100 EVENTS + 1 BIG PARTY LAUNCH MARCH 9 PRESENTED BY EVENTS MARCH 10-23 EXPLORATION EXPO MARCH 23 #ATLSCIFEST SOMETIMES, OUR HIGHEST HEIGHTS HAPPEN Welcome to the 2019 Festival

Place your seat backs and tray tables in their upright and locked positions - the 2019 Atlanta Science Festival is about to take off! We’ll be cruising through 100 engaging science events and making connections at venues across the metro Atlanta region. You’ll see coders LONG BEFORE and hackers and nano-tattoos, newts and bees and snakes and superpowers, bacterial telepathy, panda yoga, curling, archeological digs, nature trails, and the science behind wine, ice cream, and coastal . And just when you think it’s over, we’ll reach our final destination at for Atlanta’s biggest family science event, the Exploration Expo! We invite you to join tens of thousands of curious kids and adults to experience the TAKEOFF. wonder of science at this year’s Atlanta Science Festival! Proud to support the Atlanta Science Festival. Delta Air Lines is extremely proud to be the presenting sponsor of the Atlanta Science Festival. With this partnership, we are committed to building a vibrant and engaged Atlanta community, and to advancing education and shaping the lives of future employees and customers. We know the importance of engaging more students in science, technology, and math to help generate tomorrow’s STEM ready workforce, so on behalf of our Atlanta-based flight crew, we hope you enjoy your science in Atlanta or wherever your final destination may take you...

Sincerely, Tad Hutcheson Vice President – Community Engagement Delta Air Lines HEY KIDS! FESTIVAL TEAM FOR SOME EXTRA OUT OF THIS WORLD Executive Directors: Jordan Rose & Meisa Salaita FUN, FIND ALEX Director of New Initiatives: Sarah Peterson HIDDEN 8 TIMES Festival Coordinator: Kellie Vinal THROUGHOUT THIS Expo Chair: Melody Richardson PROGRAM. Volunteer Coordinator: Danielle Freeman Expo Volunteer Coordinator: Debbie Mullis Marketing and Media Relations: Lenz, Inc. Event Management: Destination South Meetings & Events Evaluation: Center for Education Integrating Mathematics, Science & Computing Design: Lenz, Inc., Vichhika Tep

FESTIVAL BOARD MEMBERS David Hartnett (Chair), Lynn Durham, Lilyn Hester, Jason Hoch, David Lynn, Sarah Peterson, Kristy Rachal, Jordan Rose, Meisa Salaita

GENERAL INFORMATION Atlanta Science Festival 191 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 3400, Atlanta, GA 30303 Tel: 770.332.4992 I [email protected]

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Please note that all events are subject to change. Be sure to check our website or social media for the most up to date information. PROGRAM PARTNERS The Atlanta Science Festival would not be possible without the contributions of our partners to produce events, Georgia Institute of Technology Perimeter College at Georgia bring audiences, and provide professional services. We Georgia Mineral Society State University are grateful to the following program partners (bolded Georgia Mobile Dairy Classroom Safe PC Solutions/Safe PC Cloud partners are also sponsors of ASF): Georgia Reptile Society Sandtown Middle School Georgia Science Teachers Sandy Springs Education Force 500 Women Scientists City Winery Association ScienceAF A Cappella Books The Clorox Company ScienceRiot.org Cobb 4-H Girls Who Code Science for Georgia Amana Academy Charter School Cobb County Farm Bureau Henderson Middle School Science of Fun American Reptile Association Cobb County Public Library Southeast Beescapes Amphibian Foundation System High Road Craft Ice Cream Southeastern Nanotechnology Arbor Montessori School Cobb County Water Department Historic Westside Gardens Infrastructure Corridor Arthur M. Blank Family Decimal Place Farm Hungry Heart Dietary Consulting Foundation Destination South Meetings & InterPlay Atlanta STEM Compass, Inc. ATL Pod Events Jennifer Swanson Books STEM Gems Doctor Pete Productions The Presidential STEMPower Atlanta Curling Club Drew Charter School Library and Museum Story Collider Atlanta-Fulton Public Library DroidBuilders Kennesaw State University Students for Exploration and System Earth to Sky Performance Little Shop of Stories Development of Space Atlanta Geological Society Company Timpson Creek Farm Marcus Autism Center True North Media Barefoot Puppet Theatre Environmental Protection Mathematics in Motion, Inc. Extension Blue Heron Nature Preserve Agency Mercedes-Benz Stadium The Vista Room at Napoleon’s Camp Creek Middle School Fernbank Museum of Natural Midtown International School WABE – 90.1FM History Warren Technical School Centers for Disease Control and The National Archives West Atlanta Watershed Alliance Prevention Firewires FTC Team 4631 Northrop Grumman Westlake High School Chattahoochee Technical First Christian Church of Decatur NSF/NASA Center for Chemical Whole World Improv Theater College Fulton County 4-H Evolution Children’s Museum of Atlanta Fulton County’s Johns Creek Orpheus Brewery HD Environmental Campus Oxford College City of Atlanta Georgia Forestry Commission

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SATURDAY, 3/9 SUNDAY 3/10 Unreal Time with Lew Bio-Bus: DNA is for Science & Spirituality: Discovery Day: Fusion Science Tales & Trails: A SUNDAY 3/17 Wow in the World Pop Family Zoo Yoga: Lefton Families An Exploration of Gallery - Breakthrough Westside Story Bird A T F C Gender Identity A F T C A F T Up Party “Panda”Monium Style 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Walk C F F T C A T A F T Synchronicity Theatre Dalton Library Georgia State University Petit Rose Circle Park 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Science Center Glenn Memorial United Zoo Atlanta First Christian Church of Fernbank Museum of Natural Methodist Church The Astrobiology of Star Decatur Snake Day History TUESDAY 3/12 Wars Discovery Day: F T C P Rock n’ Walk Science Teachers @ Tech 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Science of Superpowers A F T C A F T Taste of Science Discovery Stations Salamander Stroll Day 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Fernbank Science Center A F T C 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. A T A F T C A F T C E 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Park GSU Perimeter College, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Carter Presidential Library & Dunwoody Campus Fernbank Science Center Georgia State University Petit Clyde Shepherd Nature Georgia Tech Student Center Ice Cream Science Museum Science Center How Humans A F T Preserve Preparándonos para lo Science Riot 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Move: Physiology & Representing the High Road Craft Tasting Room Mathapalooza próximo: Líderes Latino A Discovery Day: Eureka Say Cheese, Please! Biomechanics Underrepresented 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. A F C F C en STEM/Preparing for Labs F T C 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. C T Highland Inn Ballroom A F T C The Journey of Our 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. the Next: Latino Leaders Ebster Recreation Center 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Ga Tech Manufacturing Northrop Grumman in STEM Water Georgia State University Petit Decimal Place Farm Institute A T A F T FRIDAY 3/15 Science Center Not Just Newts: Behind 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. The Astrobiology of Star The Sound of Light Johns Creek Environmental the Scenes with the Meadowcreek High School Swarm Science: How Genius Camp: Makers Wars F T Campus Amphibian Foundation F T C 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. STEAM Teacher Seminar Honey Bees Make A F T E F T A C 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. GSU Perimeter College, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. SSEF STEAM Showcase 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Decisions 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Georgia State University Arts F T C Decatur Campus Genius Camp: Makers A T GSU Perimeter College, High Museum of Art The Amphibian Foundation & Humanities Building 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. F T C 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Alpharetta Campus North Springs Charter High 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Blue Heron Nature Preserve By the People: Georgia State University Arts Complete the Circuit: Full STEAM Ahead School Fashionable Circuits Field Research Center Beyond Babbling Designing a Better F C & Humanities Building Meet a Woman Second Sunday A T America – Interactive 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. and Scientist! F C P 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. To Infinity and Beyond: 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Eco-Geo Expedition 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Family Tour CCPLS Family Tech Time A F T C F T C Toco Hills Library Science, Fiction, and A F T Midtown International School High Museum of Art F T C 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Popular Understandings 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Arabia Mountain Nature General Assembly of Outer Space David J. Sencer CDC Museum The Science of Cannabis Grow - Freeze - Eat: Mountain View Regional Center Don’t You Snap at Me! A T A Become a Strawberry Library Getting Dirty: Exploring A F T C 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Bio-Bus: DNA is for Scientist! Soil on Atlanta Farms 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Manuel’s Tavern Georgia Center for the Book Family Science Carnival Outdoor Activity Center Families F C Silver Scream Science F C F C F C 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Spookshow 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Neuro-Engineering: Meet a Scientist! 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. UGA Extension Fulton County Urban Fresh Farm A F T C The Paideia School Walking with the A Norcross Library - East Point Office 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. and Blurring the Lines 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Mesozoic Giants Between Mind and 10:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. A T Eventide Brewing Genius Camp: Makers Escape Lab Machine Communicating the Swarm Science: How T A 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. F T C A 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Fernbank Museum of Natural Science of the Georgia Honey Bees Make 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Clough Undergraduate History THURSDAY 3/14 Coast Decisions Unveiling the Internet Georgia State University Arts Monday Night Garage Learning Commons at Insects Around Us A T A T F T & Humanities Building 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Georgia Tech F T C 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Little Five Points Community Emory Mathematics & MONDAY 3/11 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Blue Heron Nature Preserve Udderly Amazing WEDNESDAY 3/13 GSU Perimeter College, Center Cafe Field Research Center Science Computer Lab DESIGNORAMA Chemistry Adventures F T C P F T C Science Behind the Decatur Campus 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. and F C 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Scenes at Clorox 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Intro to Curling: Mapping the Brain Bitter Spirits 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. GSU Perimeter College F T C A Atlanta History Center Drew Charter School 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. STEMCon Exploring the Boundary A T Clarkston Campus C T Where Granite Meets Ice 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. The Clorox Company Venue TBA 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. A T Arbor Montessori School Superhero Science Roadside Geology No Memory of the Past, Henderson MIddle School 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. A T Night The Journey of Our No Memories for the Center Ice Arena STEM Gems: Giving Science of Wine 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. F C P Water Future Pi Day Girls Role Models A First Presbyterian Church of 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. A F T 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. A T F C P Atlanta Parking Lot Children’s Museum of Atlanta 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. F T C 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. SATURDAY 3/16 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. City Winery Johns Creek Environmental Manuel’s Tavern Children’s Museum of Atlanta Family Zoo Safari Camp Spelman College Astronaut or Aquanaut? Guthman Musical Campus F C Solve for X Variety F C 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Instrument Competition 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Eating Bugs: A Graphic Will Nano-Tattoos Make Zoo Atlanta Exploring the Nanoscale Show A F T Code the Glow Metropolitan Library Novelist’s Perspective Your Remote Control F T C A 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. A F T C 8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. F T C Obsolete? 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Ferst Center for the Arts 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Highland Inn Ballroom 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. A T Full STEAM Ahead! Marcus Nanotechnology Constellations GSU Perimeter College, F T C P Little Shop of Stories 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Building Atrium A F T C Dunwoody Campus 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Centergy One Building 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Westlake High School Starry Night Ebster Recreation Center The Most Unknown A F T C 8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. A 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Hard Labor Creek State Park Orpheus Brewing Observatory Continued on next page

