APRIL 20 – 28 2018 PROGRAM GUIDE www.PhilaScienceFestival.org #GETNERDYPHL 9 DAYS. OVER 80 EVENTS. Welcome to The Philadelphia Science MORE THAN 75,000 ATTENDEES. Festival—a nine-day, community-wide 1 GOAL. celebration of science. Together, The Franklin Institute and more than 200 collaborators from the region’s leading educational, cultural, and scientific institutions are joining forces to educate, inspire, and excite the Delaware Valley about the science present in our everyday lives. From vegetable gardens to beer gardens; from public parks to fossil parks; and from chemistry labs to maker spaces— we invite you to get curious, get creative, and most of all...
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learn more at PhilaScienceFestival.org 2 3 FESTIVAL PAGE 14 SUN APRIL EVENTS 22 Be a AT A GLANCE Scientist! Various Times Various Locations Science in the PAGE 8 PAGE 10 PAGE 12 Garden PAGE 16 PAGE 20 PAGE 22 PAGE 24 PAGE 26 PAGE 28 PRE FRI SAT 10 am– SUN TUES WED THURS FRI SAT FESTIVAL APRIL APRIL 2 pm APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL EVENTS 20 21 Horticulture 22 24 25 26 27 28 Center in FRIDAY, Citywide Nature- Fishtown Science Science Science Science Science Star Party palooza! Fairmount Science After After in the + Music Carnival MARCH Park 16 Various Earth Crawl School School National 3–5 pm on the times Day Beer 2–5 pm 3:30– 3:30– Park Christ Parkway STEM Various Celebration Brunch: Various 5:30 pm 5:30 pm 10 am– Church 10 am– Career Locations 10 am– Fizzics locations Logan, Cecil B. 2 pm Sanctuary 4 pm Showcase 2 pm Class in Lawncrest, Moore, Inde- Indepen- Ben Franklin 3–7 pm Phila- The Fishtown South pendence, dence West Parkway 11:30 am– Phila- Indepen- delphia Schuylkill 1:30 pm Philadelphia, & Lucien E. National dence Science Center for & Tacony Blackwell Historical delphia Spot- Yard’s STEM-A- Seaport Environmental Brewing Libraries West Phil- Park Museum light Education adelphia Thon Company PAGE 18 6–8pm Community Regional Science 6–8 pm Family Night After SUNDAY, Science MON Libraries White Rock APRIL 8 The Franklin Food Slam 5–8 pm School Baptist Institute Science APRIL 23 For the 12–4 pm The Franklin 3:30– Church Science Top Secret 11:30 am– Science Institute Love of 5:30 pm at the Rosies 12:30 pm Rowan After Science: Blanche Parents’ Ballpark 8–9:30 pm Reading College School From the An A. Nixon/ Night Out: Science Terminal Burlington 3:30– Delaware Evening Cobbs Taste of Pennovation County Activities Center Market 5:30 pm River’s of Story- Creek & Hunting telling Park at 12:05 pm Family Bustleton Heart… Chestnut Hill Game Science 7–9 pm 6–8 pm Library 6–8 pm in the Park Science & Oak Lane at 1:35 pm Sunday Libraries Indepen- Frankford Lenfest 12–4 pm Hall Brain Citizens 1–3 pm dence Food: Center Bank Park Clark Park Rowan Science Seaport Science & Hunting on Tap Science of University Museum Distilling Night at Park Untapped: the Market Murder at Schooled 7–9 pm Patent ® by Science Pine Tavern 7–10 pm the Mütter : Reading Pending Illusion 6–8 pm Distillery 6–8 pm Terminal 2–6 pm National Market NextFab Mütter Mechanics South Museum of The The Future College of of Food Physicians of 6–8 pm Philadelphia Drexel Bistro learn more at PhilaScienceFestival.org 4 5 STEAM PROJECTS AT VISIT THESE SPECIAL OFFERINGS THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL. THE PHILADELPHIA Engage with them and learn from them– and help us to elevate the “A” in STEAM SCIENCE FESTIVAL (Science, Technology, Engineering, ART, and Math).
