Exhibit Examines Urban ‘Three Rs’

The day after Thanksgiving is one of the busiest at the California Museum of Science and Industry and this Friday visitors will have even more incentive to stop by----a new exhibit on the urban environment.

The permanent exhibit, “Our Urban Environment,” shows how everyone who lives in the city can reduce his or her impact on the environment by practicing the “environmental three Rs”--reduce, reuse and recycle.

Utilizing claymation figures, computer simulation games, interactive displays and other features, the exhibit illustrates how each person can have an impact on the local and global environment.

The exhibit opens at noon. Activities are scheduled throughout the weekend. Call (213) 744-7400.

SCIENCE FOR KIDS

Children can create a favorite environmental message, discover life above, below and on the ground or explore the sky and stars in a Thanksgiving weekend schedule of events at Kidspace Museum in Pasadena. Workshops on Saturday and Sunday for children ages 7 and older and 4 and older wind up the museum’s Environmental Awareness Month series. For information on activities call (818) 449-9144.

Children ages 4 to 7 accompanied by an adult can explore trails, discover animal homes, plants and birding areas of the Santa Monica Mountains in a “Canyon Tykes” outing at the Sooky Goldman Nature Center on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Reservations are required. Call (310) 858-3834.

ENVIRONMENT

The flora, fauna, geology and history of Eaton Canyon will be featured on a docent-led hike from Eaton Canyon Nature Center to Eaton Canyon Falls on Friday at 9 a.m. Call (818) 398-5420.

Visitors to the Palm Springs area this weekend can take part in two natural science outings offered by the Palm Springs Desert Museum. On Friday and Saturday at 1 p.m., museum naturalists will lead a strenuous hike through Tahquitz Canyon, culminating with a visit to a desert waterfall. Call (619) 325-7186.

ASTRONOMY

The largest telescopes of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History will be trained on the Great Galaxy in the Andromeda constellation in a viewing Friday at 8 p.m., weather permitting. Other objects, including Saturn, binary stars and star clusters, will also be observed. Call (805) 682-3224.