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SUNDAY 3/17 Science Trivia! Fernbank Forest Native Chemistry Carnival A Plants & Wildflower Tour F T C (CONTINUED) 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. A F T C 3:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Monday Night Garage 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Emory University Atwood Splash into Stream Fernbank Museum of Natural Chemistry Center Science The Story Collider History A F T C P A Animals - Just Like Us! 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Bio-Bus: Chemistry: F C Cascade Springs Nature Highland Inn Ballroom Acids, Bases & 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Preserve Little Shop of Stories Indicators F T C ChangeMaker Faire WEDNESDAY 3/20 Sessions at 2:30 p.m. and Citizen Science Mini- A F T C E Outdoor STEAM 3:30 p.m. Hackathon Workshop 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. F C Toco Hills Library T C 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Amana Academy Charter 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. School Outdoor Activity Center CDC Museum Open Math and Science Center Emory University House Science at the Benz MONDAY 3/18 A F T F C 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Mike Mongo’s Astronaut 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Critters & Cabernet David J. Sencer CDC Museum A Mercedes-Benz Stadium Job Fair 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. C T The Amphibian Foundation 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Become an Bio-Bus: Chemistry: Fernbank Science Center Archaeologist States of Matter F C Intro to Curling: F T C 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Beatrice the Biologist: Sessions at 3:30 p.m., 4:30 Exploring the Boundary Pavilion Comic Strip Science p.m., and 5:30 p.m. Where Granite Meets Pop Up Party! A T F South Cobb Regional Library Ice 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Gwinnett 4-H Wacky A T Manuel’s Tavern Science Night from UGA 7:30pm - 9:30pm Is Cursive Still a Thing?: Center Ice Arena Calligraphy & Cocktails Extension A F T C TUESDAY 3/19 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Ada and the Engine Frogs Fly Home: A The Vista Room at Napoleon’s Gwinnett County Government A T Conservation Success Annex 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Story Tarbutton Performing Arts Science on Stage: The Center, Oxford College A T C Math Trivia: Fun to the 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. and Forgotten Organ (n+1)st Degree! 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. A T 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. A Atlanta Botanical Garden 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. SATURDAY 3/23 Carter Presidential Library & March for Science - Museum My Parents’ Basement It’s My Brain! My Brain Atlanta A F T C Made Me Do It! Ada and the Engine 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. F T C Science Improv A T A T Historic Fourth Ward Park 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Morehouse College Nabrit- 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Whole World Improv Theater Tarbutton Performing Arts Mapp-McBay Hall Center, Oxford College Saturday, March 9 • 11am - 12pm Bio-Bus: Animal Choose Your Own Exploration Expo (Climate) Adventure! FRIDAY MARCH 22 Diversity Saturday, March 23 F C A T Science for EveryBODY $15 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. F T C P 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Sessions start every 30 Eventide Brewing 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. minutes) Chattahoochee Technical Piedmont Park $10 for kids 12 and under College, North Metro Campus Embry Hills Library THURSDAY 3/21 This event is rain or shine. Glenn Memorial Church • 1660 N Decatur Rd • Atlanta, GA 30307 Bio-Bus: Elementary Galapagos George, Cobb 4-H Family Weather the Little Tortoise That Science Night F C F C 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Could: A Puppetry The insanely -themed podcast “Wow in the World” comes to 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. South Fulton Branch Library Adventure! P = Preschool (ages 0-4) Cobb County Extension F C life on stage with the Wow in the World Pop Up Party! Host Mindy Thomas Office 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. and C = Children (ages 5-12) Roadside Geology 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. will wow us with games and skits with mad musical accompaniment by A T Center for Puppetry Arts T = Teens (ages 13-18) Buzz on Bees 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. the Pop Ups - creators of the “Wow in the World” theme song! Curious kids A T Plaza outside High Museum F = Families 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. on Symphony Hall side Physics Live! Peachtree Road United and their grown-ups will be immersed in science, wonder, imagination, and F C P A = Adults Methodist Church 3:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. music and leave this event saying “WOW”! Emory University, Math and E = Educators Science Building Atrium

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Not Just Newts: Behind the Scenes with the 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. The Amphibian SATURDAY, MARCH 9 Amphibian Foundation Foundation Families, Teens, Adults, Children 4055 Roswell Rd NE. Atlanta, GA 30342 Atlanta is home to a unique nonprofit dedicated to the conservation and Fee: Free with advance

SATURDAY, MARCH 9 SATURDAY, research of amphibians amidst a global population decline. In 2016, The registration SIGNATURE EVENT Wow in the World Pop Up Party Amphibian Foundation formed to focus on conserving two of Georgia’s most 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Glenn Memorial United Children, Families imperiled species (Gopher Frog and Flatwoods Salamander), and since then has Methodist Church The insanely popular science-themed podcast begun working on other native and globally endangered amphibians. Closed 1660 N Decatur Rd “Wow in the World” comes to life on stage with to the public, this is a chance to see the conservation collections and meet Atlanta, GA 30307 Foundation staff working hard to save these vital and sensitive animals from the Wow in the World Pop Up Party! Host Fee: $15, $10 for kids 12 Mindy Thomas will wow us with games and skits extinction. Parking is available on site. Check online to register. and under with mad musical accompaniment by the Pop Presented by: The Amphibian Foundation Ups - creators of the “Wow in the World” theme song! Curious kids and their grown-ups will be 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. immersed in science, wonder, imagination, and Complete the Circuit: Meet a Woman Scientist! General Assembly at music and leave this event saying “WOW”! Families, Teens, Children Launched in May 2017, Wow in the World is a podcast for curious kids and their Young girls need female role models if we want to close the gender gap in science 675 Ponce De Leon grown-ups that leads listeners on a journey away from their screens, inside Avenue NE, 2nd Floor and engineering. This event is a chance for middle-school girls to meet face-to- Atlanta, GA 30308 their brain, out into space, and deep into the coolest new stories in science, face with real women in science, ask questions about their careers, and imagine Fee: $5 per family technology, and innovation. Distributed by NPR, Wow in the World marks the themselves as scientists, too. Together, we’ll build a circuit and play games to first show for kids in the public broadcaster’s 47-year history and was one of the encourage discussion. Parents will learn about how to nurture their daughter’s love most downloaded Podcasts of 2017. of science and help them succeed. And there will be ice cream! Low cost paid Presented by: Atlanta Science Festival, WABE - 90.1FM, Emory University parking available in the lot. Check online for tickets. Presented by: 500 Women Scientists, ATL Pod, STEMPower

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Science of Superpowers Carter Presidential Library Adults, Families, Teens, Children Getting Dirty: Exploring Soil on Atlanta Farms SIGNATURE EVENT & Museum 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 441 Freedom Pkwy NE Atlanta’s mightiest heroes have come together as a team for this special ASF Children, Families Urban Fresh Farm Atlanta, GA 30307 event. That’s right - we’re bringing together superhero scientists and engineers Drop in anytime to this open house event to see 1211 Joseph E. Boone Fee: Free to tell us more about what parts of superhero science are actual science and what’s in your soil and learn about urban Blvd NW Atlanta, GA 30314 what is still science fiction. Ever wonder if you’ll have A.I. that can transition agriculture in Atlanta! Learn from farmers and Fee: Free with advance to physical form? What are the chances that aliens will look human? Will scientists about how to start your own garden, registration soldiers have computerized weapons systems in an armored exoskeleton suit? potential risks from soil contamination, and simple Moderated by Dr. Lisa Yaszek, Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia ways to clean your soil. Don’t forget to bring your Tech, our panel will feature experts in artificial intelligence, astrobiology, and own soil in a Ziploc bag to be tested for heavy nanotechnology. Come join the conversation! metals! Advance registration appreciated, but not This event will take place in the lobby with some presenters in the adjacent required. Any who register in advance will be given seeds and a startup kit. Check theater space. Free parking available on site. online to register. Presented by: The National Archives, The Jimmy Carter Presidential Presented by: Emory University, Historic Westside Gardens, City of Library and Museum, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Environmental Protection Agency

SIGNATURE EVENT Mathapalooza Escape Lab SIGNATURE EVENT 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Ebster Recreation Center Adults, Families, Children Teens, Adults Clough Undergraduate 105 Electric Ave Explore the wonder of mathematics, art, It is the year 3018 and civilization is in ruins. You Learning Commons at Georgia Tech Decatur, GA 30030 performance, and magic! Spend the afternoon are searching for a way to rebuild society, and Fee: Free 266 Fourth St, NW exploring puzzles and games, and engaging the key lies within the abandoned laboratories Atlanta, GA 30332 with mathematics through music, magic tricks, of Georgia Tech. Upon detection of your Fee: $5 movement, and visual art. You will be amazed at presence, the laboratories have gone into the beauty of mathematics and how it shows up lockdown and you are trapped. Utilize your everywhere in our lives. knowledge and intuition in order to escape and Presented by: Georgia Institute of revitalize society. Technology, Kennesaw State University, Create or join a team of up to 10 other scientists to solve these biology, physics, Spelman College, Mathematics in Motion, Inc. and chemistry-based challenges! New challenges begin every hour. Check online for parking information and tickets. Presented by: Georgia Institute of Technology

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3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Sharing our Science: Drew Charter School Drew Charter School SUNDAY, MARCH 10 (Elementary Academy) DESIGNORAMA 301 East Lake Blvd. Atlanta, GA 30317 Children, Families Fee: Free DESIGNORAMA is Drew Charter School’s annual family-friendly celebration

SATURDAY, MARCH 9 SATURDAY, of inventing, making and creating. This family-friendly event brings together makers, crafters, inventors, hackers, scientists, and artists for a fair full of fun and inspiration. Come see what others are making and be inspired to tap into your Family Zoo Yoga: “Panda”monium Style SIGNATURE EVENT 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. own creativity! Teens, Families, Children Zoo Atlanta 800 Cherokee Ave SE Presented by: Drew Charter School Forget Downward Dog! We’re doing Downward Atlanta, GA 30315 Panda! Get down with Zoo Atlanta’s pandas in a Fee: $10/person new way through the Family Yoga Program. 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Superhero Science Night During this hour-long event for families, you’ll Children’s Museum of Families, Children, Preschool enjoy yoga featuring panda-inspired poses. Atlanta After yoga, we’ll explore more about pandas, 275 Centennial Olympic Calling all superheroes! Grab your super-suits and join us at Children’s Museum their habitat, and how we all can work to Park Drive NW of Atlanta to learn how to save the world with the power of STEM! Find out if Atlanta, GA 30313 conserve this unique species. After the class, we your lungs can hold as much air as Aquaman’s, learn how Iron Man uses forces encourage you to stick around visit the Zoo. All non-Zoo members will be Fee: $10/Museum to fly, shape magnetic fields like Polaris, and enter the Batcave to help catch Members; $20/Museum provided with a 20% off coupon to use towards Zoo admission. Free parking Non-Members Gotham’s villains! You won’t want to miss these out-of-this-world experiments, available on site. Check online for tickets. extraordinary shows, and incredible activities where both your wits and imagination will be put to the superhero test! Check online for tickets. Presented by: Zoo Atlanta Presented by: Children’s Museum of Atlanta Rock n’ Walk 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Historical & 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Guthman Musical Instrument Competition Adults, Families, Teens, Children Ferst Center for the Arts at Environmental Georgia Tech Teens, Families, Adults Millions of years ago, a massive magma chamber cooled below ground near Education Center, Stone Mountain Park 349 Ferst Dr NW A music, engineering, and tech mashup, the Georgia Tech Margaret Guthman Atlanta, never erupting through to the surface. Now, we call it Stone Mountain. 1000 Robert E. Lee Atlanta, GA 30332 Join GSU Geosciences on a hike to explore this unique granite dome. You can Musical Instrument Competition is an annual event aimed at identifying the Blvd. Fee: Free world’s next generation of musical instruments and unveiling the best new start the hikes or swing by for a hands-on learning session at the Historical and Stone Mountain, GA ideas in musicality, design, engineering, and impact. The Guardian called the Environmental Education Center where the geologists will explore the history of 30083 competition “The Pulitzer of the New Instrument World,” and The New York this notable natural landmark. You’ll also be able to ‘walk’ a Giant Traveling Map Fee: Free with Times described the “special, otherworldly sound that you can feel permeating of Georgia, engage in activities with rock and mineral specimens, and explore admission to park your soul” which became the hallmark of the competition. Fast Company other natural landscapes using Google Cardboard VR as you make your way up explained how Guthman’s “Futuristic Instruments will change how we make the mountain. Groups will depart the Education Center frequently. music,” and the Atlanta Magazine suggests that “at the Guthman Competition, Presented by: Georgia State University innovative instruments just might predict the future of music.” Presented by: Georgia Institute of Technology