NOMADIC MONUMENT THE CHEMISTRY FOR WOMEN IN ROBOTICS OF CRAFTS The Philadelphia ELECTRIC COSMOS Celebrate the contributions of Plants have been used for thousands Science Festival See the cosmos come to life, women pioneers in the field of of years as medicine, tools, and even knows science up close with this LED light robotics in an immersive environ- art supplies! Try your hand at a fun and balloon art installation. ment of geometry and art! and striking way to use plants to create a beautiful painting using the is an art, and Presented by Mural Arts Philadelphia, Enter a 13-foot diameter geodesic anthotype process. Join Fouryouth these glowing “constellations” dome, and discover the inspiring, Productions at Naturepalooza at the art is a science. will be visible at multiple Star Party history-making women who have locations on Friday, April 20. Schuylkill Center for Environmental We believe in the incredible carved a path in robotics. View this Education on Saturday, April 21 to importance of the arts as a tool to project at three events throughout create a colorful anthotype print. build critical thinking, and as an CREATURES OF THE the festival: At the screening of Top avenue for public engagement Secret Rosies on Friday, April 20; All anthotypes will be collected and with complex and innovative NIGHT MASQUERADE at the Be a Pennovator! event on combined to create a large-scale mural concepts–notions that are at the celebrating the marriage of art and envi- Creativity takes flight in a series of Sunday, April 22; and at the Science ronmental science, to be displayed at the heart of all scientific pursuits. workshops hosted by the John Heinz Carnival on Saturday, April 28. Science Carnival on the Parkway. National Wildlife Refuge and Spiral That is why we are excited to debut This project was designed by Diedra the 2018 Philadelphia Science Q. Gathering inspiration from wildlife Krieger and Gaby Alfaro and is presented in collaboration with local artist, Festival STEAM Projects. These local to the area, participants will THE LONG DASH build beautiful masks and artwork Joey Hartmann-Dow. Additional support projects invite local artists to present for the Monument is provided by the Race to create a more resilient city! interactive installations that join out of reclaimed and recycled GRASP Lab and Everything Plastics. The Long Dash is a game created by science and art. materials, all while exploring the artist collective Camp Little Hope in native birds, insects, pollinators, partnership with Glen Foerd, which and plants that also call Southwest connects the global phenomena of Look for the STEAM PROJECT logo Philadelphia home. climate change with the geography to find these exciting projects Creations will be displayed in a pageant of Philadelphia. Each player carries a at various science festival events! procession on the boardwalk at the Philadelphia neighborhood and must Wildlife Refuge during the Citywide navigate an obstacle course before Star party on Friday, April 20. the neighborhood floods. Rush to collectively achieve strategies of community resilience in time to protect every neighborhood. Play this collaborative paddle sport for all ages at Community Night: PSF Edition on April 24 and the Carnival on the Parkway on April 28.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 16 Through a series of flash talks by fascinating, witty STEM STEM CAREER professionals about their SHOWCASE sometimes strange, sometimes surreal scientific work, the The Philadelphia Science STEM Career Showcase is the Festival is all about bringing perfect way to begin exploring people together! the wide world of STEM careers Over the years, we’ve worked and learn about the many free with the leading scientific and camps, after-school programs, SUNDAY, APRIL 8 educational institutions in the city, and internships available to our SCIENCE AT THE BALLPARK and now we want to introduce city’s most curious students. STEM-curious eighth- through The Phillie Phanatic loves science! Join him on Sunday, April 8 to cheer Parents, we’ve got a special twelfth-grade students to all that on the Philadelphia Phillies as they take on the Miami Marlins, and take program for you from our partners have to offer. part in Science Day at the Ballpark. Before the game and throughout the 6:00–7:00 pm where you can first three innings, some of our favorite partners will be on hand to spark learn from the experts about scientific curiosity through interactive activities, crafts, games, ways you can support your and more for the entire family. Join us for this special sneak peek of the STEM-interested student. 2018 Philadelphia Science Festival, as we celebrate science and sports— FREE a HOME RUN in our book! 3:00–7:00 pm Tickets are available at www.phillies.com/themenights, Independence Seaport Museum use the code SCIENCE for $8.00 discount 211 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard Activities at 12:05 pm | Game begins at 1:35 pm Citizens Bank Park This event is hosted 1 Citizens Bank Way and made possible by
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FRI APRIL 20 KICKOFF!
