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APRIL 26 – MAY 4 2019 PROGRAM GUIDE www.PhilaScienceFestival.org #GETNERDYPHL

PRESENTING SPONSOR 9 DAYS. OVER 60 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 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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We are grateful to FMC for generously supporting the Philadelphia Science Festival as Presenting Sponsor in 2019.

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PAGE 7 PAGE 8-10 PAGE 11 PAGE 12-15 PAGE 16-17 PAGE 18-19 PAGE 20 PAGE 21 PAGE 22 PAGE 23 PRE FRI SAT SUN SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI FESTIVAL APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL MAY MAY MAY EVENT 26 27 28 28 29 30 1 2 3 SAT Citywide Science Be a Murder Science Science Science Science Electric MARCH Star Party Saturday Scientist! at the After After After in the Jellyfish 30 Various at Rutgers Various Mütter®: School School School National at the times 11 am–1 pm Times Workplace 3:30– 3:30– 3:30– Park Philly Tech Science Woes 5:30 pm 5:30 pm 5:30 pm Week Various Various 10 am– at the Locations Rutgers Locations 2–6 pm Greater Andorra, Fumo Kickoff Ballpark University Olney, 2 pm 6–8 pm Mütter Eastwick, In- Family, Indepen- Science Star Party POP Philadelphia Museum dependence, Holmes- dence Science Activities After Party Science in the City of the and Joseph burg, and National History at 2:30 pm in the Park Institute, 10 pm– College of E. Coleman Wynnefield Historical Institute Park and Game 1 am 11 am–1pm Physicians of Northwest Libraries Park Noon– Whitman at 4:05 pm The Franklin Rail Park Philadelphia Regional 4 pm Libraries Citizens Institute Libraries Bank Park Clark Park Science Fishtown & Hunting Science Science Sunday at PAGE 24 Park Rowan Crawl on Tap 2–5 pm Untapped: 1–4 pm My Love SAT Rowan Various Affair MAY University locations in with 4 Fishtown Science Science Carnival 6–8 pm on the National Parkway Mechanics 10 am– 4 pm Ben Franklin CURIOUSITY Parkway

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SATURDAY, Activities from MARCH 30 2:30–5:00 pm Game begins SCIENCE AT at 4:05 pm THE BALLPARK Citizens Bank Park The Phillie Phanatic 1 Citizens Bank Way loves science! Join him on Saturday, March 30 Join us for this to cheer on the Philadelphia Phillies as they take on the special sneak peek of Atlanta Braves, and take part in the 2019 Philadelphia Science Day at the Ballpark. Science Festival, Before the game and throughout as we celebrate the first three innings, some of science and sports— our favorite PSF partners will a HOME RUN in our book! be on hand to spark scientific curiosity through interactive activities, games, and more.

6 7 FRI APRIL CITYWIDE STAR PARTY LOCATIONS Academy of Natural Sciences John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge 26 DAY 1 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway 8601 Lindbergh Boulevard Awbury Arboretum Laurel Hill Cemetery Agricultural Village 3822 Ridge Avenue 6336 Ardleigh Street

(6:00-10:00 pm) Limerick Community Park 180 Swamp Pike, Royersford, PA Battleship New Jersey

CITYWIDE Museum & Memorial MaST Community Charter School STAR PARTY 100 Clinton Street, Camden, NJ 1800 East Byberry Road

