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McWane Science Center is taking our educational programs and demonstrations online!

Whether you are teaching on campus, in a virtual classroom or at home, these science lessons offer a unique, interactive opportunity to engage your students in science. These science lessons are a great fit for virtual classrooms, on-campus learning or homeschooling.

Virtual learning will be available in multiple formats, Digital Workshops, Live Streams and On-Demand Videos! For more information about booking a program, Lawrence Cooper at [email protected]. MOVIES WORKSHOPS DEMONSTRATIONS ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MOVIES WORKSHOPS DEMONSTRATIONS ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MOVIES WORKSHOPS DEMONSTRATIONS ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MOVIES WORKSHOPS DEMONSTRATIONS ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MOVIES WORKSHOPS DEMONSTRATIONS ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MOVIES WORKSHOPS DEMONSTRATIONS ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MOVIES WORKSHOPS DEMONSTRATIONS ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MOVIES WORKSHOPS DEMONSTRATIONS ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MOVIES WORKSHOPS DEMONSTRATIONS ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MOVIES WORKSHOPS DEMONSTRATIONS ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MOVIES WORKSHOPS DEMONSTRATIONS ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MOVIES WORKSHOPS DEMONSTRATIONS Digital Workshops

Using pre-recorded video segments and hyperdocs, your students will be challenged to answer questions, make observations and form predictions! These are offered as one continuous lesson or may be split into individual mini-lessons.

$100 for access to four classes Additional Classes- $20 each

Dinosaur Detectives Wild Kingdom

DISCIPLINE: Physical Science DISCIPLINE: Life Science GRADES: PreK-3 GRADES: K-12

Grab your magnifying glasses as we travel Meet some of McWane’s animal ambassadors back in time to the prehistoric period and as we explore their adaptations, diets, habitats uncover the footprints of ancient plants and and more! animals. Downloadable teacher and student resources are included. : 9-12 SCIENCE: K: 3,4; Grade 1: 6, 7; Grade 2: 6, 7; SCIENCE: K:3, 2:8, 3:9 Grade 3: 5, 7, 10, 11; Grade 4: 9, 11; Grade 7:6, APKS: S.P. 1.4 8, 1 DIGITAL LITERACY: K:5, K:13, 1:1

Method Mix-Up Radical Reactions

DISCIPLINE: Physical Science DISCIPLINE: Chemistry GRADES: PreK-3 GRADES: 2-8

Meet McWane’s Mad Scientist and help him Your students will learn the difference between unscramble the how-tos of science. From chemical and physical changes as they experi- wacky experiments to amazing tricks, you’ll be ence a plethora of dazzling reactions meant to a part of the action. Downloadable teacher and awe and educate. student resources are included. SCIENCE: Grade 2: 1, 2, 3, 4; Grade 4: 4; APKS: S.P. 1.1, 1.2, 2.2 Grade 5: 1, 3, 4; Grade 8: 2, 3a, 4, 5 SCIENCE: 2:1 DIGITAL LITERACY: K:10, 1:3, 1:14, 1:15, 1:19, 2:2, 2:3, 2:4, 3:3, 3:5 Creatures from the Deep

DISCIPLINE: Biology GRADES: K-12

Our McWane marine and aquatic organisms will showcase their unique habits and life histories. Learn what makes these creatures from the deep especially suited to their underwater homes.

BIOLOGY: 9-12 SCIENCE: K: 3,4; Grade 1: 6, 7; Grade 2: 6, 7; Grade 3: 5, 7, 10, 11; Grade 4: 9, 11; Grade 7:6, 8, 10 Live Stream (45 minutes)

Connect with us live to explore exciting demonstrations with follow-up activities for you to complete at school!

$75 per session

Dissection Live Homegrown Scientists

DISCIPLINE: Biology DISCIPLINE: Physical Science/Life Science GRADES: 4-12 GRADES: 2-8

Explore animal specimens inside and out. From electricity to rocket science, medicine to We will identify and investigate the general metallurgy, Alabama has it all! Get an exciting functions of the major systems and structures introduction to famous Alabama scientists and of a preserved organism. Contact us for more explore amazing discoveries from our home information on available dissection specimens. state!

SCIENCE: 2:1 SCIENCE: Grade 2:2; Grade 3: 3, 9; Grade 8: 3, 18 APKS: S.P. 1.1, 1.2, 2.2

Fire and Ice

DISCIPLINE: Physical Science/Chemistry GRADES: 2-8

From one end of the thermometer to the other, this spectacular program will unleash demonstrations that are burning hot and super cold. Your students will learn about chemical reactions, the nature of atoms and molecules and the chemical states. A liquid nitrogen explosion tops it off!

SCIENCE: Grade 2: 4; Grade 3: 3; Grade 4: 2a, Grade 5: 1, 3, 4 Grade 8: 2, 4, 5, 11 & 12 Award-winning Educational Films

Engage your students with critically-acclaimed films that transcend entertainment, stimulating a sense of wonder. These movies encourage interest in science, the environment, and world cultures. A set of grade-appropriate lesson plans, follow-up activities, and supplemental materials are provided with program purchase.