CITYWIDE STAR PARTY PHILLY SCIENCE TOP SECRET People all across the Delaware Valley turn their eyes to the skies for SPOTLIGHT ROSIES one-night-only citywide celebration of the cosmos! Join your friends Did you know that the Delaware In 1942, when and neighbors to stare at the stars, contemplate the constellations, Valley boasts a diverse array of computers were human and be amazed by astronomy—right in your own backyard. Local scientific researchers who are and women were astronomers will bring dozens of telescopes to more than 20 stargazing breaking ground in their fields underestimated, sites across the region to educate and inspire us all to better understand and unlocking the mysteries of our a group of female our universe. world? Join us for a series of flash mathematicians were For information on your local site, talks hosted by The Franklin recruited to complete secret visit PhilaScienceFestival.org. Institute’s Chief Bioscientist, research for the US Army. Dr. Jayatri Das, featuring several FREE, no registration required Top Secret Rosies: The Female of the area’s leading researchers Various times & locations Computers of WWII is a one-hour and learn about the cutting-edge documentary that shares the little discoveries that are happening in known story of the women and the City of Brotherly Love. technology that helped win the $5 presale ticket | $10 same-day war and usher in the modern 6:00–8:00 pm computer age. Don't forget a lawn The Franklin Institute chair or blanket! 222 North 20th Street Following the showing of the documentary, attendees will have the opportunity to tour Made possible by the Nomadic Monument to Women in Robotics art installation and meet the film’s producer, LeAnn Erickson.
FREE, no registration required 8:00–9:30 pm Pennovation Center 3401 Grays Ferry Avenue
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NATUREPALOOZA: FAMILY FOOD SCIENCE IN PATENT PENDING: A FAMILY EARTH DAY SCIENCE THE PARK MAKE YOUR WAY CELEBRATION AT READING TERMINAL Who says science, technology, TO THE TOP engineering, and math can’t Let your imagination take the This year marks the Schuylkill Hungry Education, in partnership sometimes be a “walk in the park”? driver’s seat in this evening Center’s Year of Water. with the Reading Terminal Market Let us inspire and excite your family encouraging adults 21+ to make, Help us celebrate all things and The Franklin Institute, invite with all the wonder that discovery build, and design. Presented by the water through science and local families to join us for a can bring through a day of American Philosophical Society environmental art activities, day of delicious discovery! Take hands-on activities in two of the and NextFab, this program will help hikes, and crafts. We'll also part in fun and engaging hands-on city’s most beloved parks. Teach you to unlock your inner inventor. have dancing, food trucks, and activities led by the entertaining your kids the fundamentals of Learn about the practicalities of a fort-building competition. educators from The Franklin curiosity and experimentation as patents from a noted inventor, and Institute, and see if you can FREE, no registration required the community comes together try your hand at winning a unique complete an interactive scavenger 10:00 am–2:00 pm to delight in the science that design challenge, all while you sip hunt to discover the science surrounds us every day. on a tasty beverage from Saint Schuylkill Center for behind the market and its many Environmental Education FREE, no registration required Benjamin's Brewing Company! 8480 Hagy’s Mill Road merchants. Sometimes it is fun to “see how the sausage gets made”! 12:00–4:00 pm $10 presale tickets | $15 same-day Hunting Park 21+ FREE, no registration required 900 West Hunting Park Avenue 6:00–8:00 pm 11:30 am–12:30 pm RAIN OR SHINE NextFab Reading Terminal Market 2025 Washington Avenue City Kitchen Clark Park 51 North 12th Street 4300-4398 Baltimore Avenue RAIN LOCATION: Alumni Hall at the University of the Sciences Woodland Ave. between 42nd & 43rd Streets