How Humans Move: Physiology & Biomechanics 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Georgia Tech Families, Children Manufacturing Institute Humans are constantly in motion. But have you ever stopped to consider how, 813 Ferst Dr NW Atlanta, precisely, we’re able to move the way we do? Join Georgia Institute of Technology GA 30332 PoWeR Lab for a fun afternoon demystifying what makes us run fast, the electricity Fee: Free required to flex your muscles, and so much more. You’ll get your blood pumping through fun exercises while you test high-tech gadgets and learn how engineers are designing wearable devices that will make it easier for humans to walk in the near future. Presented by: Georgia Institute of Technology PoWeR Lab

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SIGNATURE EVENT 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Genius Camp: Makers Georgia State University Families, Teens, Children MONDAY, MARCH 11 Arts & Humanities Building Join in the maker movement at Georgia State ExLab, Room 200 University’s EXLAB! Learn how to create a 3D 10 design, scan an object and prepare it for 3D SUNDAY, MARCH 10 SUNDAY, Avenue printing, solder your own Georgia State Atlanta, GA 30303 University LED keepsake, view a demo of the Fee: Free with advance laser cutter, and practice on a sewing machine. Chemistry Adventures 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. registration GSU Perimeter Check online for parking and registration Families, Teens, Children College Clarkston information. Join us for three chemistry adventures using “redox reactions.” We’ll teach Campus Note: Note this event repeats on March 10, 16 and 17. you about these amazing chemical reactions that can change materials around Building CC, Room us. You’ll then start your adventure by creating an “iodine clock.” Then, you 2190 Presented by: Georgia State University 555 North Indian can decode a secret message by making it glow in the dark. Finally, you will Creek Dr. use electrochemistry to create your own unique colorful design on a niobium Clarkston, GA 30021 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. metal necklace or keychain that you can take home. Join us on these chemistry Fee: Free with High Museum of Art Full STEAM Ahead Second Sunday adventures! advance registration 1280 Peachtree St, NE Families, Children, Preschool Please note: due to safety concerns, no children under 6 years old can Atlanta, GA 30309 On the second Sunday of each month, the High Museum will offer free participate. All children under 16 must be accompanied and supervised by Fee: Free admission for all visitors and special family-friendly programming from 1 to an adult at all times. Attendees that elect to participate in hands-on chemical 4 p.m. For this Second Sunday, we’ll ask, “What do science, technology, reaction activities assume all responsibility of loss or damage to self or property. engineering, and math have to do with making art?” Looking at works of art in Check online for parking and registration information. our collection with scientists and artists, we will discover how art connects with Presented by: Georgia State University these subjects as we explore the creative process. Paid parking is available in the Garage. Presented by: High Museum of Art No Memory of the Past, No Memories for the 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Manuel’s Tavern Future 602 North Highland 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Don’t You Snap at Me! Adults, Teens Ave. NE Outdoor Activity Atlanta, GA 30307 Center Children, Families, Teens, Adults Mike Lemonick, Chief Opinion Editor at Scientific American and author visits Fee: Free 1442 Richland Road The snapping turtle is one of Atlanta’s most despised vertebrates. Join us for a ATLSciFest! Join us to hear him share research from his latest book, The SW Perpetual Now, where he’ll tell the tale of a victim of profound, irreversible Atlanta, GA 30310 discussion and (completely safe) live exhibit exploring the biology, myths and amnesia and how she is helping neuroscientists deepen their understanding of Fee: Free legends of our largest and most notorious native turtle — the snapping turtle. See them up close and personal while learning about their ecology and the how and why we remember. role they play in our urban ecosystem. Learn about the Amphibian Foundation’s Presented by: Georgia Institute of Technology, A Cappella Books urban turtle conservation programs which benefit our community as well as the turtles in our neighborhoods. Presented by: Amphibian Foundation, West Atlanta Watershed Eating Bugs: A Graphic Novelist’s Perspective SIGNATURE EVENT Alliance 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Children, Families, Teens Little Shop of Stories Blue Delliquanti spent years researching and diving into the world 133A East Court of entomophagy (the practice of eating insects) to write her Square 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Decatur, GA 30030 Fernbank Museum of Walking with the Mesozoic Giants graphic novel Meal. Come hear about her culinary adventures and Fee: $5/family Natural History Adults, Teens research process as she tells us all about how Meal came to be. 767 Clifton Rd NE The Giants of the Mesozoic exhibit at Fernbank Museum of Natural History We’ll have scientist and entomophagist Chelsea Thomas there to Atlanta, GA 30307 showcases one of the largest land animals that ever walked the earth tell us more about why eating insects should be the wave of the Fee: Free with advance future. And maybe you’ll get to try one of these delightful treats! registration (Argentinosaurus) and the world’s largest land carnivore (Giganotosaurus). But have you ever wondered about the origin of these Cretaceous superheroes? Check online for registration information. Take a virtual trip to Patagonia, Argentina with paleontologist Anthony Martin, Presented by: Little Shop of Stories author of Dinosaurs Without Bones, as he explores what life was like for these dinosaurs 100 million years ago. Call 404.929.6400 to register. Presented by: Fernbank Museum of Natural History

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7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. The Most Unknown The Astrobiology of Star Wars 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Orpheus Brewing GSU Perimeter 1440 Dutch Valley Pl, Adults Adults, Families, Teens College, Alpharetta NE The Most Unknown is a captivating documentary that sends nine scientists One with the Force are you? Join us for this all-ages Star Wars adventure where Campus Suite 2001 to different parts of the world to explore the frontier of humanity’s biggest Professor Jay Dunn and Dr. Jessica Parilla will lead a discussion on how the 3705 Brookside Pkwy. Atlanta, GA 30324 questions. What is dark matter? What is time? What is consciousness? Preceding worlds and aliens of the Star Wars films compare to known planets and life in our Alpharetta, GA 30022 MONDAY, MARCH 11 MONDAY, Fee: Free the film will be a panel of Atlanta’s own scientists exploring “the most unknown.” solar system and beyond. Along the way, we’ll enjoy video clips inspired by Star Fee: Free Together we will discover how themes from the film can not only advance Wars and other sci-fi favorites. Young Jedi and Padawan alike are encouraged scientific research but also enrich our own daily lives. to attend in their favorite sci-fi attire! Check online for parking and room Presented by: Orpheus Brewery, Emory GRITS information. Note: This event also happens on March 13 in Dunwoody. Presented by: Georgia State University, DroidBuilders SIGNATURE EVENT Unreal Time with Lew Lefton 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Synchronicity Theatre Adults, Teens Beyond Babbling 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 1545 Peachtree St NW Live for the Atlanta Science Festival only is... Toco Hills Library #102 [insert grandiose music]...Unreal Time with Lew Adults, Teens 1282 McConnell Dr Atlanta, GA 30309 Lefton! Join our evening talk show where we’ll Did you know that children begin to hear and learn language while still in the Decatur, GA 30033 Fee: $10, Students $5 be traveling through time and bringing womb? Or that we can measure the physics of how their vocal tracts develop Fee: Free comedians, er, scientists from the past to give to produce sound, while their brains develop to produce language? Dr. us the scoop on how they really made their Gordon Ramsay, an autism researcher and expert in infant speech, will use both discoveries. Did Darwin first notice evolution in physics and humor to show us how babies learn to talk – and how parents and the creatures living in his beard? Head on over caregivers play a crucial role in the process. to find out! Check online for tickets. Presented by: Marcus Autism Center Presented by: NSF/NASA Center for Chemical Evolution

7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. The Science of Cannabis Manuel’s Tavern Adults 602 North Highland Ave. NE Marijuana - It’s been around forever. Heck, even George Washington grew hemp Atlanta, GA 30307 TUESDAY, MARCH 12 at his home in Mount Vernon. This ancient plant is now being seen in a whole Fee: Free with new light, however, as states and nations change their laws and attitudes about advance registration the ancient plant. Find out what science has to teach us about cannabis biology, delivery, processing, therapeutics, and addiction as Georgia Tech professor, local comedian and cannabis researcher Dr. Pete Ludovice walks us through the science of pot. Check online to register. 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Science Teachers @ Tech Day Georgia Tech Student Presented by: Doctor Pete Productions Center Educators TUESDAY, MARCH 12 TUESDAY, 350 Ferst Drive Are you a high school Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Earth/Environmental Atlanta, GA 30332 Science teacher who is looking for a way to make your subject matter relevant Fee: $100 (includes and come alive? Then Science Teacher @ Tech Day is for you! This event at Neuro-Engineering: Blurring the Lines Between SIGNATURE EVENT 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. lunch, parking, and Georgia Tech involves cutting edge lab tours, collaboration with your peers to swag) Mind and Machine Monday Night Garage complete an authentic college-level freshman lab activity, conversations with Adults 933 Lee St SW Georgia Tech students about how to prepare your students for college, and Atlanta, GA 30310 Controlling computers and robots with enjoying the fun and excitement of science! Check online for registration and Fee: $5 thoughts? Modifying brain activity to treat parking information. disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease and Presented by: Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics & depression without medication? New Computing (CEISMC) at Georgia Tech, Georgia Tech College of neurotechnologies can sound like fantasy, but what is science fact and what is science fiction? As this technology blurs the lines between mind 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Representing the Underrepresented and machine, does it change our definition of Northrop Grumman Children, Teens what it means to be human? Local technology and ethics researchers leading the 2800 Century Pkwy NE neuro-engineering revolution will address these questions in an engaging Atlanta, GA 30345 Join us for an event exploring diverse voices in science. Our panel of scientists interactive discussion, including live demonstrations. Check online for tickets. Fee: Free with advance and engineers from underrepresented groups will share with you their career registration paths, successes, and challenges as they found their way into their jobs. This Presented by: GT Neural Engineering Center, GT School of Electrical event is designed for middle school girls. Space is limited. Email Sharon.Burks@ and Computer Engineering, GT/Emory Department of Biomedical ngc.com to register. Engineering, IEEE Brain initiative Presented by: Northrop Grumman

