SCIENCE CHEMISTRY
DISCOVERY IS IN YOUR DNA.
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April 25–May 3 PROGRAM GUIDE 2014
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Presenting Sponsor: Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 1 When you learn something that you’re really excited about, your brain releases dopamine, which makes you feel good and want to learn more! Turns out, when you’re enjoying yourself, you’re more likely to remember what you learn, which is what leads to great discoveries! We’re built for it. DISCOVERY IS IN YOUR DNA. AND THERE IS SO MUCH TO DISCOVER.
Welcome to the 2014 Philadelphia Science Festival. Since our inaugural celebration in 2011, we’ve challenged Philadelphians of all ages to explore the science that makes this city truly wonderful. Over the course of the nine–day festival you’ll have the chance to unleash your inner geek at 100+ events taking place throughout the region. Kids and adults alike will have the opportunity to gaze at the night sky, get messy while learning all about chemistry, understand the physics of skateboarding, explore the wonders of our local ecosystems, and so much more, right here in our collective backyard! We’ve developed a new suite of programs specifically with adults in mind— you’ll hear life-changing stories from researchers, learn all about your brain while bar-hopping, see how math can help you win, get a scientific perspective on just why we are so fanatic about our sports teams, and so much more! We are grateful to The Dow Chemical Company generously supporting the Festival as Presenting Sponsor for the fourth consecutive year. Whether you’re a life-long science lover or have never thought the topics offered something for you, we promise that you’ll find something in the festival that speaks to your passions! Get excited, learn something new, and GET NERDY PHILADELPHIA! 2 Advanced registration is strongly recommended. Tickets may not be available at the door. Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 3 Festival at a glance
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PSF Kickoff Party: Explorer Sunday Nerd Nite Brunch: Science on Tap Quizzo I Love My Science Job Science Carnival Science After Hours 6:00 PM 4:00 PM on the Parkway Building and Handling Body vs. Booze 6:30 PM 12:00 PM National Mechanics Quorum, University City 10:00 AM Rowboats Frankford Hall Science Center The Franklin Institute The Franklin Institute 11:00 AM Science Happy Hour: Great Gigs Astronomy Night Independence Seaport Remix Interactive Human Health To Veg or Not to Veg 1:00 PM 7:30 PM Museum 1:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM World Cafe Live Continental Old City The Pavilion at Franklin Theater Various locations Food and Farming Franklin Square The Franklin Institute 11:00 AM Murder at Mütter™: Philadelphia’s Love/Hate The Longview Center Serial Killer Relationship with Sports Love, Lust, and Loathing PAGE 10 for Agriculture 2:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM PAGE 34 The Mütter Museum of Frankford Hall Frankford Hall SATURDAY, APRIL 26 HighWaterLine: A the College of Physicians EDUCATOR EVENTS Walking Art Experience Feathered Friends Playing With Numbers of Philadelphia 12:00 PM 6:30 PM 6:00 PM DISCOVERY DAY Monday, April 28 Target Science Crawl: Iron Hill Brewery Rembrandt’s Clark Park Integrating STEM into Brain Games Plasma Lab Sleep: A Bedtime Story Project-Based Learning 10:00 AM 4:00 PM 12:00 PM 6:30 PM 10:00 AM
