Two New Exhibitions Coming Soon! FILM & PLANETARIUM SHOW SCHEDULE EUGENE HEIKOFF AND MARILYN JACOBS HEIKOFF HOURS MINDBENDER MANSION & BRAIN: THE WORLD GIANT DOME THEATER JANUARY 1–5 Hours subject to change. WINTER PARADICE INSIDE YOUR HEAD Check fleetscience.org DAILY 10 a.m.–6 p.m. when planning your visit. OPEN THROUGH JANUARY 26 Gather hidden clues and secret passwords as you make your way CUBA: JOURNEY TO THE HEART JANUARY 6–31 through Mindbender Mansion. Collaborate with family and friends OF THE CARIBBEAN MON–THUR 10 a.m.–5 p.m. WEEKEND SCIENCE CLUBS to solve brainteasers and group challenges such as manipulating Daily: Noon & 4 p.m. FRI–SUN 10 a.m.–6 p.m. a tilt table, keeping up with a conveyer belt and disco hopscotch FUN SCIENCE FOR PRE-K THRU 8TH GRADE spelling. Opening January 25! Please note: No noon show on January 6. Please note: Exhibition galleries are Brain: The World Inside Your Head takes you on a virtual TURTLE ODYSSEY open until 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, reality “brain cruise” and puts you in the middle of an electrical Daily: 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. January 1. MINDBENDER MANSION “brainstorm.” Don’t miss the mind-boggling experience of this fun and intriguing exhibition. Opening February 1! Fri–Sun: 1 p.m., 3 p.m. & 6 p.m. & BRAIN: THE WORLD INSIDE Please note: Additional 6 p.m. show on January 2 1875 El Prado YOUR HEAD SUPERPOWER DOGS , CA 92101 TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS OPENING SOON! Daily: 2 p.m. & 5 p.m. (619) 238-1233 Sat–Sun: 11 a.m., 2 p.m. & 5 p.m. fleetscience.org Please note: No 2 p.m. show on January 1-5 And more! Look inside. > Additional 11 a.m. show January 1-5, 7 & 20. Follow us on:

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THE SKY TONIGHT: MYTHOLOGICAL TOUR OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM Weekend Activities for Pre-K to 8th Grade JANUARY 1: 7 p.m. & 8:15 p.m.

Every month the Fleet hosts a variety of educational and creative events for all ages to enjoy.

Young Scientists is a hands-on preschool science program designed for children ages 3–5 years with an accompanying adult. The program provides informal learning experiences that create interest and excitement around science. Experience Winter San Diego-Style

Students in grades 1–4 are invited to explore an array of fields, Trade in your flip-flops for lace-up skates and take a glide session including engineering, environmental science and robotics, on our new synthetic ice rink (you know, because it’s science). When with hands-on activities and interaction with local scientists in you’re done skating, enjoy a cocktail rink-side (if you’re old enough) Junior Science Club. or head over to the VR Transporter to take a virtual reality walk through space. Weekend Science Club is for students in grades 5–8. Sessions will be filled with new challenges, hands-on activities and interaction Gather your family and friends, as you don’t want to miss out on this with local scientists. festive adventure. Skating is included with admission to the Fleet. It’s open through January 26. For more information visit Financial support for the is provided in part by the City of San Diego fleetscience.org/learn/youth-programs. Commission for Arts and Culture.