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Bio-Bus: DNA is for Families 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 Dalton Library Children, Families 310 Cappes Street Let the Georgia State University Bio-Bus take you on a genetics adventure! DNA Dalton, GA 30720 is for Families is an exciting series of hands-on activities where young learners Fee: Free with (ages 5-10) and their parents work together to explore how different traits are advance registration inherited. You’ll work with DNA models, and models of people, to explore how WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 WEDNESDAY, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Science Behind the Scenes at Clorox The Clorox Company Families, Teens, Children DNA plays a role in this process. Take your work home to show your friends! To 17 Lake Mirror Road sign up for this event, contact Brandi Wyatt at 706-876-1360. Free parking is Forest Park, GA 30297 Science is everywhere you look -- even on the shelves at your local store. available at the library. This event is offered in both Spanish and English. Note: Fee: Free with Ever wonder how science and engineering help to make cleaning products? This event repeats at a different location on March 15. advance registration The Clorox Company wants to share with you a behind the scenes look at Presented by: Georgia State University Bio-Bus Program their manufacturing plant here in the Atlanta region. This cleaning site makes products that you probably have at your own house right now. Come for a tour of the facility where you will see robots, high tech manufacturing equipment The Astrobiology of Star Wars 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. managed by our amazing team members, and so much more that help to keep GSU Perimeter College, your world sparkling clean! Adults, Families, Teens Dunwoody Campus See description on page 17 for the same event in Alpharetta. Free parking Building NC Rm 1100 We welcome families with children aged 7 and older. Close toed shoes are 2101 Womack Rd required. Check online to register. available in Lots 6, 9, & 10 Dunwoody, GA 30338 Presented by: The Clorox Company Fee: Free Preparándonos para lo próximo: Líderes Latino SIGNATURE EVENT 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. The Journey of Our Water 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Johns Creek Environmental en STEM/Preparing for the Next: Latino Leaders Meadowcreek High Campus Adults, Families, Teens School in STEM 4455 Steve Reynolds 8100 Holcomb Bridge Ever wonder where our water comes from and what happens to water before Road Adults, Teens Blvd and after we use it? Come take an educational journey through the entire water Norcross, GA 30093 Roswell, GA 30022 treatment cycle! Watch millions of gallons of water journey through the process of Únete a nosotros para un panel de científicos e Fee: Free with advance Fee: Free treatment, learn about the latest in treatment technology, and participate in a lab ingenieros que discutirán sus experiencias en registration activity, all while touring a state-of-the-art treatment facility. See actual treated water STEM. Este será un evento bilingüe y gratis. and where it goes when it’s all cleaned. Learn how what we do each day affects our Join us for a panel of Latino scientists and precious water resources. Check online for parking and registration information. engineers discussing their experiences in STEM. Note: This event repeats on March 16. This free event will be bilingual. Presented by: Fulton County’s Johns Creek Environmental Campus Presented by: Profesores de Georgia Tech/ Georgia Tech Faculty

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Code the Glow GSU Perimeter College, Sharing our Science: Sandy Springs Education Force 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Dunwoody Campus Adults, Families, Teens, Children North Springs Charter Building NB, Room The next time your friends stop by, your home will be “lit.” Smart home SSEF STEAM Showcase High School - Main Gym 2100 technologies are right at your fingertips at our Code the Glow event, where you 7447 Roswell Road Families, Teens, Children Sandy Springs, GA 2101 Womack Rd will create your own automated programmed lighting system using Arduino. Dunwoody, GA 30338 30328 Arduino is a powerful, yet accessible, programmable microcontroller board that Sandy Springs Education Force invites the entire community to their 9th annual, Fee: Free with advance Fee: Free can be used for many automated projects. Georgia State University Professor of award-winning STEAM Showcase. No matter your age, you will enjoy dozens of registration Physics, Mathes Dayananda, will teach you how to use Arduino to program the interactive, hands-on technology and arts demonstrations from STEAM business LED light strip, which you can take home to impress your friends. Check online and educational leaders. Experience cutting-edge Internet of Things, robotics, for parking and registration information. gaming, healthcare and entertainment exhibits and get inspired about what the future holds! Presented by: Georgia State University Presented by: Sandy Springs Education Force

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7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. To Infinity and Beyond: Science, Fiction, and STEMCon 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Georgia Center for the Henderson MIddle Book at the DeKalb Popular Understandings of Outer Space Children, Teens School County Public Library Adults, Teens Disease detectives are hard at work here in Atlanta! Northrop Grumman 2830 Henderson Mill Rd 215 Sycamore Street employees use science and data daily as they help us battle germs. Meet up Atlanta, GA 30341 Do you ever wonder how science fiction has inspired scientists to explore the Decatur, GA 30030 with us to learn how disease detectives fight contagions and become a disease Fee: Free with advance universe—or what scientists think about the books, films, and video games that Fee: Free with detective yourself! Space is limited. Email [email protected] to register. registration WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 WEDNESDAY, advance registration use their ideas? Have you ever been curious about where science fiction artists get their inspiration for the exotic planets and alien creatures populating their stories? Presented by: Northrop Grumman, Henderson Middle School If so, then this is the event for you! Our panel brings Georgia Tech astrobiologist Dr. Kennda Lynch, Emory physicist and popular science writer Dr. Sydney 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Perkowitz, award winning science fiction author Jack McDevitt, and up-and- Pi Day Children’s Museum of coming queer young adult author Casey Alane Wilson together to explore these Families, Children, Preschool Atlanta questions and more. Check online to register. 275 Centennial Olympic It’s Pi Day at Children’s Museum of Atlanta! On March 14th, the entire Museum Presented by: The School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Park Drive NW will celebrate a day of mathematical fun. Join Professor Labcoat at the Science Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30313 Bar to test your math skills, watch a special performance based on the book Sir Fee: Free with admission Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindi Neuschwande, help the Imaginators find the missing pies, build a Pi symbol wall hanger in the Build It Lab, and more! SIGNATURE EVENT Meet a Scientist! 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Presented by: Children’s Museum of Atlanta Eventide Brewing Adults 1015 Grant St SE We’re scientists… Ask us anything! Come out Atlanta, GA 30315 for a social mixer with real-life scientists from 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Fee: $12 Will Nano-Tattoos Make Your Remote Control Centergy One Building, throughout Atlanta. This will NOT be a boring Hodges Room lecture, but instead a fun, casual, game-filled Obsolete? 75 5th St NW evening, where you can have conversations Adults, Teens Atlanta, GA 30308 with us over beer about how we, as scientists, What do clean drinking water for all, targeted cancer treatment, invisibility Fee: Free make new discoveries and solve the world’s problems. You’ll also learn more cloaks, self-healing fabrics, quantum computing, a space elevator, and bendable about the contributions of women and minorities to science. Come find out how electronics have in common? They may all be possible through nanotechnology. we’re working to save the world! Your ticket comes with 2 drink tickets. More Led by members of the Georgia Tech nanotechnology community, come beer is available for purchase. Check online for tickets. learn about nanotechnology, its current applications, the hype surrounding its Presented by: 500 Women Scientists, ATL Pod development, and potential future uses. Then, join the discussion and share how you’d like nanotechnology to impact your life. Presented by: Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor

7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Science & Spirituality: An Exploration of Gender First Christian Church THURSDAY, MARCH 14 Identity of Decatur GA 601 W Ponce De Leon Adults, Teens Ave What are the intersections and shared pathways between biology and belief? Decatur, GA 30030 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. What holistic approaches do science and spirituality offer to our bodies, our Fee: Free GSU Perimeter College, selves? Join us to hear a panel of local scientists and theologians offer a wide Decatur Campus range of insights in a safe space for open dialogue. Parking is available in the Building SC, Insects Around Us THURSDAY, MARCH 14 THURSDAY, Gymnasium (Rm 1100) Families, Teens, Children church parking lot and across the street in the Post Office. 3251 Panthersville Road Presented by: First Christian Church of Decatur, Emory University Do you love insects? You will after this event! Sometimes friends, sometimes Decatur, GA 30034- 3832 foes; insects have held a tempestuous place in human history. Explore the Fee: Free fascinating world of insects, visiting stations where you can catch and observe insects under microscopes, explore insect life cycles, create art inspired by our Taste of Science 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. insect friends, and dine on insect culinary treats (YUM). Adults, Teens Fernbank Science Center Free parking available in Lots 1 & 5. They say you are what you eat, so get to know yourself better by visiting 156 Heaton Park Dr. Presented by: Georgia State University Fernbank Science Center for a taste of science! Enjoy culinary treats as local Atlanta, GA 30307 scientists offer their thought-provoking insight about threats to our food supply Fee: $10 and public health through engaging mini lectures. See what you learned when you cap off the evening by competing for free planetarium passes in our live, online game! Check online for tickets. Presented by: Fernbank Science Center, Warren Technical School’s Culinary Program

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SIGNATURE EVENT Science Riot Communicating the Science of the Georgia Coast 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Little Five Points Highland Inn Ballroom Adults Adults, Teens Community Center 644 North Highland Take some scientists, teach them the basics of comedy writing, and put them Alligators, dolphins, ghost crabs, pelicans, live oaks, and wasps: oh my! In this Cafe Avenue onstage for a live audience performance. Real Science. Real Experts. Real Funny. highly energetic workshop, adult and teen participants 1083 Austin Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30306 Check online for tickets. will engage in improvisational storytelling and movement-oriented activities Atlanta, GA 30307 Fee: $10 Fee: $5 THURSDAY, MARCH 14 THURSDAY, Presented by: Georgia Tech College of Sciences, ScienceRiot.org to cultivate advocating for conservation of the Georgia coast. By accessing information from “micro-lectures” about animals, plants, and ecosystems delivered by scientist and author Dr. Anthony J. Martin, everyone is invited to delve into their creativity to find new and powerful ways to communicate factually, but also passionately, about taking care of our shorelines. Check online for tickets. FRIDAY, MARCH 15 Presented by: InterPlay Atlanta, Emory University

7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Intro to Curling: Exploring the Boundary Where Center Ice Arena Granite Meets Ice 5750 Roswell Rd NE Adults, Teens Sandy Springs, GA FRIDAY, MARCH 15 FRIDAY, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The Sound of Light 30342 GSU Perimeter College, You’ve seen that Winter Olympic sport with the rocks and sweeping and yelling, Fee: $25 Decatur Campus Families, Teens but do you know what’s actually going on? Sign up for this 2 hour class with the Building SF Room Theremins are musical instruments you play without touching them! They make Atlanta Curling Club and we’ll explain everything as you learn step-by-step how 2100-2101 strange, otherworldly sounds, like we find in old sci-fi movies, The Big Bang 3251 Panthersville Road to throw a stone and sweep it into the “house.” We’ll cover sweeping, collisions, Decatur, GA 30034- Theory, and now on your own desk! Join us to learn how they work and then why the stone “curls” in the wrong direction (hint: SCIENCE!) and more. All 3832 make one to take home. you need are sneakers and loose fitting clothing. Curling is an adaptable sport. Fee: Free with Please note that walk-ups will not be permitted. You must have registered for Check online for tickets. advance registration this event in advance. Check online for registration and parking information. Note: This event has a second session on Friday, March 22. Presented by: Georgia State University Presented by: Atlanta Curling Club

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. By the People: Designing a Better America – David J. Sencer CDC Museum Interactive Family Tour 1600 Clifton Road, NE Adults, Families, Teens Atlanta, GA 30329-4027 Fee: Free Visit the CDC Museum for a fun and interactive family tour of “By the People: Designing a Better America.” We’ll focus on humanitarian design solutions in the modern world, examining how design is addressing social, health, economic, and environmental challenges faced by communities around the nation. The exhibition is organized around six themes that embody current approaches designers are taking to resolve complex issues. You’ll get to tour the exhibit by participating in a scavenger hunt, and challenge one another in an interactive DISCOVERY quiz. This tour is not appropriate for small children. Presented by: David J. Sencer CDC Museum

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Bio-Bus: DNA is for Families AWAITS Norcross Library 6025 Buford Hwy. Families, Children Norcross, GA 30071 See description on page 19 for more information. To sign up for this event, Fee: Free with contact Meg Wilson at 770-978-5154. Free parking is available at the library. advance registration This event is offered in both Spanish and English. f r ee & o p e n to t h e p u b lic GSUEVENTS A CROSS THE M ETRO AREA #A TLSciFestGSU 22www.atlantasciencefestivalgsu.com #ATL SciF est

