DAILY SCHEDULE: MEMORIAL DAY - LABOR DAY 2010

PLEASE NOTE: The City of Norfolk has assumed stewardship of the Battleship Wisconsin, which is now included in regular Nauticus admission. Admission fees help preserve and maintain the battleship for future generations.

Because events are subject to change, please call ahead to confirm. For additional information, call (757) 664-1000. Events are included in Nauticus admission unless otherwise noted.

PROGRAMS

Daily 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Shark Experience & Horseshoe Crab Cove
Meet our newest additions to Nauticus - Brownbanded Bamboo Sharks, Whitespotted Bamboo Sharks, Coral Catsharks, Epaulette Sharks, and a Shovelnose Guitarfish.

10:45 am, 12:45 pm and 2:45 pm
Aegis
Aegis is an ancient word for shield. It's also the name of the Navy's hi-tech protection system used by destroyers to form a 250-mile-radius shield around a naval battle group. This specially designed command center theater simulates a battle situation, allowing you to feel the weight of command, as you make hair-raising, snap decisions.

1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
ROV Workshop Seabots Design Lab
Nauticus educators are on hand to help you assemble and test out your own Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV).

11:45 am, 1:45 pm and 3:45 pm
Design Chamber: Battleship X
Inside this multi-media interactive theater, match wits with America's best ship designers on the eve of World War II in a race against time to create the greatest battleship ever. If you are a tactical genius, this is the place to show it.

11:45 a.m. 
Forecast: Tropical Cyclone
Prior to each showing, visitors will learn the basics of satellite imagery, led by a Nauticus educator. Forecast: Tropical Cyclone takes sphere-watchers on a journey through time and technology, beginning with early storm observations from Caribbean shores and the decks of schooners, through the modern age of computer modeling. The movie also reveals the inner workings of hurricanes and deconstructs how computer models work to predict them.

Noon and 2 p.m.
Battle Blast Wisconsin Vista
What is the science behind an explosion? What are the forces associated with motion? Why would one form of energy be converted into light or heat? Awesome experiments investigate the science of energy, force, pressure, and combustion, as well as the technology of speed, armor and firepower associated with battleship design.

2:30 p.m. (education alley)
Creature Features - Volume 1: Eyes, Noses, Beaks, Legs, Hands & Feet (20 minutes)
Creature Features is fun, colorful, wacky and informative! Animals have evolved some incredibly odd and silly-looking anatomical features in a whole range of shapes and sizes. Their funny noses, multiple eyes, big bottoms, extra long necks, and enormous ears may look absurd, but they fulfill some very useful functions. Assisted by the animated 'Features Creature' this series introduces you to the creatures with the weirdest and most unusual body parts in the animal kingdom. A BBC Motion Gallery.

 3:45 p.m.
"Largest" A SOS Movie Weather Station
Largest examines Jupiter like a work of art, a destination of celestial wonder. The movie takes us on a journey to this immense sphere via dramatic fly-bys with some of the most astounding robotic probes ever designed. Then, with NASA instruments trained on the striped behemoth, the drama really begins. But Largest takes the story one step further, suggesting vital relevance for everyone here on Earth. The implications may not only surprise you, but also provoke contemplation. Any way you look at it, Jupiter matters.

1:45 p.m.
Nauticus EarthWatch: A Daily Earth Briefing Weather Station
Nauticus EarthWatch allows guests to explore current Earth Science events around the globe while interacting with a Nauticus educator. Beginning with a local Norfolk weather forecast, guests will cruise around the world surveying tropical systems, earthquakes, tsunamis, and more! (program time = 20-30 minutes).

Aquaria Feeding
Be on hand to watch our aquarium residents get their daily meal.

MOVIES

11 a.m.
The Living Sea - (45 minutes)
This film celebrates the world ocean - its beauty, diversity and importance to all life on Earth. Swim with thousands of golden jellyfish and witness the bizarre spawning behavior of giant clams. Surf in Hawaii, deep-sea dive in Palau and test your courage with the Coast Guard in some of the world's roughest seas!

Noon
Power of the Planet: Rare Earth (30 minutes)
Geography series with Dr Iain Stewart. Our planet is unique within the solar system. Four-and-a-half billion years ago it had a twin named Theia which was absorbed into the Earth, increasing its gravity and allowing it to form an atmosphere. Iain travels to Meteor Crater in Arizona to explore the atmosphere's role in protecting us from bombardment by meteorites. Life on earth only prospers because it is provided with right amount of heat from the sun.

2 p.m.
Blue Planet: Tidal Seas (50 minutes)
From the Amazon's massive tidal bore to the smallest tidal changes on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, every turn of the tide spells the difference between life and death. The world's largest tides are in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, which attracts hundreds of finback and humpback whales. In northern Australia, when the tide recedes, the sand bubbler crabs transform the beach. A BBC/Discovery Channel co-production.

3 p.m.
Destroyer: Forged in Steel (50 minutes)
The Arleigh Burke destroyer is America's most modern surface warship. This sleek 500-foot-long vessel bristles with state-of-the-art weapons and technology. The destroyer is an extremely fast, agile and stealthy warship and will be in the mainstay of the United States Navy's forward projection of force well into the 21st century. This program is about the building, outfitting, sea trials, and commissioning of this class of warship. ©2010 Discovery Communications, Inc.

4 p.m.
The Blue Realm: Giants of San Benedicto (47 minutes)
Giants of San Benedicto features Dr. Robert Rubin and his ground-breaking research on giant mantas. Travel to the remote Socorro Islands off Mexico's Pacific coast and see breath-taking encounters with enormous manta rays. You are sure to love these majestic giants as you see how they invite human contact and encourage certain divers to ride them. The film crew also travels to the Bahamas to visit 'Bubbles', a fifteen foot Manta in the world's largest aquarium, and witness her release back into the ocean. A Sport Diver Television Production.