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SUMMARY:Upcoming Events August 2025
DESCRIPTION:Hi everyone! \n\n\n🎉 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! \n\n📅 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 tuned for fun\, facts\, and hands-on learning you won’t want to miss! \n\nFeel free to share the calendar with friends and family!
URL:https://diseasevectoreducationcenter.org/event/upcoming-events-august-2025/
CATEGORIES:Crazy Science,Sunday Funday,Updates
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SUMMARY:Insect Investigators
DESCRIPTION:🔍 Class is in session\, and it’s time to investigate! \n\n\nThis week’s Crazy Science theme is Insect Investigators—where you’ll become a junior entomologist! 🐜 \nExplore 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! \n\n\n📅 July 30th – August 2nd\, 2025 \n⏰ 11 AM \n📍 Disease Vector Education Center – St. Augustine\, FL \n\nThink you’ve got what it takes to be a bug explorer? Come find out!
URL:https://diseasevectoreducationcenter.org/event/insect-investigators/
CATEGORIES:Crazy Science
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250803T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250803T153000
DTSTAMP:20260617T232613
CREATED:20250729T121908Z
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SUMMARY:Draw Like an Entomologist!
DESCRIPTION:✏️ Sunday Funday is sketching up something special! \nJoin us for Draw Like an Entomologist\, where you’ll learn to sketch arthropods with scientific precision and an artistic twist! 🦗🎨 \nWhether you’re a budding artist or a curious explorer\, you’ll channel your inner entomologist and take home your very own insect illustration masterpiece! \n📅 August 3rd\, 2025 \n⏰ 10:30 AM – 12 PM \n  2 PM – 3:30 PM \n📍 Disease Vector Education Center – St. Augustine\, FL \n🦋 Grab a pencil and let the details unfold
URL:https://diseasevectoreducationcenter.org/event/2991/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Funday
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250806T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250809T113000
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SUMMARY:Insect Flight
DESCRIPTION:🚁Class is in session—and it’s time to take flight! \nThis week’s Crazy Science is all about Insect Flight 🛩️\nDiscover how real insects flap\, hover\, and glide—and then design your own flyers in our STEM flight challenge! \nYou’ll craft and test:\n✈️ Paper planes and flappers\n🎯 Hoop gliders\n🌪️ Whirly-birds \nExperiment with paper clips\, folds\, and shapes to see how distance\, speed\, and lift can change—just like real insect wings in action! \n📅 August 6th–9th\, 2025\n⏰ 11 AM\n📍 Disease Vector Education Center – St. Augustine\, FL \nFun Fact: Dragonflies were one of the inspirations for the invention of the helicopter. Truly\, one of nature’s best fliers! They can hover and fly backwards\, zip and zag through the air at speeds averaging 30 mph! \nThink your design can go the distance? Come find out!
URL:https://diseasevectoreducationcenter.org/event/insect-flight/
CATEGORIES:Crazy Science
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250810T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250810T153000
DTSTAMP:20260617T232613
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SUMMARY:Wing It
DESCRIPTION:✨Sunday Funday is ready for takeoff—let’s Wing It! \nJoin us on Sunday as we craft gliders inspired by butterflies\, dragonflies\, moths\, and other flying insects we will learn about in Crazy Science this week! \nThis fun craft is perfect for all ages! \nWe will have take-home goodie bag with supplies and instructions for those visiting during activity break time. Don’t forget to ask for one! \n📅 August 10th\, 2025\n⏰ 10:30 AM – 12 PM\n2 PM – 3:30 PM\n📍 Disease Vector Education Center – St. Augustine\, FL \nLet your creativity soar and show us how you wing it!
URL:https://diseasevectoreducationcenter.org/event/wing-it/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Funday
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250813T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250816T113000
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CREATED:20250811T213542Z
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SUMMARY:Mosquito Math
DESCRIPTION:🧮 Crazy Science – Mosquito Math \n  \nClass is in session—and it’s time to crunch some bug numbers! \nThis week’s Crazy Science theme is Mosquito Math\, where YOU become the scientist. 🦟📊 \n  \nTry sorting and counting pictures of mosquito specimens— like the pros do in the lab with real mosquitoes! Learn how math plays a huge role in tracking mosquito populations and protecting our community from vector-borne diseases. \n  \nAnd keep your eyes out—World Mosquito Day is coming up on August 20th! \n🗓️ This day honors Sir Ronald Ross\, who in 1897 discovered that female Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria. His work paved the way for disease prevention worldwide. Today\, it’s a time to raise awareness about mosquito-borne diseases like malaria\, dengue\, and Zika\, and to highlight the scientists and public health teams who fight them. \n  \n📅 August 13th–16th\, 2025 \n⏰ 11 AM \n📍 Disease Vector Education Center – St. Augustine\, FL \n  \nGrab your lab coat\, sharpen your counting skills\, and get ready to count down to World Mosquito Day!