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Discovery Day: Eureka Labs 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Georgia State SATURDAY, MARCH 16 Adults, Families, Teens, Children University Petit Join us for several exciting hands-on experiences and experiments in Science Center biology! Get right into the fun in our Lab Experiences where you will perform 100 Piedmont Ave SE Atlanta, GA 30303 experiments in: infectious diseases spread, crime scene analysis, and DNA Fee: Free SATURDAY, MARCH 16 SATURDAY, forensics. Visit our Open Labs to explore the structure of our body, view 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Family Zoo Safari Camp specimens of a diversity of animals, and investigate how to measure “vital signs” Zoo Atlanta 800 Cherokee Ave SE Families, Children with a state-of-the-art interactive robotic “patient.” Check online for parking Atlanta, GA 30315 Come to the Zoo for a unique family exploration. This three-hour program for information. Fee: $12/person parents with children 4-13 gives families hands-on, minds-on fun as they explore Presented by: Georgia State University what it is like to be a zookeeper, field researcher and conservationist. Fun will include brainstorming with one of our keepers creating enrichment for animals, 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. using the technology of field researchers, and creating a family plan on how to STEAM Teacher Seminar High Museum of Art grocery shop sustainably. Each activity is designed to engage all members of the Educators 1280 Peachtree St NE family. Check online for tickets. Atlanta, GA 30309 Educators, come immerse yourself in art and science! Head on over to the High Fee: $35, includes Presented by: Zoo Atlanta Museum of Art for a behind-the-scenes look at the High Museum’s permanent lunch collection. Through our exploration of the connections between art and science, we’ll host an interactive workshop emphasizing design thinking and creative 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Sharing our Science: Westlake High School problem solving that you can take back to the classroom. Westlake High School 2400 Union Road Full STEAM Ahead! Paid parking is available in the Woodruff Arts Center Garage. Additional day-of Atlanta, GA 30331 Families, Teens, Children, Preschool details will be sent upon registration. Check online to register. Fee: Free with advance It’s Full STEAM Ahead at Westlake! Where can you fly a drone, make an art Presented by: High Museum of Art registration masterpiece with a fan, code, make super cool science projects, explore and make fascinating engineering projects, drive a robot, defy gravity, making outrageously amazing slime, build hover cars, make tie dye clothes, and learn the science behind 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. and Fashionable Circuits 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. it all in one day? Come to Westlake High School to do these activities and so much Families, Children Midtown International more! It’s what you’ve been waiting for! Check online for registration information. School Join the wearable technology craze and create your very own light up Presented by: Westlake High School, Camp Creek Middle School, 1575 Sheridan Rd NE accessories. After a quick review on circuit basics, kids will be unleashed to use Sandtown Middle School, STEM Compass, Inc. Elementary Science coin batteries and LEDs to create their own unique light up accessory. From Lab, 1st Floor jewelry, to head lamps, insect bag tags, and goggles, the STEAM possibilities Atlanta, GA 30324 are limitless! You even get to take your design and supplies home with you! Fee: $5 per family 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Discovery Day: Fusion Gallery - Breakthrough Check online for tickets. Georgia State University Petit Adults, Families, Teens, Children Presented by: Midtown International School Science Center Art and science collide in Fusion Gallery: Breakthrough at Georgia State 100 Piedmont Ave SE University. Nature inspires scientists to ask questions, but the mystery of Atlanta, GA 30303 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. the universe can also be expressed in other ways. GSU life & earth sciences Fee: Free Grow - Freeze - Eat: Become a Strawberry UGA Extension Fulton students along with two-dimensional design students will collaborate to create County - East Point artistic expressions of scientific data. The “breakthrough” that the scientific Scientist! Office data represents comes alive in these works as students work together to Families, Children 1757 Washington Road East Point, GA 30344 metaphorically express the essence of what the data teaches us. Student artists Did you know a strawberry really isn’t a berry - but a banana is? It’s time to put Fee: $10 & scientists will be on hand to explore the artistic process and the science your science hats on and learn about strawberries! Join UGA Extension as we behind each work. Come view their work in Fusion Gallery: Breakthrough. Check learn about growing them in the ground, preserving and freezing them so they online for parking information. don’t go bad, and eating them as tasty treats. You’ll be able to create and grow Presented by: Georgia State University your very own strawberry container garden to take home and make smoothies to enjoy before you leave! Check online for tickets. Presented by: UGA Extension - Fulton County, UGA Extension 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Discovery Day: Discovery Stations -Gwinnett County Georgia State University Petit Adults, Families, Teens, Children Science Center Explore four floors of hands-on science demonstrations from GSU departments 100 Piedmont Ave SE and student groups. Learn about the science of ice-cream (and make some Atlanta, GA 30303 yourself), the wonders of 3-D printing, create slime, touch brains, and get Fee: Free a picture of yourself as a mad scientist! Identify various dinosaur footprints throughout the exhibits and exchange your scientific discoveries for a prize! Check online for parking information. Presented by: Georgia State University

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10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Swarm Science: How Honey Bees Make Science Tales & Trails: A Westside Story 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Blue Heron Nature Rose Circle Park Preserve Field Decisions Adults, Families, Teens Rose Circle/White Research Center Adults, Teens Join the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance (WAWA) and Science for Georgia Street SW 3931 Land O’Lakes Dr as we highlight scientists working and teaching on the Westside of Atlanta. Atlanta, GA 30310 Is it really true that the queen bee calls the shots? How do honeybees Atlanta, GA 30342 Together we will walk, talk, network, and build on our collective power to Fee: Free communicate and make the best decision for the hive community? Come for a SATURDAY, MARCH 16 SATURDAY, Fee: $12 communicate and support scientifically sound decision-making in the city of fascinating close-up look at the latest honeybee research, complete with hive Atlanta, the broader state, and region. Focusing on the Westside of Atlanta, observations, a honey tasting, and an outdoor experience at Blue Heron Nature scientific experts will lead conversations ranging from community-based Preserve. Check online for tickets. Note this event repeats on March 17. and community-initiated city and state policies (i.e. The New Atlanta Tree Presented by: Blue Heron Nature Preserve, Southeast Beescapes Ordinance: 5-Step Plan), climate change impacts (reoccurring flooding, energy burdens, environmental justice), food insecurities/deserts and oases, and green infrastructure/green gentrification. 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Mapping the Brain Presented by: West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, Science for Georgia Arbor Montessori School Adults, Teens 2998 LaVista Rd Merriam-Webster says the brain is the organ of thought and the central control Decatur, GA 30033 point for the nervous system, but it often seems like a complicated black box. Snake Day SIGNATURE EVENT Fee: Free with What is going on in that grayish organ in our skulls? Join us at this event where 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. advance registration Families, Teens, Children, Preschool Fernbank Science we’ll touch brains, analyze MRI scans, and hear from Dr. Nora McNamara, child Join us as we celebrate all things reptile, with an Center and adolescent psychologist, about what happens to our brains as we learn. emphasis on snakes. Visitors will encounter lots 156 Heaton Park Dr. Check online for registration information. of live snakes & lizards, turtles & tortoises, Atlanta, GA 30307 Fee: Free Presented by: Arbor Montessori School hands-on activities, kids’ craft tables, and food trucks, too! What makes snakes and lizards different? What roles do snakes play in the SIGNATURE EVENT STEM Gems: Giving Girls Role Models ecosystem? What does Hollywood get right (or 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Families, Teens, Children wrong) about snakes? Drop in any time to find Spelman College out all the answers to your questions about snakes! Camille Cosby Join us for an interactive panel discussion that Presented by: Fernbank Science Center, Georgia Reptile Society, Academic Center Rm will enlighten and empower girls and young LL32 American Reptile Association women to pursue careers in STEM. You’ll get to 350 Spelman Ln SW Atlanta, GA 30314 meet women from a diverse set of STEM Fee: $10/adult, $3/ careers and learn about the unique journey that child led each of them to their respective careers. Ice Cream Science 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Panelists will share advice, guidance, and High Road Craft Adults, Families, Teens Tasting Room to-do’s specific to girls and young women to I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Join local treasure High Road 1730 W Oak help jumpstart their STEM journeys. As a bonus, you’ll walk away with some Craft Ice Cream as they share the science and engineering behind one of our Commons Ct STEM Gems swag and handouts that include the 44 STEM Gems and their Marietta, GA 30062 favorite desserts. We’ll be touring the facility to see the science behind the scenes, respective diverse STEM careers. Check online for parking and registration Fee: $5 for ages 13 and, of course, tasting their delicious ice cream! Tours will begin at 12:30, 1:30, information. and up 2:30, and 3:30 p.m. Check online for tickets and guidelines for attire. Presented by: STEM Gems, Spelman College Presented by: High Road Craft Ice Cream

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Exploring the Nanoscale Marcus Nanotechnology The Journey of Our Water 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Building Atrium Families, Teens, Children Johns Creek Adults, Families, Teens Environmental 345 Ferst Dr Learn what makes the nanoscale special and how it’s led to improvements in Atlanta, GA 30332 See description on page 18 for more information Campus everyday products. Join Georgia Tech scientists and engineers in hands-on 8100 Holcomb Bridge Fee: Free activities exploring the nanoscale. What is nano about a lotus leaf and how Road do we use this effect? How can clear nail polish be colorful? What is a smart Roswell, GA 30022 material? What do objects look like under a scanning elecftron microscope Fee: Free with (SEM)? Bring a sample to scan (not wet, and less than an inch in diameter, advance registration please) with our tabletop SEM. Check online for parking information. Presented by: Georgia Tech Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology, Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor