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Schedule is subject to change. Please visit fleetscience.orgfor the CALENDAR most up-to-date information. JANUARY 8 JANUARY 11 & 12 JANUARY 25 COMMUNITY EVENTS EDUCATIONAL EVENTS JANUARY EVENTS Exploring Ethics—How do we Weekend Science Clubs: Brain Mindbender Mansion know human impact on our Games Opening Day 52 Weeks of Science Register for Teacher Workshops at: fleetscience.org/teachers FLEET EVENTS oceans is impairing the health New Exhibition! JANUARY 4 of our planet? Join us on the second weekend of 52 Weeks of Science brings Public Scout Sleepover each month to investigate exciting Experience an eclectic place full researchers, engineers and scientists The Fleet Inquiry Institute is the DECEMBER 23–JANUARY 3 science topics. Sessions will be of brainteasers and interactive to local neighborhoods to share educator professional development Winter Science Camps In conjunction with the Center for Have you ever wanted to spend an Ethics in Science and Technology, filled with new challenges, hands-on challenges guaranteed to test the the wonder of science with families arm of the Fleet Science Center’s adventurous night in a museum? this ongoing series brings the public activities and interaction with local brain power and problem-solving where they live, work and play. All Education Department. The Fleet Science Center is offering Now you can! The science center and scientists together to explore scientists. This month uncover what skills of even the most experienced events are FREE. full-day science camps this winter! is all yours after dark, with a how science and technology can goes on inside our head. Explore the puzzlers in Mindbender Mansion. For more information and to register touchable tornado, whisper best serve society. different regions of the brain and how Gather hidden clues and secret For details and full event for Teacher Workshops visit: Grades 1–3 can enjoy educational, dishes, electrifying exhibits and the human brain processes optical passwords scattered throughout schedule, visit: fleetscience.org/teachers hands-on activities such as making more! You’ll also get to attend This month, Dr. Kimberly Prather of illusions. the various thematic rooms of this 52weeksofscience.org. robots or learning how paper two fun, educational workshops, Scripps Institution of Oceanography fun and quirky exhibition, by solving airplanes work. Grades 4–8 can participate in a scavenger hunt discusses recent studies aimed at Saturday, January 11 select brainteasers and group 52 Weeks of Science is sponsored sharpen their computer science and and experience an IMAX movie in advancing our understanding of how 12–2 p.m. challenges. Think outside the box and in part by SDG&E, Union Bank technology skills by designing their the Heikoff Giant Dome Theater. the oceans influence human and collaborate with family and friends to Foundation and Qualcomm. own game in the ThoughtSTEM planetary health. Sunday, January 12 meet each of the challenges, which Computer Coding Camps. Sign up 1–3 p.m. include manipulating a tilt table, for a single day or enroll for multiple JANUARY 6 5–7 p.m. keeping up with a conveyer belt and JANUARY 13 days. 65 Senior Monday Community Forum Members $13 disco hopscotch spelling. Suds & Science: Health Non-members $15 Impacts of Weather Extremes 9 a.m.–4 p.m. The first Monday of every month, For grades 5–8 in ’s Changing Members $60–70 seniors 65 and better can enjoy the JANUARY 9–FEBRUARY 2 Climate Non-members $65–75 Science Center exhibits, a show in Young Scientists—Session 4: the Heikoff Giant Dome Theater and Making Music JANUARY 18 As climate continues to evolve, a lecture on the quietest day of the Junior Science Club: Plants so does the behavior of extreme JANUARY 1 month for only $10! No coupons or Enjoy a space for parents and to Plastics weather events and their impacts on The Sky Tonight: additional discounts are accepted. preschoolers to discover the the health of an evolving population. Mythological Tour of the Drs. Alexander Gershunov Solar System wonders of science together. This Join us on the third Saturday of each 10 a.m.–5 p.m. month’s theme includes the science month to investigate exciting science (climatologist) and Tarik Benmarhnia Noon Theater Show: of sound, percussion and string and topics. This month we’ll chemically (epidemiologist) partner on Journey through the solar system Africa: The Serengeti wind instruments. Preregistration engineer a bouncy ball, explore interdisciplinary studies of extreme to explore the mythological roots of $10 required. polymers and create a plant-based weather impacts on the health of how the planets and moons of our plastic. California’s complex population. In solar system got their names and the this month’s Suds & Science, they cultures those names came from. Thursdays, Saturdays or Sundays JANUARY 6 9–10 a.m. 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m will discuss how global climate Sharp Minds—Effective Sundays 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Members $13 change impacts local iconic weather 7 p.m. & 8:15 p.m. Treatments for Atrial Non-members $15 patterns as well as the significance Adult $19.95 of these weather patterns to public Fibrillation Members $75 Grades 1–4 Seniors $18.95 health. Juniors $17.95 Non-members $85 Member discounts available Join Dr. Chris Larson from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery JANUARY 18 6:30–8 p.m. $5 online; $6 at the door Institute as he shares why he believes Accessibility Morning that more effective and safer Wavelength Brewing JANUARY 4, 11, 18 & 25 treatments for Atrial Fibrillation are on 236 Main Street Make-It Workshop Enjoy early entrance to the exhibit the horizon. galleries with significantly less people, Vista, CA 92084 access to a special cool-off space Stop by Studio X on Saturdays to 10:30 a.m. lecture and a modified IMAX film screening at try your hand at making. Open to 10 a.m. with the house lights on makers of all ages (makers 12 and and a lower soundtrack volume. under with an adult collaborator). Make-It Workshop activities change 9–10 a.m. monthly and fees vary. 10 a.m. film:To the Arctic JANUARY 4: New Year’s Keychain JANUARY 11: Bamboo Skewer Sculpture JANUARY 18: Marble Runs JANUARY 25: Rube Goldberg Tracks

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