ADVISORY/World's Largest Termite Touches Down in Richmond.News Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant - Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. (April 30 - May 2) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Science Museum of Virginia Virginia, state, United States Virginia, state of the south-central United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), North Carolina and Tennessee (S), Kentucky and West Virginia (W), and Maryland and the District of Columbia (N and NE). and Children's Museum of Richmond The Children's Museum of Richmond began in 1977 as the Richmond Children’s Museum in the Navy Hill School building in downtown Richmond. In 2000, the museum moved to its current location on Broad Street in Richmond. to Host Interactive Termite termite or white ant, common name for a soft-bodied social insect of the order Isoptera. Termites are easily distinguished from ants by comparison of the base of the abdomen, which is broadly joined to the thorax in termites; in ants, there is Exhibit to Educate, Entertain Local Kids and Homeowners
WHO: Science Museum of Virginia and Children's Museum of Richmond
Termidor(R) Termite Control
WHAT: The 2004 Towering Termite Tour, the world's largest traveling
interactive termite exhibit housed in a two-story high
inflatable termite, is swarming into Richmond. Designed to
educate and entertain kids and their parents, the belly of
this bug (which is 69,000 times the size of a real termite)
houses terrariums of real termite colonies, unusual materials
attacked by termites like piano keys and magazines, fun
learning games, strange but true termite facts (for every
human on Earth, entomologists calculate there may be as many
as 1,000 pounds of termites!) and valuable take home
information for parents. Admission to the event is free with
entrance to the Science Museum of Virginia and Children's
Museum of Richmond.
WHERE: Science Museum of Virginia and Children's Museum of Richmond
2500 West Broad Street
Richmond, VA
WHEN: Friday, April 30 10 am to 4pm
Saturday, May 1 10 am to 4pm
Sunday, May 2 10 am to 4pm
WHY: Richmond is in the heart of termite country, and the Science
Museum of Virginia and Children's Museum of Richmond are
famous for presenting kid-focused, fun, educational exhibits.
Termidor Termite Control has created the Towering Termite Tour
to educate Virginia families about the newest, most effective
ways to protect their homes from costly termite damage, while
providing an enriching and entertaining science exhibit to
curious youngsters.
B-Roll and high resolution photography available upon request. Footage includes children and adults commenting on tour exhibits and termite damage, sound bites sound bite n. A brief statement, as by a politician, taken from an audiotape or videotape and broadcast especially during a news report: "The box has been spitting forth maddening nine-second sound bites" from Nationally Syndicated home improvement expert Tom Kraeutler Tom Kraeutler is a home improvement broadcast journalist and author. Tom co-hosts (with Leslie Segrete) the nationally syndicated “Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show” broadcast on more than 200 stations every weekend, with an audience of more than 4 million , interior and exterior views of the Towering Termite, logos, and signage. |
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