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SIGNATURE EVENT Genius Camp: Makers Science of Wine 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. City Winery Georgia State Families, Teens, Children Adults 650 North Avenue NE University Arts & See description on page 14 for more information. Note this event repeats on Uncork your inner sommelier with City Winery at The Atlanta Science Festival! #201 Atlanta, GA 30308 Humanities Building March 10, 16 and 17. Winemaker Travis Green will lead a private, seated wine class that’s sure to ExLab Room 200 Fee: $20 impress any wine lover. After a brief introduction to wine tasting, you’ll learn 10 Peachtree Ctr. Ave SATURDAY, MARCH 16 SATURDAY, Atlanta, GA 30303 about vineyard biology and the science behind the winemaking process – all Fee: Free with while tasting two different flights of delicious wine. The class will finish with a advance registration dessert wine followed by an interactive Q&A session. Indulge your senses with City Winery! Check online for tickets. Presented by: City Winery 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. CCPLS Family Tech Time Mountain View Regional Families, Teens, Children, Educators Library Large Meeting Room Robotics! Virtual reality! Hands-on science! Come on out to the Cobb County Solve for X Variety Show SIGNATURE EVENT 3320 Sandy Plains Road Public Library System’s Family Tech Time for a family-friendly afternoon of Adults 8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Marietta, GA 30066 fun and science. Educators are also invited to preview CCPLS STEM Stacker Highland Inn Ballroom Fee: Free educator kits developed in partnership with the Georgia Science Teacher This internationally touring variety show is full of 644 North Highland professional writers, comedians, and more Avenue Association and UGA Cobb 4H. Atlanta, GA 30306 performing acts based on actual scientific Presented by: Cobb County Public Library System, Safe PC Solutions/ Fee: $10 studies. This 60-to-90 minute high-energy show Safe PC Cloud; Firewires FTC Team 4631, UGA Cobb 4H, Georgia is chock full of hilarity, artistry, and even a little Science Teachers Association bit of learning. Grab a drink, pull up a chair, and witness the uninhibited and after-hours side of 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. and Silver Scream Science Spookshow science. Check online for tickets. 10:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. Plaza Theatre Adults, Families, Teens, Children Presented by: ScienceAF 1049 Ponce de Leon Your ghost host with the most, Professor Morte, brings you a special SCIENCE Ave NE version of the Silver Scream Spookshow for the Atlanta Science Festival! Morte Atlanta, GA 30306 SIGNATURE EVENT and his gang of ghouls will entertain you before the film and your favorite Starry Night 8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Fee: $12/adult, $8/child genetically-modified rock band, Leucine Zipper and the Zinc Fingers, will play Adults, Families, Teens, Children Hard Labor Creek State (12 and under) Park Observatory after! Note: There are two performances of this show - a family friendly matinee Come out for a telescopic tour of the evening at 1:30 and a late show for adults at 10:30 p.m. 2010 Fairplay Rd. sky, see objects in our solar system and beyond, Rutledge, GA 30663 Presented by: Georgia Institute of Technology, The Silver Scream and learn about the exciting astronomy research Fee: Free Spookshow done at Georgia State. GSU astronomers will give you access to their research telescopes 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Unveiling the Internet along with smaller telescopes to show you the Emory University observable stars and planets in our night sky, Math & Science Building Families, Teens weather permitting. Computer Lab Let’s dive into the heart of how the internet works! How exactly does YouTube Atlanta, GA 30322 Check online for driving and parking information. show you videos so quickly? What are BitCoins and how do you get one? How Fee: Free Presented by: Georgia State University does information move from one computer to another? Join us for an interactive session where we will answer these questions and more as we tinker with code, SC rotating through different stations doing everything from seeing how your CIE Snapchat snaps move through space to learning how to hack a bank [simulated, IS IENCE naturally]. Check online for parking information. RARAD Presented by: Emory Computer Science, Emory Simbiosys Lab SCIENCE IS RAD SIGNATURE EVENT Bitter Spirits 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Adults Venue TBA Fee: $10 Apéritifs? Digestifs? Amaros? Ever wonder what these concoctions have in common and why we drink them before and after meals? Join Christi Hansen, dietician and organic vegetable farmer, for a deep dive into the digestive system and which aromatic and bitter plants grease its wheels. You’ll learn the basics of making delicious bitters and take home your own elixirs made from a variety of fresh and foraged ingredients. Check online for venue information and tickets. Presented by: Hungry Heart Dietary Consulting, Timpson Creek Farm

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Eco-Geo Expedition 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. SUNDAY, MARCH 17 Arabia Mountain Adults, Families, Teens, Children Nature Center Grab your phone and get ready to hike up Arabia Mountain for a scavenger 3787 Klondike Road hunt that includes geocaching, identifying unique species, and finding geologic Lithonia, GA 30038 features beneath your feet! Stop by the nature center to claim your scavenger Fee: Free SUNDAY, MARCH 17 SUNDAY, hunt card before you get started and consider joining a guided hike to learn 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Fernbank Forest Bird Walk about plants, insects, and more as you explore the landscape. Learn how to use Fernbank Museum of Adults, Families, Teens the iNaturalist, Rockd, and Geocaching apps to record your observations and Natural History share your discoveries with the global community. Groups will depart hourly. 767 Clifton Rd NE Join a Fernbank wildlife educator and discover more about the feathered Parking at the base of Arabia Mountain at 3783 Klondike Road is free, but Atlanta, GA 30307 inhabitants of Fernbank Forest, both permanent residents and visitors. This limited. Please carpool. Fee: Free with program is excellent for beginning birders and those desiring gentle terrain. admission Presented by: Georgia State University Binoculars may be checked out on-site. Recommended for ages 8 and up. This event is free with admission or membership, but you must call 404.929.6400 for reservations. Check online for weather updates and guidelines. Presented by: Fernbank Museum of Natural History Sharing our Science: The Paideia School 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. The Paideia School Family Science Carnival 1509 South Ponce de Families, Children Leon Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30307 SIGNATURE EVENT Salamander Stroll Bring the whole family out for a science carnival mashup! Parents and kids can 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Fee: Free with Clyde Shepherd Adults, Families, Teens, Children play with--or against--each other in games based on some of your favorite advance registration Nature Preserve Come on out to Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve in Decatur classic science experiments and beloved carnival games: Air Cannon Shoot, 2580 Pine Bluff Dr and witness wildlife with regional experts from the Amphibian Giant Jenga, Sound Wave Splash, and more! Check online for registration and Decatur, GA 30033 Foundation. Become ‘citizen scientists’ and perform an parking information and for weather-related updates. Fee: Free with amphibian ‘bioblitz’ inventory of the preserve documenting Presented by: The Paideia School and Science of Fun STEM Camp advance registration salamanders and frogs in one of the last strongholds for amphibians inside of the perimeter! Everyone and their families are encouraged to attend and bring your cell phones to upload Genius Camp: Makers SIGNATURE EVENT images of what we find to iNaturalist. 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Families, Teens, Children Georgia State Presented by: The Amphibian Foundation University Arts & See description on page 14 for more Humanities Building information. Note this event repeats on ExLab, Room 200 March 10, 16 and 17. 10 Peachtree Center SIGNATURE EVENT Say Cheese, Please! Avenue 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 Atlanta, GA 30303 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. - Families, Teens, Children Fee: Free with 2:30 p.m. Have you ever wondered how creamy goat cheese is made Decimal Place Farm advance registration or what makes it so delicious? Come out to Decimal Place 4314 Almach Avenue Conley, GA 30288 Farm, a Saanen goat dairy just 10 miles from our State Fee: $8 Capitol. You’ll get a chance to practice milking, scoop cheese curds from whey, and visit chickens as they scratch for bugs. We’ll take a mild hike through the woods and Udderly Amazing 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. and across the creeks as we search for forest treasures, and visit 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Families, Teens, Children, Preschool Atlanta History Center the farm’s small garden, feeding your curiosities along the Ever wonder how ice cream is made? Join UGA Extension Fulton County and 130 West Paces Ferry way. Don’t forget to pack your boots and a thirst for Rd NW the Georgia Mobile Dairy Classroom to learn about the dairy industry and to science adventures! Note there are two sessions of this Atlanta, GA 30305 participate in a live milking demonstration. You will even be able to get up close event. Check online for tickets. Fee: $5 and personal with a real live dairy cow! Afterwards, make your own yummy ice Presented by: Decimal Place Farm cream and learn about the nutrition behind milk and dairy products. It’s going to be legen-dairy! Sessions will take place outdoors on the grounds of the History Center. Check 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Swarm Science: How Honey Bees Make Decisions online for tickets. Blue Heron Nature Preserve Field Research Adults, Teens Presented by: UGA Extension Fulton County; Fulton County 4-H, Center See description on page 26 for more information. Georgia Mobile Dairy Classroom, Atlanta History Center 3931 Land O’Lakes Dr Atlanta, GA 30342 Fee: $12

30 For updates, tickets and more, visit AtlantaScienceFestival.org #ATLSciFest 31 32 SUNDAY, MARCH 17 For updates, tickets andmore, visitAtlantaScienceFestival.org Fee: Free Atlanta, GA30311 2852 CascadeRoadSW Preserve Cascade SpringsNature 3:00 p.m.-5:00 SIGNATURE EVENT $10 Fee: Decatur, GA30030 105 ElectricAve Center Ebster Recreation 3:00 p.m.-4:30 SIGNATURE EVENT Fee: Free Atlanta, GA30310 Pkwy SW 1332 Metropolitan Metropolitan Library 3:00 p.m.-4:00 SIGNATURE EVENT Fee: $5 Atlanta, GA30309 1328 Peachtree StNE Parking Lot Church ofAtlanta First Presbyterian 2:00 p.m.-5:00 perform together.perform Tickets availableonlineandatthedoor(credit card only). Earth toSkyprovides aspace fordedicatedyouthartiststowrite,choreograph, and guidancefrom professional NicoletteEmmanuelle, storytelling. With performer experienced fabric,trapeze,lyra,andcontortionartistswhothriveontheartof Earth toSkyisanAtlantabasedaerialartsanddancetroupe. TheCompanyincludes Check online for information onattireCheck onlineforinformation andparking. participate indatacollection inthewater! science atdifferent stationsnexttothecreek, orjumpinand“getyourfeetwet”to Presented by:Georgia StateUniversity Adults, Splash into Stream Science Presented Company by:EarthtoSky Performance Adults, Constellations Presented by:JenniferSwansonBooks,Atlanta-FultonPublicLibrarySystem Families, Children Astronaut or Aquanaut? Presented by:AtlantaGeologicalSocietyandGeorgia MineralSociety Thursday, March 21. registration, Note:Thiseventrepeats meetingspot,andparkinginformation. on Each attendeewillreceive aGeorgia MineralSociety grabbag.Checkonlinefor Atlanta GeologicalSociety, BillWaggener, tointerpret thestoriesthatrocks tell. teams upwithhighlysoughtguestspeakerfrom Georgia MineralSocietyand .Dr. co-authorofRoadsideGeologyGeorgia, BillWitherspoon, folded naturalrock layersofMidtownAtlanta,onatourfrom SymphonyHallto Tag alongwithtwogeologist-educatorstoseethebeautifulbuildingstonesand Adults, Geology Roadside Families, Teens, Families, Teens, Teens

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ChangeMaker Faire Presented by:AmanaAcademyCharterSchool moonwalks, foodtrucks,andSTEM-themedactivitiessuchasGeocaching. willenjoy what theyhavemadeandtoshare Visitors whattheyhavelearned. Academy charterschoolcampus.Allofthese“makers”cometogethertoshow clubs, students,andcommercial exhibitorsontheSTEM-certifiedAmana of techenthusiasts,crafters,educators,tinkerers, hobbyists,engineers,science mixed in,andsomuchmore! TheChangeMakerFaire isanall-agesgathering Build abetterworldattheChangeMakerFaire! Thinkcountyfairwithscience Adults, Sharing our Science: Amana Academy Charter School Presented by:EmoryUniversity PS: Noartskillsrequired! dinner anddrinkswithcomicsfordessert! hugs, dinosaurfarts,andmuch,muchmore. CometoManuel’s at7:30tograb howtodrawyourownsciencecartoonsfeaturingamoeba workshop, you’lllearn butnow’son theinternet, yourchancetoseethescientistbehinditall.Inthis Meet andgreet Beatricethe Biologist.You mighthaveseen hersciencecomics Adults, Beatrice the Biologist: Comic Strip Science ScienceCenter (SEDS), Fernbank Presented by:Studentsfor ExplorationandDevelopmentofSpace attend forfinancial reasons. Checkonlinetoapplyforthescholarship. A limitednumberofscholarshipsare availabletothosewhomaynotbeable Lunch andasnackwillbeprovided. Checkonlineforregistration information. are inSpace! STEAM towards Space-themedcollegeandcareer directions. Tomorrow’s jobs career day, AJFatASF willinspire andencourageyoungstudentswithaflairfor middle-grade students,ages9-13.Stagedasareal professional jobfairand Fair. Astronaut Job Fair (AJF)isaprofessional Spacejobtrainingworkshopfor Science FestivaldebutofthespaceSTEAMcareer program, Astronaut Job some ofcareer opportunitiespresented formiddle-grade studentsattheAtlanta Space plumber, SpaceYouTuber, Spaceathlete,evenFortnitewillbe Children, Teens Mike Mongo’s Astronaut Job Fair MONDAY, 18 MARCH Families, Teens, Teens, Families Children, Educators