URL:https://diseasevectoreducationcenter.org/event/mosquito-math/
CATEGORIES:Crazy Science
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250817T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250817T153000
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SUMMARY:Paint by Number
DESCRIPTION:🎨 Sunday Funday – Paint by Number \n\n\nSunday Funday is getting a splash of color! \nJoin us for Paint by Number\, where you’ll bring insects to life with bright colors and creative detail—no artistic experience required. 🖌️✨ \nFollow the numbers to paint your masterpiece\, or add your own twist for extra creativity. Perfect for artists of all ages! \n\n\n💡 Fun Fact: A single female mosquito can lay anywhere from 100–300 eggs at a time\, often in floating clusters called egg rafts. In mosquito research labs\, counting eggs isn’t just about knowing how many there are—it’s a critical step in studying mosquito biology and behavior. Egg counts help scientists monitor colony health\, test the effectiveness of new insecticides or control tactics\, and study how well mosquitoes can transmit diseases. \n\n📅 August 17th\, 2025 \n⏰ 10:30 AM – 12 PM \n    2 PM – 3:30 PM \n📍 Disease Vector Education Center – St. Augustine\, FL \n\nPaint\, relax\, and create something beautiful!
URL:https://diseasevectoreducationcenter.org/event/paint-by-number/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Funday
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250820T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250823T113000
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SUMMARY:World Mosquito Day Special
DESCRIPTION:🦟 Crazy Science Post – World Mosquito Day Special \nThis week\, Crazy Science is spreading awareness for World Mosquito Day! \nStep 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. \n🎲 Then\, join the fun in our Mosquito Jeopardy game\, where you’ll put your knowledge to the test in categories like Life Cycle\, Myths & Facts\, Famous Diseases\, Anatomy\, and Control. Can you rise to the challenge and claim victory? \nAnd don’t miss this week’s Feature Creature @ 2:30 PM\, which will be taking a new spotlight—the mosquito itself. Learn how this tiny insect plays an outsized role in ecosystems\, science\, and public health. \n📅 August 20th-23rd\, 2025 \n⏰ 11 AM \n📍 Disease Vector Education Center – St. Augustine\, FL \nCelebrate science\, sharpen your knowledge\, and discover the mosquito like never before!
URL:https://diseasevectoreducationcenter.org/event/world-mosquito-day-special/
CATEGORIES:Crazy Science
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250824T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250824T153000
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SUMMARY:Build the Cycle
DESCRIPTION:🦟 Sunday Funday – Build the Cycle \n\nSunday Funday is buzzing with creativity! \nJoin us for Build the Cycle\, where you’ll make your very own mosquito life cycle spinning wheel. From eggs\, larvae\, pupae\, and adults—you’ll spin to reveal each stage and discover how mosquitoes grow and change. ✂️✨ \n\nCraft\, color\, and learn as you build a take-home model that brings science to life. Perfect for curious kids and families alike! \n\n💡 Fun Fact: Mosquito larvae are often called wigglers because of the way they squirm through the water. \n\n\n📅 August 24th\, 2025 \n⏰ 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM \n  2:00 PM – 3:30 PM \n📍 Disease Vector Education Center – St. Augustine\, FL \n\n\nSpin\, learn\, and create!
URL:https://diseasevectoreducationcenter.org/event/build-the-cycle/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Funday
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250827T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250831T170000
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SUMMARY:No Scheduled Programming
DESCRIPTION: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! \nThis means Crazy Science\, Feature Creature\, and Mosquito Cravings will be paused during this week. 11 AM will feature story time instead. \nBut don’t worry—Scavenger Hunts will still be available and Fish Frenzy will continue as usual at 10:30 AM and again at 3:30 PM\, Wed-Sat.\nAs always\, we stop distributing scavenger hunts between 12 PM to 2 PM and after 4 PM. Make sure to get them before these times!\n\nFor Sunday Funday (August 31st)\, we’ll have goodie bags of previous crafts! \nPrograms resume September 3rd\, and we can’t wait to share what’s next! Stay tuned!
URL:https://diseasevectoreducationcenter.org/event/no-scheduled-programming/
CATEGORIES:Crazy Science,Paused Program,Sunday Funday,Updates
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