The Discovery Center Riverbend Environmental People all across the Delaware 3401 Reservoir Drive Education Center 1950 Spring Mill Road Valley turn their eyes to the The Dow Chemical Company skies for a one-night-only 400 Arcola Road, Collegeville, PA Rowan University 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ citywide celebration of the Esperanza College 4261 North 5th Street South Philadelphia Community cosmos! For information Health and Literacy Center on your local site, Glen Foerd on the Delaware DiSilvestro Playground Join your friends and neighbors visit PhilaScienceFestival.org. 5001 Grant Avenue 1701 South 15th Street to stare at the stars, contemplate (7:30–9:00 pm) Grumblethorpe Historic House the constellations, and be FREE, no registration required and Gardens Stenton House amazed by astronomy— 5267 Germantown Avenue 4601 North 18th Street right in your own backyard. 7:30–10:00 pm Harry S. Truman High School Swarthmore College 3001 Green Lane, Levittown, PA unless otherwise noted Peter van de Kamp Observatory Whittier Place, Swarthmore, PA Local astronomers will bring Haverford College dozens of telescopes to more Strawbridge Observatory Thomas Jefferson University than 20 stargazing sites across 370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford, PA Lubert Plaza, Corner of 10th and Locust Streets the region to educate and Jenks Academy of the Arts and Sciences Timber Creek Dog Park inspire us all to better 8301 Germantown Avenue Timber Creek Park, understand our universe. Gloucester Township, NJ William Tennent High School 333 Centennial Road, Warminster, PA FESTIVAL KICK OFF! (6:30–10:00 pm) The Woodlands 4000 Woodland Avenue Wyck Historic House 6026 Germantown Avenue

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STAR PARTY AFTER PARTY SCIENCE SCIENCE Cosmos, constellations—and contemporary art! IN THE PARK SATURDAY It’s last call at The Franklin Institute, site of one of the best rooftop views Who says science, technology, AT RUTGERS in the region, and you’re invited to a Star Party After Party, a late engineering, and math can’t UNIVERSITY-CAMDEN evening of prime stargazing, mixed with dancing in the Fels Planetarium sometimes be a “walk in the and a rooftop silent disco. The exclusive adults-only After Party serves as park”? Let us inspire and excite Experience the excitement of round two of the Festival’s signature launch event, Citywide Star Party, your family with all the wonder discovery when you visit Rutgers and features the world premiere of a collaborative Planetarium piece by that discovery can bring through Day 2019! Check out the wide ballet artist and choreographer Nora Gibson and Australian video artist, a day of hands-on activities in two range of exhibits hosted by the Jason Haggerty—showcasing the beautiful and collective magic of of the city’s most beloved parks. Rutgers School of Nursing– science + art. Stargazing and rooftop silent disco are weather permitting. Teach your kids the fundamentals Camden as well as the science of curiosity and experimentation programs at Rutgers–Camden $10 Ticket as the community comes together during this daylong celebration 10:00 pm–1:00 am to delight in the science that in the heart of the Camden surrounds us every day. Waterfront. The Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street Adults 21+ | Cash Bar FREE, no registration required FREE, no registration required 12:00–4:00 pm 11:00 am–1:00 pm Hunting Park Rutgers University 900 West Hunting Park Avenue 326 Penn Street, Camden, NJ – Rain or shine Clark Park 4300-4398 Baltimore Avenue – Rain location: University of the Sciences Athletic & Recreation Center 600 South 43rd Street