Indy Hall glance a at Festival Hunting Park A.J. Drexel PAGE 24 Fels Planetarium The Franklin Institute 11:00 AM Plasma Institute The Franklin Institute Sounds Made Up: TUESDAY, APRIL 29 Project Learning Tree Naturepalooza at Outdoor Adventure (True) Tales From the 4:00 PM History of Science The Schuylkill Center 1:00 PM Science Night at the John Heinz National 11:00 AM 4:00 PM PAGE 28 John Heinz Ballpark Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge World Cafe Live Fox Chase Farm 7:05 PM THURSDAY, MAY 1 Save the Penguins! 12:00 PM Ecosystem Exploration Citizens Bank Park 4:30 PM 1:00 PM Temple University PAGE 20 Science Happy Hour: DIY Science: Riverbend Environmental Misunderstood Monsters Fermentation PAGE 12 Tuesday, April 29 Education Center 6:00 PM 6:00 PM NEIGHBORHOOD Science of Helicopters Continental Old City DiBruno Bros. SUNDAY, APRIL 27 Science of Skateboarding SCIENCE 4:00 PM 2:00 PM West Philly Science Science Storytelling The Franklin Institute Explorer Sunday Paine’s Skatepark Showcase 6:30 PM Monday 3:30 PM Teaching Math & Science 6:00 PM The Franklin Institute Birding Smackdown! Water Lab: Cecil B. Moore Library Using Spatial Thinking World Cafe Live 7:00 AM What Lives in our Rivers? Charles L. Durham Library Cure You or Kill You 4:30 PM Bartram’s Garden & 2:00 PM 6:30 PM Temple Univ. Spatial Eastwick Library Creatures That Make The Woodlands Fairmount Water Works Your Skin Crawl Laurel Hill Cemetery & Intelligence Learning Falls of Schuylkill Library Center Life in the Graveyard 6:30 PM 9:30 AM & 2:00 PM Haverford Ave Library Frankford Hall PAGE 16 PAGE 30 Wednesday, April 30 Laurel Hill Cemetery Ramonita de Rodriguez Perspectives on Understanding the SUNDAY, APRIL 27 Library Making Medicine Public Heath FRIDAY, MAY 2 Urban Watershed 6:00 PM 4:00 PM 10:00 AM Tuesday 3:30 PM Temple University School Rembrandt’s Chemical Heritage Fairmount Water Works SCIENCE DAY at Smith Andorra Library of Pharmacy Memorial Playground Foundation First Friday Bushrod Library 5:00 PM AP Computer Science & Playhouse Microscope Station Chemical Heritage Principles Logan Library 5:00 PM 10:00 AM Mess Fest at Foundation University City Smith Playground Drexel University Science Center 1:00 PM wednesday 3:30 PM The Magical Mushroom Rush Building 5:30 PM Charles Santore Library Field Work with an How the Brain The Wagner Free Thursday, May 1 Urban Naturalist Develops from Infancy Fox Chase Library Institute of Science Mathematics in K-12/ 10:00 AM to Adolescence Fumo Family Library Higher Education The Schuylkill Center Beer Chemistry 1:30 PM Katharine Drexel Library 4:30 PM 7:00 PM University of Pennsylvania Clothes of the Future What’s the Matter Wyoming Library Yards Brewing Company Fisher-Bennet Hall 10:30 AM with Pluto? The ExCITE Center at 3:00 PM thursday 3:30 PM Friday, May 2 Drexel University Haddington Library Educator Forum 2014 Chicks, Bees, Richmond Library 9:00 AM School of the Future and Farm Fun Wadsworth Library 10:30 AM FIELD TRIP Wyck Historic House OPPORTUNITIES and Garden Various locations
4 Advanced registration is strongly recommended. Tickets may not be available at the door. Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 5 friday
, april 25 Astronomy Night , april 25
Scientists have invented a friday new car engine that runs ON liquid nitrogen. Cool! PSF Kick-Off Party: Science Carnival After Hours Kick-off the 2014 Festival with live science shows, music, demonstrations, and a variety of sensory stimulating stations—all tailored to grownups. Be there to tap (and taste!) the 2014 Yard’s Official Science Festival beer and play in some of The Franklin Institute’s most iconic galleries. $15; $10 Franklin Institute Members, 21+ Friday, April 25, 7:30–10:30 PM 6:30–9:30 PM The Franklin Institute | 222 North 20th Street Grab a blanket and experience the wonders of the night sky! Join Collaborators: AT&T, Action Science, Association of Women in Forensic Science, local astronomers at 25+ sites—from universities to community Chipocrite, Crazy Aaron’s Puttyworld, Dow Chemical Company, Fractals Rock, centers, wildlife refuges to cemeteries—across the region for free, Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery, Geosyntec Consultants, John James Audubon simultaneous stargazing parties. Center at Mill Grove, Inolex, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Temple University, The Franklin Institute, The Nature Conservancy, Thomas Jefferson University, University of Pennsylvania FREE Underwritten by AT&T and Allen + Gerritsen VARYING LOCATIONS, SEE NEXT PAGE FOR MAP
