t forget to check out our Upcoming Events Calendar to see what’s coming up! 📅 August 20th is World Mosquito Day, a time to raise awareness about the role mosquitoes play in public health and how the tiny insect changed history. Stay […]
🔍 Class is in session, and it’s time to investigate! This week’s Crazy Science theme is Insect Investigators—where you’ll become a junior entomologist! 🐜 Explore the six-legged world through real specimens and your very own bug-hunting journal to take home and continue your discoveries. From beetles to butterflies, we’re uncovering it all! 📅 July 30th […]
🚁Class is in session—and it’s time to take flight! This week’s Crazy Science is all about Insect Flight 🛩️ Discover how real insects flap, hover, and glide—and then design your own flyers in our STEM flight challenge! You’ll craft and test: ✈️ Paper planes and flappers 🎯 Hoop gliders 🌪️ Whirly-birds Experiment with paper clips, […]
🧮 Crazy Science – Mosquito Math Class is in session—and it’s time to crunch some bug numbers! This week’s Crazy Science theme is Mosquito Math, where YOU become the scientist. 🦟📊 Try sorting and counting pictures of mosquito specimens— like the pros do in the lab with real mosquitoes! Learn how math plays […]
🦟 Crazy Science Post – World Mosquito Day Special This week, Crazy Science is spreading awareness for World Mosquito Day! Step into the lab with us as we explore the history of mosquito-borne disease through an engaging presentation, observe digital microscope views of Aedes aegypti and Toxorhynchites rutilus. 🎲 Then, join the fun in our […]
Just a quick reminder—the DVEC will be taking a short routine pause on programs from August 27th to August 31st, as we prep for the next round of exciting activities! This means Crazy Science, Feature Creature, and Mosquito Cravings will be paused during this week. 11 AM will feature story time instead. But don’t worry—Scavenger […]
Hi everyone! The DVEC has an exciting lineup of events for September 2025—don’t forget to check out our Upcoming Events Calendar to see what’s coming up! Stay tuned for fun, facts, and hands-on learning you won’t want to miss! Feel free to share the calendar with friends and family, and let us know in the […]
🦗 Crazy Science – Hide in Plain Sight Class is in session—time to test your eyes! 👀 This week’s Crazy Science theme is all about camouflage and mimicry in the insect world. From stick bugs that blend in with twigs to katydids that look just like leaves, you’ll discover how creatures survive by hiding in […]
🕷️ Crazy Science – Weaving Wonders Step into the world of spiders! This week we’ll uncover how these arachnids spin silk, build webs, and use unique hunting strategies to survive. 🕸️✨ Get hands-on in the classroom as we explore spider anatomy, diversity—and even make spider web slime (for in-class fun only). 📅 September 10th–13th, […]