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SUNDAY, MARCH 17 MARCH SUNDAY, 33 18 MARCH MONDAY, 34 TUESDAY, MARCH 19 For updates, tickets andmore, visitAtlantaScienceFestival.org advance registration Fee: Free with Marietta, GA30060 Suite 200 678 SouthCobbDrive Extension Office Cobb County 6:00 p.m.-8:00 advance registration Fee: Free with Chamblee, GA30341 Tucker Road 3733 Chamblee- Embry HillsLibrary 30 minutes) (Sessions startevery 5:00 p.m.-7:00 Fee: Free Atlanta, GA30314 830 Westview Drive,SW Mapp-McBay Hall Morehouse Nabrit- 4:00 p.m.-6:00 Fee: Free Atlanta, GA30309 1345 PiedmontAve NE Garden Atlanta Botanical p.m. and 7:00p.m.-8:00 10:30 a.m.-11:30 Cobb CountyLibraries Cobb CountyWater Department,Georgia Forestry Commission,and County MasterGardener Volunteers, Bureau, CobbCounty Farm Presented by:UGAExtension-CobbCounty, UGA Extension-Cobb online forregistration information. andof courseplentyoffun!Droplearning, inanytimeduringtheevent.Check virtual reality technology, biological science,andmore! There willbedoorprizes, stations toexplore conceptssuchasfoodscience,animal agriscience, science through hands-on and engagingactivities!Rotatethrough various Come jointhefunatFamilyScienceNight withCobbCounty4-Hasyouexplore Families, Children Cobb 4-HFamily Science Night Presented by:Georgia StateUniversityBio-BusProgram families. Parkingisavailableatthelibrary. Newsessionsstarteverythirtyminutes. 270-8230 tosignup.Thiseventisbestsuitedforchildren 5-10yearsoldandtheir DNA sequencestocreate ananimal“familytree.” ContactWendy Herbertat 770- sponges andcoralstobugs,octopuses,mammals!You’ll usediverseanimals’ University Bio-Busasajuniortaxonomisttoexplore theanimalkingdomfrom Are humansmore closelyrelated tobearsorbeetles?JointheGeorgia State Families, Children Bio-Bus: Animal Diversity Presented by:Morehouse CollegeDepartmentofPsychology animal behavior. Checkonlineforparkingandroom information. demonstrations withthree psychologyprofessors with expertiseinneuroscience and Follow yourcuriositytoMorehouse College,andjoinusforinteractiveactivities aggressive thanothers?Whattheinsideofasheepbrainlooksandfeelslike? your brainworksandinfluencesthewayyoubehave?Whysomeanimalsare more Have youeverwondered whatahumanbrainlooksandfeelslikeinperson?How Families, Teens, It’s My Brain! My Brain Made Me Do It! Presented by:AtlantaBotanicalGarden at 7:00p.m. 10:30 a.m.sessionisforkidsandteens.Theeventrepeats foranadultaudience small stepswecantaketohelpamphibiansbothhere andabroad. Note:The chytrid fungus,herfirst-handexperiencesoftravelingwiththesefrogs, andthe Amphibian ConservationCoordinator, asshediscussesrecent research onthe of twoPanamanianfrog specieshavebeenreunited. JoinChelseaThomas, the region. Aftermore thanadecadeofquarantine, theremaining populations of Panamatoprotect themfrom adeadlychytridfungus thatwassweeping Fourteen yearsago,agroup ofscientistsracedtoevacuatefrogs from thewilds Adults, Frogs Fly Home: AConservation Success Story TUESDAY, 19 MARCH Teens, Children Children Science Trivia! Urban HoneyBeeProject Presented by:Metro AtlantaBeekeepersAssociation, Georgia Tech published overthecourseoflastyear. present asummaryofcutting-edgebee-related research from around theworld Jennifer Leavey, Director oftheGeorgia Tech UrbanHoneyBeeProject, will Curious abouttheplightofbeesandwhatisbeingdonetosavethem?Dr. Adults, Buzz on Bees Presented by:West AtlantaWatershed Alliance science, waystoprevent thepollutionofoururban environment, andmore! aboutpollinators,plants, amphibians,birds,change. Learn water, community green” technologiesthatadvanceurbansustainabilityandcombat climate will celebratetheurbanforest, urbanwatersheds,wildlife,thearts, and“going Children’s Forest Network!Thisamazingandengaginghands-onexperience the 26-acre OutdoorActivityCenterinSouthwestAtlanta,apartof theAtlanta O-STEAM, OutdoorScience,Technology, Engineering,theArts,andMathat Join theWest AtlantaWatershed Allianceandahostofpartnerstoexperience Families, Children Outdoor STEAM WEDNESDAY, 20 MARCH Presented by:TheStoryCollider Adults The Story Collider Presented by:NSF/NASACenterforChemicalEvolution best teamnamenow;weexpectthehousetobepacked.Doorsopenat6:30. knowledge inthree rousing rounds ofsciencetrivia!Betterstartthinkingyour echolocation. Knowtheanswers?Stumped?Comeonoutandtestyour type ofstaristhesun?Otherthandolphins,nameanotheranimalthatuses What isthenameforlastcolumnofelementsinperiodictable? Adults tell their(true)stories.Checkonlinefortickets. comedians, actors,neuroscientists, writers,andphysicistsalikeontothestageto

Teens lives and The Story Collider brings chemists, lives andTheStoryColliderbringschemists, science inyears.Scienceisapartofallour people whohaven’tconnectionto hadaformal everything inbetween,andyou’llalsohearfrom stories abouttheirfailures, successes,and (andheartbreaking) scientists tellheartwarming about sciencetolife.Atthisliveshow, you’llhear The StoryColliderbringstrue,personalstories Fee: $10 $10 Fee: Atlanta, GA30306 Avenue 644 NorthHighland Highland InnBallroom 8:00 p.m.-9:30 SIGNATURE EVENT Fee: Free Atlanta, GA30310 933 LeeStSW Monday NightGarage 7:00 p.m.-9:00 Fee: Free Atlanta, GA30305 3180 Peachtree RdNE Methodist Church Peachtree RoadUnited 7:00 p.m.-8:00 Fee: Free Atlanta, GA30310 1442 RichlandRoadSW Outdoor ActivityCenter 9:00 a.m.-2:00p.m.

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9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Science at the Benz Science Improv 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Mercedes-Benz Stadium Whole World Improv 1 AMB Drive NW Families, Children Adults, Teens Theater Atlanta, GA 30313 Our new hometown marvel, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, is not only home to It’s improv comedy with a science twist! Come see experienced improv 1216 Spring Street Fee: $10 Atlanta United, the Falcons, and thousands of screaming fans, but also to mind- actors and professional scientists take the stage together to put on a unique Atlanta, GA 30309 blowing STEM in action. Join us for guided STEM tours of the stadium PLUS entertainment and educational experience. The audience will provide scientific Fee: $10 per person, a special screening of , a National Geographic Documentary Film suggestions to drive the performance, and you’re sure to have a great time and $5 students WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 WEDNESDAY, following nine students competing in the International Science and Engineering come away having learned something too! Comedy improvisation has never Fair. This event is for invited school field trips as well as general admissions. been geekier. Check online for tickets. Check online for registration and parking information. Presented by: Georgia Tech College of Sciences, Whole World Presented by: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, True North Media, Improv Theater Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Choose Your Own (Climate) Adventure! SIGNATURE EVENT 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Sessions at 3:30 p.m., Bio-Bus: Chemistry: States of Matter Adults, Teens 4:30 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. Eventide Brewing South Cobb Regional Families, Teens, Children The climate is set to warm 1.5 degrees in the next 1015 Grant St SE Atlanta, GA 30315 Library Put on your goggles, don your gloves, and become a junior scientist as you engage dozen years. Can you and your friends avert the Fee: $12 805 Clay Rd in activities to learn about states of matter and the properties of these different climate crisis?! Maybe; but it’ll be a little bit harder Mableton, GA 30126 stages, all while making witches brew, slime and gak! To sign up for this event, given incomplete information. Face censorship in Fee: Free with advance registration contact Dedra Roman at (678) 398-5828. Free parking is available at the library. climate science head on in this choose-your-own Presented by: Georgia State University Bio-Bus Program adventure activity, and hear from local scientists about how we can craft policies to keep our planet habitable for the foreseeable future. Grab a beer and a bud and see if you can crack the climate code! You’ll solve this challenge in 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Is Cursive Still a Thing?: Calligraphy & Cocktails The Vista Room at teams of 3-5 folks, so get ready to make a new friend (or two!). Ticket includes Napoleon’s Adults two beer tickets. Check online for tickets. 2836 LaVista Rd Is writing by hand passé? Do keyboards replace the need for cursive? Join us Presented by: Georgia Tech Global Change Program Decatur, GA 30033 at this hands-on event to learn the science of why handwriting still matters. As Fee: $20 in adv, $25 at you sip on selected specialty cocktails, you’ll get to try your hand at different door calligraphy styles and learn more about what happens in your brain while you write. Each admission comes with 3 drink tickets. Food is available for purchase. Check online for tickets. THURSDAY, 21 MARCH Presented by: Arbor Montessori School, The Vista Room at THURSDAY, MARCH 21 Napoleon’s

SIGNATURE EVENT 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Science on Stage: The Forgotten Organ Carter Presidential Adults, Teens Library & Museum 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. The human microbiome is a dynamic collection of bacteria, 441 Freedom Pkwy NE Bio-Bus: Elementary Weather South Fulton Branch Atlanta, GA 30307 fungi, and viruses central to our survival, shaping every one Families, Children Library of us from birth. Acclaimed writer Ed Yong wrote of this 4055 Flat Shoals Rd Fee: Free with Sunny with a chance of rain! Join the Georgia State University Bio-Bus and advance registration “forgotten organ” in his masterpiece I Contain Multitudes: Union City, GA 30291 become a junior meteorologist as you learn about how clouds form, and what The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life. Now, his Fee: Free with advance forces of nature produce weather. You’ll also get to make your own tornado in a written word has provided inspiration for four nationally registration bottle, so don’t forget to bring your own empty plastic water bottle. This event known playwrights who engaged in a 48-hour marathon of is best suited for children 5-10 years old and their families. Contact Angiah Davis isolated furious writing, emerging with four newly-formed at 404-613-3092 to sign up. Free parking is available at the library. plays all based on this same book. Join us to hear from Ed Yong, get a taste of the plays that emerged from his book, Presented by: Georgia State University Bio-Bus Program and discuss with the artists and local scientists. Check online to register.