$50 per package A Whale-sized Adventure on the Giant Screen

Narrated by two-time Golden Globe® nominee Ewan McGregor, Humpback Whales is an extraordinary journey into the mysterious world of one of nature’s most awe-inspiring marine mammals. Set in the spectacular waters of Alaska, Hawaii and Tonga, this ocean adventure offers audiences an up-close look at how these whales communicate, sing, feed, play and take care of their young. Captured for the first time with IMAX 3D cameras, and found in every ocean on earth, humpbacks were nearly driven to extinction 50 years ago, but today are making a slow but remarkable recovery. Join a team of researchers as they unlock the secrets of the humpback and find out why humpbacks are the most acrobatic of all whales, why they sing their haunting songs, and why these intelligent, 55-foot, 50-ton animals migrate up to 10,000 miles round-trip every year.

A MacGillivray Freeman film presented by Pacific Life A One World One Ocean production Narrated by Ewan McGregor Release date: 2015 Runtime: 40 minutes

A Story of Culture, Creativity and Music That Shaped America

America’s Musical Journey, MacGillivray Freeman Films’ newest 3D Giant Screen documentary, celebrates the unique diversity of cultures and the creative risk-taking that characterize America, as told through the story of its music. The film follows Grammy-Award® nominated singer and songwriter Aloe Blacc as he traces Louis Armstrong’s footsteps through the colorful locales and cultures where America’s music was born. Visiting cities such as New Orleans, Chicago, Detroit, , Nashville, Miami and more, audiences will experience uniquely American adventures that embody the country’s trailblazing spirit — paddle-wheel boating up the Mississippi Delta, flash mob dancing in Chicago or skydiving with Elvis impersonators above Memphis — in scenes shot specifically for the giant screen. Along the way, audiences will meet the artists, music makers, storytellers and innovators who are shaping America’s culture today and hopefully be inspired to explore their own creativity when the film lands in theatres in February.

A MacGillivray Freeman Film produced in association with Brand USA and presented by Expedia, Inc. Narrated by Morgan Freeman Release date: February 16, 2018 Run Time: 40 Minutes

BEST FILM OF THE YEAR at the 2017 Giant Screen Cinema Association Achievement Awards

Narrated by Academy Award® winner , Dream Big: Engineering Our World is a first of its kind film for IMAX® and giant screen theatres that will transform how we think about engineering. From the Great Wall of China and the world’s tallest buildings, to underwater robots, solar cars and smart, sustainable cities, Dream Big celebrates the human ingenuity behind engineering marvels big and small, and reveals the heart that drives engineers to create better lives for people around the world.

A MacGillivray Freeman Film in partnership with the American Society of Civil Engineers. Presented by Bechtel Corporation. Narrated by Jeff Bridges Release date: February 2017 Runtime: 42 minutes Explore our through the Most Powerful Lenses

Journey from the depths of the Pacific Ocean into the far reaches of space on a quest to find something that changes everything…signs of life, somewhere else in the universe. With cutting-edge imagery from the world’s most powerful telescopes, The Search for Life in Space takes audiences from the surface of Mars and the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn, to the extreme lava fields of Hawaii and thermal vents deep beneath the sea. In these harsh environments, astrobiologists look for clues to how life takes hold. As this immersive adventure into the universe reveals the possibility of like ours, The Search for Life in Space will make you re-examine such fundamental questions as: “Where did we come from?”, “How did we get here?” and “Are we alone?”

A December Media Film in association with Film Victoria and Swinburne University of Technology Executive producer Tony Wright Distributed by MacGillivray Freeman Films Produced and directed by Stephen Amezdroz Featuring astronomer , associate professor at and Director of the Institute Release date: October 21 2016 Runtime: 32 minutes

Highest Grossing Documentary of 2016

Narrated by Academy Award® winner Robert Redford, National Parks Adventure takes audiences on the ultimate off-trail adventure into the nation’s awe-inspiring great outdoors and untamed wilderness. Immersive IMAX® 3D cinematography takes viewers soaring over red rock canyons, hurtling up craggy mountain peaks and into other-worldly realms found within America’s most legendary outdoor playgrounds, including Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, Yosemite, and Arches. Celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the national parks with world-class mountaineer Conrad Anker, adventure photographer Max Lowe and artist Rachel Pohl as they hike, climb and explore their way across America’s majestic parks in an action-packed expedition that will inspire the adventurer in us all.

A MacGillivray Freeman Film in association with Brand USA and presented by Expedia Inc. and Subaru of America, Inc. with major support from the Giant Dome Theater Consortium Narrated by Robert Redford Alternate Title: America Wild: National Parks Adventure (international) Release date: February 2016 Runtime: 40 minutes McWane Science Center 200 19th Street N Birmingham, AL 35203 Telephone: 205-714-8300 mcwane.org/mcwane-on-the-web