Museum of life promotes activities for the children's day

Attractions are free and include exhibitions, theater, workshops, Science show,
as well as a fun ride on the famous Science Train

The Museum of life — the Fiocruz that integrates science, culture and society — will promote a series of activities in honor of Children's Day. The programation, free and open to the public, will take place on 10 October, Saturday, in Av. Brasil, 4.365, Manguinhos, in the North Zone of the city of Rio.

Confirm the schedule of the Museum of Life:

Portinari Painting Workshop
Ubirajara Rodrigues – Espaço Casa Viva of the CCAP Network.
Time: 13h30, 14H30 and 3:30 pm
Local: Foyer
Free entrance

Face painting for kids + anyway
reasons: Butterflies, insects
Time: 10h to 4:0 pm
Local: amphitheater of the Reception Center and Science Park
Free entrance

Sinister Conference
Yellow fever skit, bubonic plague and smallpox, main diseases that plagued Rio de Janeiro at the beginning of the 20th century, with a lot of humor, revealing their fears regarding the combat measures led by doctors Oswaldo Cruz and Carlos Chagas.
Time: 1100, 11h30 e 12h
Age group: from 10 years
Local: Epidaurus
Free entrance

Story Apron
Through a colored apron, with pockets from which the main characters of the story come out – Oswaldo Cruz himself, besides mice, hen, horse and others -, the scientist's arrival at the former Fazenda Manguinhos and his idea of ​​building an imposing castle is reported., neo-moorish style, to draw the public's attention to the importance of science.
Time: 11:00 h and 14:20 h
Age group: 5 to 8 years
Local: Castle
Free entrance

Visit to the insect room – Costa Lima Entomological Exhibition
The public will be able to see a great diversity of insects, including some priceless copies, collected during scientific expeditions carried out by IOC researchers throughout Brazil since the beginning of the 20th century 20 to the present day. In addition to its scientific importance, enchant for their aesthetic beauty and variety of sizes.
Time: 10:00 h and 16:00 h
Age group: free
Local: Castle
Free entrance

There is Life in the Water Drop?
The activity provides the visualization of the existing biodiversity in the untreated water with the aid of an optical microscope. It will be possible, observe in the banner pictures of pathogens transmitted by water such as worms, bacteria, flagellated protozoan and virus.
Time: 11:30 h and 14:30 h
Age group: from the 10 years
Local: Pyramid
Free entrance

Geleca office
The public will be able to discover more about atoms and molecules as they prepare their own colorful and fun slime..
Time: 10:30 h and 13:30 h
Age group: from 5 years
Local: Pyramid
Free entrance

Adventures of Vision – Perceiving Light and Sound
How physics can help explain visual phenomena? How the eye deceives us and makes us see movement where there was a static image? How is it possible to see colors where there was only black and white before? This activity explores the phenomena of light and sound, as well as the perception that people can have!
Time: 10 to 16:00 h
Age group: from the 10 years
Local: Epidaurus
Free entrance

science show
Interactive experiments from various fields of science are carried out live, with performing art techniques, to discuss in a playful way from energy, health, chemical reactions to the effects of gravity.
Time: 11:00 h and 14:20 h
Age group: from 8 years
Local: Auditorium
Free entrance

popcorn distribution, popsicle and cotton candy
Time: 10 to 16:00 h
Local: Reception Center
Free entrance

Little train
Time: 10 to 16:00 h
Local: Reception Center
Free entrance