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6 Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 7 21 North Philadelphia (above Lehigh): Northeast Philadelphia: ASTRONOMY NIGHT ASPIRA Campus 20 MaST Charter School 6301 North 2nd Street 1800 Byberry Road Friday, April 25, 7:30–10:30 PM 22 Historic Fair Hill Burial Ground 2900 Germantown Avenue Fairmount Park:
Northwest Philadelphia: 24 Laurel Hill Cemetery 23 Philadelphia Center for Arts & Technology 1 Awbury Arboretum 3822 Ridge Avenue 2111 Eastburn Avenue 20 1 Awbury Road 25 Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse 3500 Reservoir Drive 2 Blair Christian Academy 220 West Upsal Street
3 Grumblethorpe Historic House & Garden 5267 Germantown Avenue
4 Imani Educational Circle Charter School 5 5612 Greene Street 9 5 John Story Jenks School 23 8301 Germantown Avenue 1 21 2
West Philadelphia: 4 6 Drexel University Dornsife Center 3 for Neighborhood Partnerships 3509 Spring Garden Street
7 The Woodlands 4000 Woodland Avenue 8 24 North Philadelphia (below Lehigh): 22 17 Hagert Street Playground Suburbs: 2040 East Hagert Street 8 Haverford College 25 17 370 West Lancaster Avenue 18 Teens 4 Good Urban Farm Lower Merion, PA Poplar Street between 8th and 9th Streets 18 9 Riverbend Environmental Education Center 6 19 19 Zoar United Methodist Church 1950 Spring Mill Road 13 1204 Melon Street Gladwyne, PA 16 7 14 15 10 Swarthmore College Science Center, 11 Center City: Van de Kamp Observatory 13 Folks Arts-Cultural Treasures 500 College Avenue, Whittier Place Charter School Swarthmore, PA 1023 Callowhill Street
11 Battleship New Jersey 14 Independence Seaport Museum 100 Clinton St 211 South Christopher Columbus Blvd. Camden, NJ 10 15 Jeerson University Lubert Plaza West Chester University South Campus At the corner of 10th and Locust Streets 844 South New Street 12 Meet retired astronaut, Terry Hart, at Jeerson! West Chester, PA (OFF MAP) 16 String Theory High School for the Arts and Sciences Rowan University Science Hall 1600 Vine Street 201 Mullica Road Southwest Philadelphia: Glassboro, NJ 12 John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge 8601 Lindbergh Boulevard (OFF MAP) Underwritten by Thomas Je erson University 8 Advanced registration is strongly recommended. Tickets may not be available at the door. Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 9 saturday
Chickens don’t sweat—blood circulating through their combs helps keep them cool. , april 26 , april 26 Discovery Day at Fox Chase Farm Discover a pastoral treasure in Northeast Philadelphia! Visit a working livestock farm and cultivate your inner scientist. See live agricultural demonstrations, take a hayride, and watch a farmer remove the woolen fleece of a sheep during the farm’s annual Sheep Shearing Day.
$3 per person, tickets available on-site. saturday 12:00–4:00 PM Fox Chase Farm | 8500 Pine Road
Discovery Day There’s something fun for every member of the family at each of these outdoor science extravaganzas. Taking place at local parks, a farm, and a nature center, each event features loads of hands-on experiments and demonstrations. All Discovery Day events are FREE unless otherwise noted.
Discovery Day Venue Partners:
Discovery Day in Hunting Park Science abounds in Hunting Park! Join students, community leaders, and neighborhood residents for an array of hands-on experiments exploring the science behind everything from car hydraulics to healthy eating. Organized by the Hunting Park Community Science Network. FREE 11:00 AM–3:00 PM Hunting Park | 900 Hunting Park Avenue
Naturepalooza Discovery Day in Clark Park Explore the great outdoors at this family- Discover science in West Philadelphia! Meet local scientists and friendly celebration honoring Earth Day. STEM students and experience the beauty and wonder of Clark Enjoy interactive, environment-themed Park in a new way. Participate in interactive, hands-on activities that activities, live music, storytelling, nature illuminate the science of this iconic neighborhood park! walks, and more! FREE 11:00 AM–2:00 PM FREE Clark Park | 4398 Chester Avenue 11:00 AM–3:00 PM The Schuylkill Center | 8480 Hagys Mill Road Underwritten by University of the Sciences.
