Statewide Events

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March Events

CSI: Crime Scene Insects
Discovery Place in Charlotte, NC, invites adults and children over 8 to their new exhibition exploring forensic entomology. Visitors can observe real crime scene insects in action, such as carrion beetles, dermestid (flesh-eating) beetles, blowflies and their maggots. They can use their forensic crime-solving skills to investigate recreated crime scenes, explore the five stages of decomposition, view morgue drawers containing medical models of cadavers (sculpted models). This exhibition ends on April 30. For more information, visit their website.

Patchwork Tales Storytelling Festival
York County Library presents the fifteenth annual storytelling festival March 18-20 at the Baxter Hood Center at York Technical College in Rock Hill, SC. Featuring storytellers Donald Davis, Carmen Deedy, Bil Lepp and Tim Lowery, family entertainer Billy Jonas and bluegrass music by Polecat Creek, this festival offers free events for the whole family. For a complete schedule, visit their website or call 803.981.5840.

Historic Rosedale Special Exhibit and Tours
Historic Rosedale announces a special exhibit through March 31, 2010 of a slave reward poster issued in November 1857 in Virginia. The artifact poster with its original one cent postage stamp offers a reward of $300.00 for 3 escaped slaves. Tours of the home which offer the opportunity to view this unique historic artifact are open to the public each Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 and 3:00 pm. Admission is $5.00 for adults, $4.00 for Seniors and students. Special tours may be arranged for groups of 10 or more. Call 704.335.0325 for more information or visit their website.

Speech & Debate Judges Needed
Five hundred volunteers are needed as judges for South Carolina's NCFCA Qualifying Speech & Debate Tournament, hosted by Columbia International University, from March 18-20. Two hundred homeschooled students will arrive from NC, SC, GA, and FL for three days of competition. Students will compete in several speech events and two styles of debate. Judges will receive training, have access to talented students, watch stimulating presentations, and enjoy tasty refreshments. No speech or debate experience is needed to be a community judge. The time commitment is approximately 3 hours on any one of the tournament days, and there are sessions to choose from beginning at 7:30 in the morning and ending at 8:30 in the evening. For more information, or to sign up to judge, visit the website, click on "South Carolina," then on "South Carolina Community Judge Registration."  For more information, please contact Tournament Public Relations Coordinator, Beth Robles, at scxrobles@aol.com or 803.749.4062.

BubbleWrap® Competition for Young Inventors
Sealed Air Corporation and The National Museum of Education are proud to announce the fourth annual BubbleWrap® Competition for Young Inventors for grades 5-8. This innovative contest incorporates national and state academic standards in the fields of engineering design, problem-solving, entrepreneurship and all of the core curricular subjects. The deadline to enter is March 3, and applications may be received via hard copy mail, email or FAX. For more information, visit their website, email info@nmoe.org, or to call 330.376.8300.

Big Red Ticket Concerts
The Music Foundation of Spartanburg's "Big Red Ticket" outreach program provides Kindergarten through 12th Grade students with a voucher to attend a performance of any of six concerts free of charge. The remaining concert includes: Miniatures & Masterpieces on April 10 at 7:00 pm, featuring Sopranos Katie Agocs and Becky Turner. For more information, please call The Music Foundation of Spartanburg at 864.948.9020 or visit their website.

Mad Science Homeschool Classes
Mad Science of Columbia offers exciting, hands-on science classes for homeschoolers each Thursday from 12:30-1:30 pm in a fun, interactive environment. Participants get pre- and post-class resource packets that include vocabulary, reading suggestions, and cross-curriculum ideas for relating to other subject areas. Children also get a "take home" with each class designed to extend their learning through play at home. For more information and to register, call 803.739.2122 or visit their website.

SC State Museum Educational Programs
The SC State Museum holds many educational programs throughout the year for students, including homeschoolers. For a list and more information about these programs, visit their website.

Living History Saturdays at Historic Brattonsville
Step back in time at Historic Brattonsville on each Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm as costumed interpreters bring to life the 18th and 19th centuries. Witness life in the Carolina Backcountry through activities such as farming, shearing sheep, picking cotton and military drills. Activities and demonstrations vary weekly. For details, see their calendar.

Culture and Heritage Museums
The Culture and Heritage Museums is a linked system of cultural institutions in York County, SC, which includes Historic Brattonsville, McCelvey Center, Museum of York County, the Future Museum on the Catawba River and the new Children's Museum in Old Town Rock Hill. As a group, they provide many educational programs and field trip opportunities for homeschool families throughout the year. For more information and a link to their field trip planner, visit their website.

EdVenture Children's Museum Programs
EdVenture's curriculum-based field trips and programs complement instruction by encouraging hands-on learning. Their exhibits and related programs in science, health and safety, social studies, language arts and math place a strong emphasis on problem solving and critical thinking. For more in-depth information on all of their programs, call 803.400.1151 or visit their website.

Lowcountry Children's Museum Field Trips
The Children's Museum of the Lowcountry offers hands-on learning field trips on Tuesday through Fridays to support homeschool curricula. For more information, visit their website, call Desma Barker at 843.853.8962 extension 221, or email her at desma@explorecml.org.

Art Education Programs

The Columbia Museum of Art offers many programs of interest to families, groups, and homeschoolers. For information about these programs, visit their website.

Charleston Museum's Homeschool History Days
Visit the Charleston Museum from 10:00 to 11:00 am every second Tuesday for special homeschool programs. These programs feature a history class, time to go through the museum, and an activity. For more information, visit their website.

ScienceSouth Educational Programs
ScienceSouth in Florence, SC, provides science-related workshops for families and homeschoolers each month. For a schedule of classes and more information, visit their website or call 843.679.5353.

Book Sales in SC

There are many SC library book sales featured throughout the year. To find one near you, visit this website.