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BE A DOCTOR! BE A SCIENTIST AT CHOP! BE A RIVER ECOLOGIST! BE A SCIENTIST! TEDDY BEAR CLINICS Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Glen Foerd on the Delaware Step into the “labs” of the area’s Buerger Center for 5001 Grant Avenue Abington Hospital Advanced Pediatric Care 12:00–3:00 pm paleontologists, marine biologists, Jefferson Health Lenfest Pavilion, 3500 Civic Center Boulevard 12:00–3:00 pm ecologists, and more as Philly’s Frobese Conference Center BE AN ENTOMOLOGIST! 1200 Old York Road, Abington, PA premier research institutions, Wyck Historic House 1:00–3:00 pm BE A WATERSHED SCIENTIST! hospitals, universities, and 6026 Germantown Avenue Bartram's Garden 12:00–3:00 pm museums allow exclusive insider Jefferson Torresdale Hospital 5400 Lindbergh Boulevard access at 18 different locations 10800 Knights Road 10:00 am–2:00 pm 1:00–3:00 pm BE A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL! for one day only. University of the Sciences BE A PALEONTOLOGIST! Integrated Professional Learn from the experts themselves Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital 2201 Chapel Avenue West Edelman Fossil Park at Rowan University Education Complex (IPEX) about what makes their fields Cherry Hill, NJ 625 Woodbury-Glassboro Road 4306 Woodland Avenue Sewell, NJ 12:00–4:00 pm so incredible and why being a 1:00–3:00 pm 10:30 am–12:30 pm scientist or engineer can be the Thomas Jefferson University Registration required BE AN ORNITHOLOGIST! best job in the world! Dorrance Hamilton Building The Wagner Free Institute of Science 1001 Locust Street BE A MAKER! 1700 West Montgomery Avenue 1:00–4:00 pm FREE or Independence Seaport Museum 12:00–4:00 pm FREE WITH ADMISSION 211 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard 11:00 am–1:00 pm BE AN ARBORIST! Various times & locations TH TH BE AN 18 & 19 CENTURY Free with admission Pier 68, Philadelphia Waterfront Visit PhilaScienceFestival.org DOCTOR! Pier 70 Boulevard to plan your day and confirm Pennsylvania Hospital BE AN ENGINEER! 1:00–3:00 pm 800 Spruce Street Temple University program details! 11:00 am–3:00 pm Engineering Building BE A HISTORIAN! 1947 North 12th Street American Philosophical Society 11:00 am–1:00 pm Philosophical Hall 104 South 5th Street BE A ZOOLOGIST! 2:00–6:00 pm Philadelphia Zoo Program for high school, college, 3400 West Girard Avenue and graduate students 11:00 am–2:00 pm Free with admission BE AN EXPLORER! Please Touch Museum 4231 Avenue of the Republic 2:00–5:00 pm Free with admission

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Plus, create vibrant art that POP IN THE PARK represents you and your community SCIENCE SUNDAY Bubbles, Bubbles and MORE with a stop at Murals on the Move, AT ROWAN UNIVERSITY Bubbles! A bubble might be a a colorful van stocked with art Join Rowan University students, mere puff of air trapped inside a supplies and equipped with faculty, and staff for a day filled soap and water film, but there is talented teaching artists from the with science, technology, much, much more to explore! Mural Arts Program. engineering, art, and math! The magic of bubble artistry comes POP on by for Explore the science of sport and to life in this family-friendly event BUBBLES of FUN! body movement, learn which designed to celebrate the infinite numbers always surround you, ways these momentary soap FREE, no registration required catch a planetarium show, gaze masterpieces captivate and delight. 11:00 am–1:00 pm safely at the sun, and participate Create glistening bubble watercolor The Rail Park in numerous hands-on science art. Bounce, catch and chase 1100 Block of Callowhill Street activities for the whole family! bubbles. Blow bubbles using a variety of tools. Mix bubble formula. FREE, no registration required Hosted by Made possible by And, for the ultimate bubble 1:00–4:00 pm lover—step inside a giant Rowan University Science Hall hula-hoop formed bubble! 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro, NJ

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MURDER AT FISHTOWN THE MÜTTER®: SCIENCE CRAWL WORKPLACE Forensics meets fun! Take “Sunday Funday” to a WOES whole new level during the $70 general admission; Forensics meets fun in this Fishtown Science Crawl. $40 with valid student ID; murder mystery party at the $40 for College Fellows With drink specials, explosive Mütter Museum. Uncover clues, science demonstrations, and SORRY!and Mütter Event Museum is sold out!Members analyze evidence, and solve the awe-inspiring activities at many of murder alongside real forensics Ages 16+ Fishtown’s most popular venues, experts. Find out if you have this is the nerdiest bar crawl you’ll what it takes to be a crime scene Ages 16 and 17 must be accompanied by an adult 21+ ever experience. So raise a pint in investigator. the name of science and buckle up 2:00–6:00 pm for the most mind-blowing brunch Cocktail hour at 5:00 pm you’ll ever have! Mütter Museum of the no registration required College of Physicians of Philadelphia FREE, 19 South 22nd Street $5 wristband for food + drink specials 2:00–5:00 pm