Presented by: Theater at Emory, Emory Center for the Study of 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Human Health, A Cappella Books, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library Roadside Geology Plaza outside High & Museum, Emory Hightower Speaker’s Fund and Howard Hughes Adults, Teens Museum on Symphony Medical Institute grant Hall side 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 1280 Peachtree St NE See description on page 32 for more information. Atlanta, GA 30309 Fee: $5

36 For updates, tickets and more, visit AtlantaScienceFestival.org #ATLSciFest 37 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Fernbank Forest Native Plants & Wildflower Tour Fernbank Museum of Natural History Adults, Families, Teens, Children 767 Clifton Rd NE Join a Fernbank scientist to explore Fernbank Forest, a 65-acre mature mixed- Atlanta, GA 30307 hardwood forest located in the heart of metro Atlanta. Participants will explore Proud sponsor of the Fee: Free with admission the diversity of native plants and wildflowers and learn to identify them by their

THURSDAY, MARCH 21 THURSDAY, leaves and flowers. This tour is for ages 8 and up. Children under age 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Call 404.929.6400 to reserve your spot. Space is limited to 30 people, so make your reservation early! Check online for weather Atlanta Science Festival. updates. Presented by: Fernbank Museum of Natural History

Sessions at 2:30 p.m. Bio-Bus: Chemistry: Acids, Bases & Indicators and 3:30 p.m. Toco Hills Library Families, Teens, Children 1282 McConnell Dr Put on your goggles, don your gloves and become a junior chemist as you learn Decatur, GA 30033 about the building blocks of chemistry: acids and bases. Explore the properties Fee: Free with advance of these solutions and join the Bio-Bus as we put a creative spin on learning how registration these chemicals behave together, and of course...participate in a few reactive demonstrations! To sign up for this event, contact Gretchen Schweers at 404- Google is proud to call Georgia home to our 679-4404. Free parking is available at the library. Douglas County data center and Midtown office. Presented by: Georgia State University Bio-Bus Program

4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. CDC Museum Open House David J. Sencer CDC Museum Adults, Families, Teens © 2019 Google Inc. All rights reserved. Google and the Google logo are trademarks of Google Inc. 1600 Clifton Road, NE Learn about CDC’s work through the exhibits at CDC Museum. As you wander Atlanta, GA 30329-4027 our space seeing artifacts from our historic collection, we’ll have CDC expert Fee: Free docents on hand to answer your questions! Presented by: David J. Sencer CDC Museum Bringing people together through 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Brownwood Park Become an Archaeologist Pavilion Families, Children 607 Brownwood Ave. the wonder of science. How did people live in the past? Archaeologists are the detectives of science, SE working to answer this question. Join Emory University experts for a set of Atlanta, GA 30316 activities where you can learn how to extract DNA, perform chemical analysis Throughout the year, we are building future science leaders in Atlanta and Fee: Free to discover the uses of artifacts, and put ancient objects and skeletons back making science accessible and fun. To support our year-round efforts or learn together like a puzzle. Parents and kids alike can ask Emory anthropologists about their work and hear about the latest discoveries in the field. more, visit ScienceATL.org. Presented by: Emory University Department of Anthropology

6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Gwinnett 4-H Wacky Science Night from UGA Gwinnett County Government Annex Extension 750 S. Perry St. 2nd Families, Teens, Children floor Lawrenceville, GA How do computers understand code? Have you ever wanted to do some 30046 crazy chemistry from the kitchen? Join us for a night of science exploration and mystery where we answer these questions and more. You will be in for Fee: $5 Chief Science Officers Science Communication Fellowship Program some wacky science experiments where youth and parents will get a chance to become a mad scientist with Gwinnett 4-H’ers. Drop in any time during the event! Check online for tickets. Presented by: UGA Extension-Gwinnett County

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7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Math Trivia: Fun to the (n+1)st Degree! Galapagos George, the Little Tortoise That Could: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 My Parents’ Basement Adults a.m. and 11:30 a.m. - 22 N Avondale Rd A Puppetry Adventure! 12:30 p.m. Avondale Estates, GA What’s a positive integer (n) such that n-1 is a perfect square and n+1 is a perfect Families, Children Center for Puppetry 30002 cube? What statistical term for a measure of center is also the word for the Arts Join the Center for Puppetry Arts and Barefoot Puppet Theatre as they introduce Fee: Free center of a divided highway? What noble title do Baltar, Olaf, Dooku, Nefaria, 1404 Spring St NW you to Galapagos George, the Little Tortoise That Could! Your amazing Atlanta Atlanta, GA 30309 THURSDAY, MARCH 21 THURSDAY, and Chocula share? If you answered “26”, “Median”, and “Count”, then come Science Festival experience will include a puppet show, a Create-A-Puppet Fee: $14.63 (this out and play! Enjoy trivia questions – computational and pop cultural – and Workshop, museum exhibits with specialized learning stations, AND a special includes ASF discount) compete for fabulous prizes! You’ll even learn a new definition of “fabulous”. appearance by some reptilian friends visiting from the Amphibian Foundation! Presented by: Agnes Scott College Have a blast learning about animals, ecology, and the STEAM of puppetry. Note that this show will be running at the Center for Puppetry Arts from March 19-31, so if you aren’t able to come to any of our special ASF shows, you can still be SIGNATURE EVENT Ada and the Engine part of the magic on another day! Use code “ASF” for 25% off any showing 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Adults, Teens that takes place during the Festival (March 19, 20, 21, 22) and catch the related Tarbutton Performing STEAM activities! Arts Center, Oxford Ada Lovelace: mathematician, poet, first computer programmer. Presented by: Center for Puppetry Arts, Barefoot Puppet Theatre, College Ada and the Engine is a play that portrays Ada’s struggles as a Few Circle Amphibian Foundation female in a field of only men and highlights the same struggles Oxford, GA 30054 that women still have today in STEM. Come see the play and Fee: $5 the multimedia gallery portraying women throughout history in Physics Live! 3:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. STEM fields. Following select performances, we will have a talk Emory University, Math back about the themes of the play. Check online for tickets. Families, Children, Preschool and Science Building Note: this event repeats on Friday, March 22 as part of the Ever play with giant soap bubbles, ride a hovercraft, or taste liquid nitrogen ice Atrium Festival, as well as Saturday, March 23. cream? How about journey through space and time as you gaze at the stars? 400 Dowman Drive Atlanta, GA 30322 Now you can with Physics Live! Come join the faculty and students at Emory Presented by: Oxford College of Emory University Fee: Free University’s Department of Physics for an afternoon and evening of science exploration! Loads of exciting demonstrations (K-12 encouraged), Planetarium shows (limited seating, tickets available upon arrival), and Laboratory tours (research in action!). A great field trip opportunity! The tickets are only for the planetarium shows, which are very popular, so reserve your spot when you come in! Check online for parking information. FRIDAY, MARCH 22 Presented by: Emory University Physics Department

Chemistry Carnival 3:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Emory University Families, Teens, Children Atwood Chemistry Center 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Science for EveryBODY Come one, come all, to the Chemistry Carnival! Learn about the cutting-edge Chattahoochee research Emory studies through carnival games like Peptide Jenga and Bacterial 1515 Dickey Drive NE Atlanta, GA 30322 Technical College, Families, Teens, Children, Preschool Telepathy! Prizes will be awarded and scientists will be on site to explain the Fee: Free North Metro Campus Join us as we take a tour through the human body and explore the inner laboratory research hiding behind each fun game concept. Great field trip Building D, Room 400 workings of the amazing place we call home. Peer through a microscope, touch opportunity! Check online for parking information. 5198 Ross Road

FRIDAY, MARCH 22 FRIDAY, a real brain, see the inside of a real heart, and interact with exciting exhibits Acworth, GA 30101 Presented by: Emory University Department of Chemistry designed to help kids from 2 to 102 better understand how we live, breathe, Fee: Free work, and smile. A great field trip idea! Check online for parking information. Presented by: Chattahoochee Technical College 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Animals - Just Like Us! Little Shop of Stories Families, Children 133A East Court Square Bridget Heos, author of the Just Like Us! series of books, discusses with kids Decatur, GA 30030 the various ways that humans share similarities to other living things. Cats enjoy Fee: Free naps. Birds decorate their homes. Fish go to school (and find safety in numbers). Plants drink water. Ants build roads. This just scratches the surface! Books will be available for sale at the event and Bridget will sign them! Paid street parking available. Presented by: Little Shop of Stories

40 For updates, tickets and more, visit AtlantaScienceFestival.org #ATLSciFest 41 SATURDAY, MARCH 23 43 #ATLSciFest SIGNATURE EVENT SIGNATURE 12:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. - Ward Historic Fourth Park 680 Dallas St NE Atlanta, GA 30308 Fee: Free EVENT SIGNATURE 11:00am - 4:00pm Piedmont Park NE and 10th Street Charles Allen Drive Atlanta, GA 30309 Fee: Free

Presented by: Atlanta Science Festival Presented Join us for Atlanta’s biggest interactive biggest interactive Join us for Atlanta’s on hands-on science event! See more page 47. March for Science Atlanta is back by popular for Science Atlanta March and bring your demand, so grab your signs with us along the Beltline to friends to march Science Festival the finale event of the Atlanta global movement in Piedmont Park! Join the know that to let your leaders and lawmakers you value science and evidence-based Children Teens, Families, Preschool Children, Teens, Families, policies. This year we are raising money to support Science ATL’s Chief Science raising money to support Science ATL’s policies. This year we are for Form and come in costume to the March a fundraising team Officer program. to the Beltline. be meeting near the Gateway Trail a chance to win prizes! We’ll information. Check online for more Presented by: March for Science, Science for Georgia for Science, Science by: March Presented Expo Exploration Adults, SATURDAY, MARCH 23 SATURDAY, Atlanta - Science for March Adults, See description on page 40 for more information. See description on page 40 for more

Teens Teens Children Ada and the Engine the and Ada Adults, Intro to Curling: Exploring the Boundary Where Where Boundary the Exploring Curling: to Intro Ice Meets Granite Adults, information. See description on page 23 for more Reptiles and wine?! What could go wrong? Join us for an extremely hands-on Join us for an extremely go wrong? Reptiles and wine?! What could we’ll even to learning of animals. Heck, this fascinating group approach about and lizards salamanders, turtles, too! Frogs, get to know some amphibians ticket includes access to the event and Your to explore. snakes will be present online for tickets. on site. Check may be purchased one drink. Additional drinks by: The Amphibian Foundation Presented Presented by: Citizen Science HD, Girls Who Code at Emory, by: Citizen Science HD, Girls Who Code at Emory, Presented Grumman Northrop & Cabernet Critters Adults Citizen Science Mini-Hackathon Workshop Mini-Hackathon Science Citizen Teens, learnDo you want to Come to our AND to help your community? how to code workshop and learnmini-Hackathon websites, the basics for how to develop After of your community. to benefit the health apps, and more games, phone participate in our to fully prepared this workshop, you will be completion of all-girls Hackathon. Road Visitor at the Oxford parking is available will be served. Free A light dinner or Peavine VisitorParking Deck lot. Check online to register. Parking

SIGNATURE EVENT SIGNATURE 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Performing Tarbutton Oxford Arts Center, College Few Circle GA 30054 Oxford, Fee: $5 7:30pm - 9:30pm Center Ice Arena 5750 Roswell Rd NE Sandy Springs, GA 30342 Fee: $25 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. The Amphibian Foundation 4055 Roswell Rd NE. Atlanta, GA 30342 Fee: $10 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Science Math and Emory Center E208 Rm University, Drive 400 Dowman Atlanta, GA 30322 withFee: Free advance registration For updates, tickets and more, visit AtlantaScienceFestival.org and more, tickets updates, For FRIDAY, MARCH 22 MARCH FRIDAY, 42 EXPLORATION EXPO

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Join us for Atlanta’s biggest interactive science celebration! Touch a human brain! Pet a python! Squeeze into a mock MRI scanner! Play robot soccer! Make your own gummy worms! Take a look up your own nasal passages! Listen to your joints! Excavate a fossil! Spin the Wheel of Bugs! Touch a jet engine! Make a pollen map of Atlanta! With more than 100 hands-on, interactive science booths from local organizations, universities, and companies, we’ll be showing off Atlanta science at this year’s Exploration Expo. Kids, adults, families – there’s something for everyone at this free event. A list of exhibitors is available online in March.

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