10 Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 11 sunday Explorer Sunday See science in action with behind-the-scenes tours, hikes, and explorations at 15 of the region’s coolest labs, gardens, , april 27 farms, and even a cemetery! Events are FREE and admission
is first come, first served unless otherwise noted. Some , april 27 programs can only accommodate small groups—arrive early to guarantee a spot! Birding Smackdown! Do you have eagle eyes? Pick a site and test yourself during this bird- watching and tracking challenge and find out which location, Bartram’s sunday Garden or The Woodlands, is home to more feathered friends! FREE 7:00 AM–7:00 PM Bartram’s Garden | 54th Street and Lindbergh Boulevard The Woodlands | 4000 Woodland Avenue
Life in the Graveyard Microscope Station: There’s plenty of life in the graveyard. Learn about the cemetery-garden’s Create a Science Self-Portrait of Your Cells ecosystem of trees, plants, and animals and discover how they thrive Create a one-of-a-kind self portrait! Use a digital microscope to examine and amongst the dead! photograph your cheek cells and hair follicles. Plus, isolate and visualize your FREE own DNA! 9:30–11:30 AM & 2:00–4:00 PM $5 individual, $10 family Laurel Hill Cemetery | 3822 Ridge Avenue 10:00 AM–1:00 PM University City Science Center | Department of Making + Doing 3711 Market Street, Ground Floor Field Work with Urban Naturalist, Bernard Brown Explore the streams, rocky outcrops, ponds and forests of the Schuylkill Clothes of the Future: Center’s 340-acre property with Grid Magazine’s Urban Naturalist columnist, Bernard Brown. Discover some of the elusive and fascinating reptiles and Wearable Technology amphibians that lurk out of sight! Can your sweater monitor your heartbeat? Clothing can be more than just fabric, it can be wearable technology. Explore the science behind smart FREE textiles in a state-of-the-art laboratory and discover how the future of 10:00 AM–12:00 PM clothing is developing in the lab instead of on the runway. The Schuylkill Center | 8480 Hagys Mill Road FREE Collaborators: The Schuylkill Center, Grid Magazine 10:30 AM–12:30 PM The ExCITE Center at Drexel University | 3401 Market Street, Suite 100
Making Medicine: Temple Pharmacy Lab Break out your goggles and lab coats and go behind the scenes of an actual science lab! Learn how to make a zinc-oxide ointment, commonly used to Chicks, Bees, and Farm Fun prevent diaper rash and sunburns, and discover how pharmacists turn new Visit a working urban farm nestled in historic Germantown! Meet the chickens, chemicals into medication. tour the greenhouse, and take a peek at a real beehive. FREE, LIMITED SPOTS! FREE 10:00 AM–12:00 PM 10:30 AM–2:00 PM Temple University School of Pharmacy | 3307 North Broad Street Wyck Historic House, Garden, and Farm | 6026 Germantown Avenue
12 Advanced registration is strongly recommended. Tickets may not be available at the door. Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 13 sunday
Plasma Lab: Improving TV Picture Quality and Saving Lives Take a tour of Drexel’s Plasma Lab and discover how the technology in your TV is being used to tackle problems from disease treatment to water purification. , april 27 FREE, LIMITED SPOTS! 12:00–3:00 PM , april 27 A.J. Drexel Plasma Institute | 200 Federal Street
Ecosystem Exploration:
Tadpoles, Insects, Worms, and Birds sunday Explore the many ecosystems of Riverbend! Catch tadpoles at the pond, sweep for insects in the meadow, dig for worms in the soil, and look for birds in the trees. Live animals and hands-on activities bring the science of nature to life. FREE 1:00–4:00 PM Riverbend Environmental Education Center | 1950 Spring Mill Road Row, Row, Row Your Boat: Building and Handling Rowboats Outdoor Adventure: Join the Independence Seaport Museum for a day of exploration on the water! Learn how to row traditionally built wooden rowboats and kayaks— Wildlife, Sporting and Science created on-site in the boat shop—and take a tour of the Spanish-American Let your inner outdoorsman shine! Explore the ecology of local fishing, War Cruiser Olympia and WWII Submarine Becuna. embark on an urban hiking adventure, and discover the physics behind the perfect bull’s-eye. FREE WITH ADMISSION 11:00 AM–4:00 PM FREE Independence Seaport Museum | 211 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard 1:00–3:00 PM John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge | 8601 Lindbergh Boulevard
From Soil to Smoothie: Science of Skateboarding Learn About Agriculture at Longview Farm Ollie, grind, and carve your way through this interactive demonstration Visit a working farm and learn about local organic agriculture. Get your exploring the connections between mathematics, physics, and skateboarding. hands dirty harvesting field-fresh veggies that you can power into a delicious Discover how riders in this action sport utilize physics concepts such as smoothie using our blender bike! Say hello to our heritage breed chickens, momentum, gravity, friction, and centripetal force at Paine’s Park! goats, and sheep while strolling through the orchards and fields. FREE FREE 2:00–4:00 PM 11:00 AM–3:00 PM Paine’s Skatepark | Martin Luther King Jr. Drive & The Benjamin Franklin Parkway Longview Farm | 3215 Stump Hall Road Collaborators: Franklin’s Paine Skatepark Fund, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, Action Science