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BE A SCIENCE SCIENCE SLAM! FAMILY SCIENTIST! IN THE GARDEN Visit Rowan College's Mount Laurel SCIENCE SUNDAY Step into the “labs” of the area’s Dig into science with this dynamic campus for a day exploding with Join Rowan University students, paleontologists, marine biologists, ecological exploration for all ages! STEM exploration. Travel to the faculty, and staff for a day filled ecologists, and more as Philly’s Through demonstrations and Space Station via virtual reality, with science, technology, premier research institutions, hands-on activities, guests will investigate a crime scene for engineering, art, and math! hospitals, universities, and learn about the wonders of water, evidence, learn about blood typing, Explore the science of sport museums allow exclusive insider the peculiar habits of pollinators, gain a deeper understanding of and body movement, learn which access at and the strength of seeds as they what you eat, use mathematics 21 different locations numbers always surround you, for one day only. engage with Master Gardeners in and data to discover the evolution catch a planetarium show, gaze demonstration gardens behind the of measurements—plus enjoy Learn from the experts themselves safely at the sun, and participate Horticulture Center in Fairmount drone flying, robot fighting, about what makes their fields in numerous hands-on science Park. This day of guided garden and toy car racing! so incredible and why being activities for the whole family! activities is sure to plant the seeds a scientist or engineer can be FREE, no registration required in your family for a lifelong love FREE, no registration required the best job in the world! 12:00–4:00 pm of gardening and science. 1:00–3:00 pm FREE or Rowan College This program is presented by at Burlington County Rowan University FREE WITH ADMISSION Science Hall Penn State Extension Master 900 College Circle Various times & locations Mount Laurel, NJ 201 Mullica Hill Road Gardeners, with the support Glassboro, NJ For event details, of the Philadelphia Department visit PhilaScienceFestival.org of Parks and Recreation. to plan your day! Activities will take place outside of the Horticulture Center. FREE, no registration required 10:00 am–2:00 pm The programs above Fairmount Park Horticulture Center are made possible by 100 North Horticultural Drive
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BEER BRUNCH: MURDER FIZZICS CLASS AT THE MÜTTER®: It’s a fizzy, fun, and fascinating ILLUSION day with our friends at Yards Forensics meets fun in this Brewing Company as we explore murder mystery party at the the fundamentals of foam. In this Mütter Museum. Uncover clues, hands-on day of testing and tast- analyze evidence, and unmask ing, learn the science behind the the illusion alongside real FISHTOWN SCIENCE CRAWL foam in our foods and beverages, forensics experts. Find out if and understand the impact that you have what it takes to be a Take “Sunday Funday” to a whole new level during the Fishtown Science these bubbles have on our crime scene investigator. Crawl. With drink specials, explosive science demonstrations, and sensory experience. You’ll leave awe-inspiring activities at many of Fishtown’s most popular venues, this program one step aHEAD of $60 general admission this is the nerdiest bar crawl you’ll ever experience. So raise a pint in the your fellow craft brew aficionados! $40 with valid student ID name of science and buckle up for the most mind-blowing brunch $40 for College Fellows you’ll ever have! Ticket price includes light brunch, and Mütter Museum Members beer samples and gratuity. FREE to attend $5 wristband for food + drink specials $40 presale | $50 same-day Ages 16 & up (ages 16 & 17 must be 2:00–5:00 pm 11:30 am–1:30 pm accompanied by an adult 21+) Yards Brewing Company 2:00–6:00 pm LOCATIONS 500 Spring Garden Street Cocktail hour at 5:00 pm Barcade | 1114 Frankford Avenue Mütter Museum of The College of Fette Sau | 1208 Frankford Avenue Physicians of Philadelphia Frankford Hall | 1210 Frankford Avenue 19 South 22nd Street Front Street Cafe | 1253 North Front Street Garage Fishtown | 100 East Girard Avenue For the 8th year, we have Kensington Quarters | 1310 Frankford Avenue partnered with Yards La Colombe | 1335 Frankford Avenue Brewing Company to create a very special limited release brew made especially for the Philadelphia Science Festival. Be sure to try it at one of the bars along learn more at PhilaScienceFestival.org the Fishtown Science Crawl! 16 17 MON SCIENCE ON APRIL TAP UNTAPPED: SCHOOLED BY SCIENCE 23 DAY 4 The pursuit of higher education in science is more than just lab work and dissertations. Join us for a special Science on Tap that will SCIENCE AFTER SCHOOL explore the many ways science THE FUTURE has really taught us lessons. OF FOOD Spark your student’s passion for STEM learning when local engineers, Six speakers will share hilarious From culturing algae to cultivating scientists, and other experts visit your neighborhood library to lead and true stories of what they insect proteins to recycling food FREE after-school programs. Take part in these exciting experiments, learned during the course of their waste, technology offers inventive animal encounters, and kid- (and scientist-) approved hands-on studies. Between