DON’T AT HOME TUESDAY, AUGUST 22 7:00–10:00 PM

Experience Philadelphia’s Welcome to the craziest and most explosive Science After Hours of the season. most instagrammable This evening we welcome you into the danger zone as we implode, explode, and exhibit, A Mirror Maze, shock the night away with amazing live demonstrations and hands-on activities. Numbers in Nature during tonight’s event! Ask the box TONIGHT’S TIMED PROGRAMS: office for details. (See back of sheet for more information about each program) SCIENCE AFTER LARGE CAUTION: HUMAN TALES FROM THE HOURS QUIZZO DEMONSTRATIONS: Next Month: SILENT TEST SHOW GYROSCOPE EMERGENCY ROOM FRANKLIN SCIENCE PARK AND September 26 FELS PLANETARIUM MUSSER THEATER FRANKLIN MEMORIAL FRANKLIN THEATER FOODWORKS ATRIUM SCIENCE AFTER HOURS: FLOOR 1 FLOOR 3 FLOOR 2 FLOOR 1 FLOOR 2 FLOOR 2 WIZARD SCHOOL 7:00 PM Buy your ticket tonight at the box office to avoid fees and 7:10 PM get them before they sell out! 7:20 PM

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#ScienceAfterHours A selection of wines, craft beers and are available for purchase in our Atrium Café, and Franklin Food Works, both located on the 2nd floor. A beer and wine bar is located in Space Command on the 1st floor. 1st FLOOR ACTIVITIES 2nd FLOOR ACTIVITIES 2nd FLOOR ACTIVITIES FELS PLANETARIUM SCIENCE PARK FRANKLIN HALL Silent Disco: There’s a party going on under Elephant Toothpaste: The heat is on with this Human Gyroscope: Using rotational kinetic the stars and you are all invited. Drop in and exothermic reaction as we create a colorful energy, torque and inertia, don’t miss our dance with your friends to the same song or blast of foam and steam that will be Cyr Wheel performer spin using the energy tune to a different channel and dance to the sure to leave you with a grin on your of their body and the world around them. beat of your own drum with Silent Philly. face. 7:40 pm (10 minutes) Performances at: 7:10 pm, 8:10 pm, and Soap Bubble Monster: Have you ever thought 9:10 pm (10 minutes) TRAIN FACTORY of putting dish soap in a washing machine’? Find out why this is not such a good idea as Virtual Worlds: Be transported to new Sound Shattering: Participate in some we create a bubbly mess so you don’t have to worlds with AT&T. auditory tricks and watch the effects of high at this one-time only demonstration. frequency sounds on glass with Penn Lab for 8:40 pm (10 minutes) WISDOM HALL Auditory Coding. The Phsyics of Ignition: Ignited dairy ELECTRICITY creamer, electrocuted pickles and FRANKLIN THEATER Shocking: It can be a shocking experience supernovae oh my! We’re hot and fresh out Tales from the Emergency Room: The when you play with electricity. Come and play the kitchen with the Penn Department of emergency department can see the good, with some enlightening devices that should Physics and Astronomy. the bad, and the shocking. Come hear some spark some intrigue. of the most shocking stories and see some 3rd FLOOR ACTIVITIES not so pretty pictures from an ER doctor GIANT HEART from Thomas Jefferson University. 8:30 pm (15 minutes) Fire Play: Let’s turn up the heat and add IMAX EXIT: VIP MEMBERS’ LOUNGE some color with some bright and explosive demonstrations that look at the science Franklin Institute members enjoy a private SPACE COMMAND behind your favorite pyrotechnics: fireworks! bar, free drink ticket, and an exclusive activity. Visit the Box Office to become a member! Emergency Department Dilemma: Talk It’s Alive!: See fire dance when we crank Sky Bike: Riding a bike on a rope suspended to emergency medicine physicians about some classic tunes through our Rubens Tube. in the air... sure that sounds safe. Find out the crazy and dangerous things that land how this is possible and take a ride for people in the Emergency Department with KEY HALLWAY yourself. Emergency Medicine at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson Pick Your Poison: How much is too much? University. Go head to head with your friends to see who MUSSER THEATER knows if and when you can ever have too much of a good thing. Caution: Test Show (Live Show): In the hermetically sealed testing lab we will reveal Not all medical equipment is From the Vault: our latest creations which should not be created equally. Check out some great pieces performed at home (arguably anywhere, for with The Franklin Institute Collections and 2nd FLOOR ACTIVITIES that matter). Remember our motto, it is not Curatorial Department. the size of the demo but…no wait, it is the ATRIUM size…totally the size. FRANKLIN AIR SHOW Fire Power: What’s the worst that can Show times: 7:15 pm, 8:15 pm, and happen when you combine fuel, a grill Dragon’s Breath: Breathe smoke when some 9:15 pm starter and some projectiles? Get your hands late night snacks take the plunge in some chilly This free show has limited capacity. Tickets for all three on these high powered launchers and see for Liquid Nitrogen. It’s -320 degrees of fun! performances of this show will be available at the yourself. Atrium Information desk on the 2nd floor starting at 7:00 pm. Tickets will be distributed on a first come, first Watermelon Burst: Can you cut a AIR SHOW HALLWAY served basis. Visitors with tickets will be seated starting watermelon in half using just a rubber band? 10 minutes before show time. What about a few hundred? Explore the Don’t Put That Down the Drain: Find out additive forces of compression as we try to what can go wrong when you put bad things PENDULUM GALLERY explode this summery treat with the Drexel down the drain with the Philadelphia Water Society of Woman Engineers. Department. Sew Be It: With his bicycle powered sewing machine, artist PNosa from Tucson, Arizona Gravity Drop: It’s typically not a good idea will create custom patches of whatever you to play with your food but we aren’t typical FRANKLIN FOOD WORKS can imagine. people. Let’s see what happens when some Quizzo: Put on your safety goggles and thinking of your favorite messy foods find themselves Paint Pendulum: Swing by and see what caps for our Don’t Try This At Home edition of hitting the floor from 42 feet up. all the mess is about with this interactive Quizzo! Winners of each round get a free pair of You don’t want to miss this one! installation of messy proportions. tickets to the next Science After Hours. 9:40 pm (15 minutes) Rounds at 7:10 pm, 8:10 pm, and 9:10 pm (approx. 30 minutes each) 4th FLOOR ACTIVITIES

Joel N. Bloom Observatory: Take a peek Loud and messy at the evening sky through our 10” Zeiss refracting telescope (weather permitting). demonstration Use Elevator B to access Observatory