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SCIENCE AFTER SCHOOL Science on Tap is presented by a consortium of six Philadelphia institutions: Spark your student’s passion for STEM learning when local engineers, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, American Philosophical Society scientists, and other experts visit your neighborhood library to lead (APS) Museum, Science History Institute, Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Penn Museum, and Wagner Free Institute of Science. FREE after-school programs. Take part in these exciting experiments, animal encounters, and kid- (and scientist-) approved hands-on activities, Six speakers will share stories of right in your neighborhood library. Delve into a microscopic world and SCIENCE ON TAP how they fell for their research experiment like a medical laboratory scientist at Philadelphia City UNTAPPED: MY LOVE hook, line, and sinker. Between Institute Library, build a robot and teach it to be an artist at Whitman these flash-talks, we'll get to the Library, and investigate organisms that are living right under your feet AFFAIR WITH SCIENCE bottom of the greatest mystery at Greater Olney Library. Oh science, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways! For the last of them all: just what is FREE, no registration required 10 years, Science on Tap has been science's love language? 3:30–5:30 pm in love with science. Join us for a Greater Olney Library Science After School special Philadelphia Science FREE, Ages 21+ 5501 North 5th Street programs hosted by Festival edition that will get at the 6:00–8:00 pm Philadelphia City Institute Library heart of why we care so deeply 1905 Locust Street about this wide and varied field. National Mechanics 22 South 3rd Street Whitman Library 200 Snyder Avenue

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Take part in these exciting SCIENCE experiments, animal encounters, SCIENCE AFTER SCHOOL and kid- (and scientist-) AFTER Be transported back in time approved hands-on activities, SCHOOL while studying fossils at right in your neighborhood library. Build a boat and navigate using Andorra Library, let your FREE, no registration required a naval simulator at Fumo imagination run wild as you 3:30–5:30 pm Family Library, learn how to cook create a creature at Eastwick a healthy meal with a celebrity Library, investigate a crime Andorra Library – 705 East Cathedral Road chef at Holmesburg Library, scene at Independence or discover what is under the Eastwick Library – 2851 Island Avenue Library, or learn how to wrappings of mummies at code a video game at Independence Library – 18 South 7th Street Wynnefield Library. Joseph E. Coleman Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Take part in these exciting Northwest Regional Library. Library – 68 West Chelten Avenue experiments, animal encounters, and kid- (and scientist-) approved hands-on activities, right in your neighborhood library.

FREE, no registration required 3:30–5:30 pm

Fumo Family Library 2437 South Broad Street

Holmesburg Library 7810 Frankford Avenue

Wynnefield Library 5325 Overbrook Avenue

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SCIENCE IN THE FREE, no registration required PHILADELPHIA SCIENCE FESTIVAL AT NATIONAL PARK 10:00 am–2:00 pm PHILLY TECH WEEK There is so much science to Independence National Historical Park KICKOFF 6th and Market Streets celebrate in the birthplace of This year, the Festival helps our country! Attendees will have Event Partner kick-off a week-long celebration the opportunity to explore the of technology and innovation at connection between history Philly Tech Week’s Kickoff at and science at Independence First Friday in Old City. National Historical Park, Stop by the parking lot behind the with activities geared to a fourth Science History Institute to catch and fifth-grade audience. a glimpse of the Festival’s Electric Jellyfish Bloom and make a few keepsake LED pins while there.

FREE, no registration required 6:00–8:00 pm Science History Institute Parking Lot, 2nd Street between Market & Chestnut Streets