these flash-talks, ways to sustainably nourish a activities, right in your neighborhood library. you can decide who makes the global population expected to grow FREE, no registration required grade and toast to a universal truth: nearly 40% by 2050. However, a 3:30–5:30 pm sometimes you test the hypothesis, multidisciplinary approach is needed sometimes the hypothesis tests you. Bustleton Library Science After School to bring food and agricultural 10199 Bustleton Avenue programs hosted by Science on Tap is sponsored by technologies from the realm of a consortium of six Philadelphia Oak Lane Library ideas to the reality of daily life. 6614 North 12th Street institutions: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Join scientists from the Monell American Philosophical Society (APS) Center and Drexel University’s Museum, Science History Institute, Center for Food & Hospitality Mütter Museum of the College Management and Department of of Physicians of Philadelphia, Nutrition Sciences for a discussion Penn Museum, and Wagner Free on food sustainability from Institute of Science. sensory, nutritional, and culinary FREE, no registration required perspectives. 21+ Tickets include a “scientifically 6:00–8:00 pm delicious” tasting menu of nutri- National Mechanics tious, sustainable foods prepared 22 South 3rd Street by Drexel students and faculty. $25 event ticket $35 event ticket + beverage pairing 21+ 6:00–8:00 pm Drexel Bistro 101 North 33rd Street
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SCIENCE COMMUNITY NIGHT: AFTER SCHOOL PSF EDITION See page 18 for event description. The Franklin Institute welcomes guests for a free evening of FREE, no registration required FROM THE DELAWARE RIVER’S HEART I STAB AT THEE: educational experiences that 3:30–5:30 pm include the museum’s famous STEAM and the Conservation of a Fragment Lawncrest Library permanent exhibits (like the 6098 Rising Sun Avenue from Revolutionary War Fortifications beloved The Giant Heart and in the Delaware River Logan Library the award-winning Your Brain), 1333 Wagner Avenue special programs and shows, After 240+ years at the bottom of the Delaware River and ten years deep South Philadelphia Library and hands-on activities from within The Independence Seaport Museum, the cheval-de-frise is present- 1700 South Broad Street Philadelphia Science Festival ed for the first time to the public. From the Revolutionary War fortifications of the Delaware River and singular for “Chevaux-de-Frise” (coined by the Tacony Library partner organizations. 6742 Torresdale Avenue French for 17th century Dutch battlefield defenses against Spanish cavalry), FREE, no registration required this eleven-foot, iron-tipped underwater wooden ‘spear’ was discovered 5:00–8:00 pm near Fort Mifflin. Guests are invited to learn the story behind this incredible The Franklin Institute piece of history, meet the conservator, and hear how conservation science 222 North 20th Street has contributed to its preservation. Joined by the Science History Institute and The Clay Studio, guests will engage in interactive demonstrations highlighting some of the scientific principles and practices used to understand agents of decay and to engineer conservation treatments. Guests will have the opportunity to experiment with clay to learn how sitting for hundreds of years in the mud affected the fate of the artifact. $15 ticket 7:00–9:00 pm Independence Seaport Museum 211 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard
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SCIENCE SCIENCE FOR THE LOVE AFTER SCHOOL OF DISTILLING OF SCIENCE: See page 18 for event description. We’re serving science straight AN EVENING OF up in this program exclusively FREE, no registration required STORYTELLING for adults 21+. Pine Tavern 3:30–5:30 pm Our stories define us, connect us, Distillery, Rowan University and and teach us—they illuminate Cecil B. Moore Library The Franklin Institute invite you 2320 Cecil B. Moore Avenue new discoveries, and remind us of to whet your appetite for whiskey ancient lessons. Join local scientists Independence Library wisdom and realize new revela- and researchers as they explore 18 South 7th Street tions in rum as you sip your way the moment that science sparked Lucien E. Blackwell to a scientific understanding of their passion. In the format of a West Philadelphia Regional Library your favorite spirits. 125 South 52nd Street story slam, each presenter will take $20 ticket the stage to share their true story 21+ in their own words—giving voice 7:00–9:00 pm to their inspiration and celebrating Pine Tavern Distillery the universal joy that curiosity and 149A Pine Tavern Road wonder bring us all. Monroeville, NJ Presented by the Science History Institute and First Person Arts. $5 ticket, cash at the door 6:00–8:00 pm Frankford Hall 1210 Frankford Avenue
