86. Learn what it means to portray the Oklahoma Standard at oklahomastandard.com and make a list of ways your family can show up to serve, rise up to honor and step up to be kind. When the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum reopens, plan a visit to commemorate this 25th anniversary year of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building to remember those lost, those who survived and those changed forever. 87. Enjoy a day trip to the Wichita
Become a citizen scientist by creating your own mammal feeder! Mountain Wildlife Refuge in Lawton. Get tips for your visit at metrofamilymagazine.com/ lawton-long-weekend. 88. Read to a furry friend through the Metro Library’s Reading to Dogs program, offered virtually throughout the summer. Visit metrolibrary.org for details. 89
A citizen scientist is any person who helps participate in scientific research, like gathering their own observations, to send to researchers trying to answer real-world questions. Make your own mammal feeder and participate in the University of Chicago’s Project Squirrel: projectsquirrel.org/index.shtml. Materials: • Scissors • 2 plastic bottles of similar size • Tape • Stick • String Instructions : 1. Cut the tops off of the two bottles. MOBILE-FRIENDLY VERSION CLICK FOR 2. Use one of the bottoms of the bottles to make a bottom for the feeder. Cut two windows opposite of one another for the animals to access the food. 3. Poke a small hole directly under the feeder windows to slide the perch stick through, then place the perch stick in the holes. 4. Tape the two bottle tops together, with one top facing up and the other facing down, as seen in the diagram.
5. Tape the upside-down bottle top to the bottom piece with the windows and perch stick. 6. Make a hole in a bottle cap and run a string through to hang the feeder. 7. Screw on the bottle top and hang for your backyard squirrels to enjoy! Until it’s time to visit SKELETONS: Museum of Osteology again, learn more about how citizen scientists help in the study of bones in the new virtual exhibit Behind the Bones at skeletonmuseum.com/ category/exhibits. Learn animal facts, take quizzes and check out never-before-seen specimens and stories of the Museum of Osteology!
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