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SCIENCE CARNIVAL FUN FOR ALL AGES! ON THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PARKWAY The 2019 Philadelphia Science Festival culminates in a super-charged, TRASH CAN SALUTE! PLUS – super-fun celebration of science! This FREE event is unlike any other— What happens when you try to Learn the answers to the following with dynamic demonstrations, engaging experiments, geeky games, contain ultra-cold liquid nitrogen questions (plus over 100 more!) and electrifying entertainment for the entire family. as it heats up under thousands of Do trees Extending even further along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway this year, this squishy balls? Find out when you get thirsty? finale event promises to be the ultimate daylong science extravaganza! join us to close out the Science What do Carnival on the Parkway with this engineers do? FREE, no registration required Event Venue Partner EPIC explosion of grand proportions! 10:00 am–4:00 pm Where do monarch butterflies go? Benjamin Franklin Parkway 3:45 PM IN FRONT OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE 222 North 20th Street How do planes fly? What's inside LIVE SCIENCE SHOWS a computer? Over 150 exhibitors with fun, engaging An evil villain has threatened to What makes ruin the Festival. The threat is so you, you? interactive activities and it's totally FREE! real that the Council of Science What do you Superheroes will convene in order and a strawberry to hold-off this formidable foe! have in common?

BE ON THE LOOK OUT What does FOR FREE STICKERS + TATTOOS! ALL DAY DNA look like? THROUGHOUT THE CARNIVAL How is paper made? How do lava lamps work?

Join us for a super-charged, super-fun, 6-hour celebration of science!

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The Philadelphia BLUE SKY Science Festival OR SKY BLUE? knows science An interactive public art installation by Andrew Herzog that allows individuals to explore the spectrum is an art, and Nomadic Monument to Women in Robotics art installation at the 2018 Philadelphia Science Festival of color in the sky. art is a science. MONARCH Blue Sky or Sky Blue? is made up That is why we are excited to MIGRATION We believe in the incredible of a series of free-standing wooden showcase the 2019 STEAM Projects. importance of the arts as a tool to structures that support large mirrors. Creativity takes flight in a series build critical thinking, and as a These projects invite local artists These mirrors are elevated at a of workshops hosted by the venue for public engagement to present interactive installations variety angles to reflect only the sky. John Heinz National Wildlife with complex and innovative that join science and art. Refuge and Spiral Q. concepts–notions that are at the These structures act as instruments Gathering inspiration from the heart of all scientific pursuits. Visit these special offerings of measurement, creating the throughout the Festival– opportunity to see the sky not monarch butterfly, participants engage with them and learn from simply as blue or not blue, but will build beautiful wings and them–and help us to elevate the "A" observe the color changing artwork out of reclaimed in STEAM (science, technology, dynamically throughout short and recycled materials, all while engineering, ART, and math). periods of time as you walk exploring migration patterns of the monarch butterfly. For additional details on our through the installation. STEAM projects, visit www.PhilaScienceFestival.org

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TICKETS ACCESSIBILITY The majority of Festival events do Every effort is made to make sure not require tickets or registration. that PSF venues are wheelchair However, for those that do, there accessible. Should you need is no guarantee that tickets will be accommodations for an event available at the door, and events (like a sign language interpreter) that require registration or tickets we are happy to help. often sell out or fill to capacity. Please reach out to Because of this, we strongly [email protected] recommend advanced registration. or call our Public Events Manager, More than 90% of PSF events are Rachel Giatras at 215.448.1397. free, and for those that aren’t, We ask that you give us at least every effort is made to keep ticket one week notice to provide prices affordable. In all cases, any accommodations. fee charged covers the cost asso- ciated with producing the event.

NOTES: Admission to Philadelphia Science Festival events constitutes the holder’s consent and agreement to be photographed, filmed, videotaped or otherwise recorded, and to permit the holder’s likeness, image, appearance and/or voice to be used in advertising or trade in promoting and publicizing The Franklin Institute, its affiliates and business partners. The information included in this Program Guide is correct as of April 2, 2019. The Festival reserves the right to change events or information in the event of unforeseeable circumstances. OUR COMMITMENT Event changes will be listed on the website, so please visit This brochure is printed on FSC certified www.PhilaScienceFestival.org before heading out to an event. paper that is manufactured using biogas energy. In our steps to act sustainably, we have reduced the circulation number Join the conversation! of this brochure. Tell us your PSF stories or share your photos online! #GetNerdyPHL PhilaSciFest PhilaSciFest PRINT PARTNER PhilaScienceFest

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