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SCIENCE IN THE SCIENCE BRAIN FOOD: NATIONAL PARK AFTER SCHOOL SCIENCE NIGHT AT THE MARKET There is so much science to See pg. 18 for event description. For one night only, the Philadelphia Science Festival takes over celebrate in the birthplace of the Reading Terminal Market to create an epic celebration of science, FREE, no registration required our country! Attendees will have food, and everything Philadelphia! Browse select merchants in the 3:30–5:30 pm the opportunity to explore the beloved 125-year-old indoor market while also enjoying dynamic connection between history and Chestnut Hill Library demonstrations and experiments from some of our favorite partners. 8711 Germantown Avenue science at Independence National This event is sure to tickle the taste buds as a delightful fusion of Historical Park at this free event. Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Library food and fun! Activities are geared to a fourth 5800 Cobbs Creek Parkway $20 presale | $25 same-day and fifth-grade audience. $5 food bites available from select merchants (cash only) Email [email protected] 7:00–10:00 pm for more information. Reading Terminal Market FREE, no registration required 51 North 12th Street 10:00 am–2:00 pm Enter the Market at 12th and Filbert. Independence National Historical Park Discounted parking available at the 6th and Market Streets Hilton Garden Inn Garage located at 1102 Arch Street
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SCIENCE + MUSIC WEST PHILLY Parents’ Science Night Out: From the physics of sound STEM-A-THON A TASTE OF waves to the biology of hearing, Calling all amateur engineers and HUNTING PARK the connection between science curious chemists! Gear up for Local Hunting Park restaurateurs and music can’t be denied. an evening of STEM challenges, and business owners are joining explorations, and activities. Build, In celebration of Christ Church’s us to cook up community building program, tinker, and try in a series newly installed mechanical action mixed with a few chemical reac- of activities designed to challenge pipe organ, join organ builders, tions at this event all about having young scientists to think critically, the musicians of acclaimed the fun with your favorite foods. work collaboratively, innovate, International Contemporary Discover how a pinch of salt and a and invent. Ensemble (ICE), and sound dash of science can transform your scientists as we explore the This event is presented by favorite foods--indulging in the harmony that exists between Science Education Academy flavors, textures, and smells of the science and music. (SEA), Inc., White Rock Baptist Hunting Park community, for free! Church, the Quba Institute of Come back at 7:00 pm for a FREE, no registration required Islamic Studies, Graduate Student free performance by ICE to see 6:00–8:00 pm the science explored in action. Groups at The University of Pennsylvania, Girl Scout Troops 19, Lenfest Center FREE, no registration required 3890 North 10th Street 986, 997, and 517, and Boy Scout 3:00–5:00 pm Troop #16 of West Philadelphia. This event is presented by the Christ Church Sanctuary Lenfest Center and Esperanza, Inc. 20 North American Street FREE, no registration required 6:00–8:00 pm Christ Church White Rock Baptist Church 5240 Chestnut Street This program is part of In Plain Air, a collaboration between International Contemporary Ensemble and Christ Church Preservation Trust. Major support for In Plain Air has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
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SCIENCE CARNIVAL ON THE PARKWAY The 2018 Festival culminates in a super-charged, This FREE event is unlike any other—with dynamic demonstrations, super-fun, 6-hour celebration of science! engaging experiments, geeky games, and electrifying entertainment for the entire family. Returning to the newly-renovated Ben Franklin ONLINE STORE Parkway, this finale event promises to be the ultimate daylong Can't get enough of GETTING science extravaganza! NERDY? Browse the Philadelphia FREE, no registration required Science Festival store for all your 10:00 am–4:00 pm science swag needs–and feel 20th Street and Ben Franklin Parkway great about it, too! Proceeds support opportunities for kids and families in the Philadelphia region to experience hands-on science! Shop our store at PhilaScienceFestival.org Over 150 exhibitors of interactive activities and it's FREE!
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