Water bears were a big splash again in this year’s NC Academy of Science booth! But the real story was the awesome group of volunteers. Students from Meredith College and UNC Pembroke, joined by a host of museum volunteers, warmly greeted the public. Hundreds of visitors poured into the booth during the Astronomy Days event on the first weekend of February. A small boy, who entered the booth on Saturday, made a bee line for the water bears while shouting, “I want to see science!”