HighWaterLine: A Walking Art Experience Join artist Eve Mosher and fellow Philadelphians to start drawing the HighWaterLine—a bold chalk line along areas susceptible to increased Water Lab: What Lives in our Rivers? flooding caused by climate change. As you walk, join the conversation about Visit the Water Lab and discover how shad make an incredible journey using the impacts of climate change and potential solutions. Presented by Chemical smell, currents, temperature, and other environmental clues, to travel from the Heritage Foundation. ocean back to the rivers where they were born. FREE, REGISTRATION REQUIRED FREE 12:00–3:00 PM 2:00 PM–4:00 PM Meeting location: Target | 2701 Castor Avenue Fairmount Water Works | 640 Waterworks Drive
14 Advanced registration is strongly recommended. Tickets may not be available at the door. Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 15 sunday Cafés at Mess Fest Take a minute to clean up and enjoy some science talks inside the Playhouse. Kids are welcome. , april 27
What Are They Thinking? How the Brain , april 27 Develops from Infancy to Adolescence How can children learn three languages effortlessly? Why do teenagers often seem so self-centered? While your kids enjoy Mess Fest, join local neurologists to explore how the brain develops with age. FREE sunday 1:30–2:30 PM Collaborators: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,Temple University Spatial Intelligence Learning Center, Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, The Franklin Institute
Underwritten by PNC
Science Storytime: What’s the Matter with Pluto? Gather around for Mess Fest storytime! Physicist and author Paul Halpern and cartoonist Vance Lehmkuhl tell the story of Pluto’s rise and fall. Cartooning activities help explain what it means to be a planet. FREE 3:00–3:45 PM Collaborators: University of the Sciences, Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse, The Franklin Institute, The Free Library of Philadelphia Mess Fest at Smith Playground Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse | 3500 Reservoir Drive Your brain changes when you play. The Franklin Institute brings its ultra-messy, ooey-gooey, slimy and oozy MESS FEST to Philadelphia’s favorite playground! Shoot off Alka-Seltzer rockets, make slime to take home, and see how far the soap bubble monster will spread. Pay what you wish at the door. 1:00–4:00 PM Collaborators: Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse, The Franklin Institute, Free Library of Philadelphia, John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Please Touch Museum, Temple University
16 Advanced registration is strongly recommended. Tickets may not be available at the door. Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 17 sunday
Murder at the Mütter™: Serial Killer A series of murders has occurred across the city. Is this the work of a serial killer? Dive into the minds of killers, past and present.
, april 27 $40, Ages 18 and up. 2:30–6:00 PM The Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia 19 South 22nd Street Arcadia University, Association of Women in Forensic Science, Drexel University, Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, The Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia University, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, The Woodlands, University of Pennsylvania, University of the Sciences sunday, april 27 sunday,
Science Crawl: Brain Games Break out your thinking cap and embark on a tour of the human brain during this four-stop science crawl in Old City. Play the memory game-show at The Continental, meet one smart bird at Indy Hall, learn what’s really happening during a “brain freeze,” and more on this two-hour science crawl. $35 4:00–6:30 PM Indy Hall (Check-in Location) | 22 North 3rd Street Collaborators: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Continental Restaurant and Martini Bar, Indy Hall, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Shane Confectionery, The Franklin Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Nerd Nite Brunch: Body vs. Booze Have a little too much fun last night? Learn what’s going on in your body while you’re drinking and why your body feels the way it does after a night out. Uncover the truth about common hangover “cures” at this brunch edition of Nerd Nite. $5 general, $15 VIP (VIP tickets include reserved seating and a snack.) 12:00–1:30 PM Frankford Hall | 1210 Frankford Avenue Collaborators: Frankford Hall, Nerd Nite Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University, The Franklin Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Remix Interactive: Music and Light Show Sounds Made Up: Remix Interactive, partnering students from Springside Chestnut Hill (True) Tales From the History of Science Academy and Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia, the Drexel ExCITe Center, and Play Join local comedians and historians of science for a journey back in time. On Philly!, presents a mobile app light show with live original orchestral and Take a lighthearted look at times when our best scientific intentions resulted electronic music. in unexpected outcomes. $5 $10, ages 18+ 1:30–2:30 PM 4:00–6:00 PM World Cafe Live | 3025 Walnut Street World Cafe Live | 3025 Walnut Street Collaborators: Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia, Collaborators: Bryn Mawr College, Drexel University, Haverford College, The ExCITE Center at Drexel University, Play On Philly! Philly Improv Theater
18 Advanced registration is strongly recommended. Tickets may not be available at the door. Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 19 neigh b orhood science Neighborhood Science After School Free Library of Philadelphia Locations Monday, April 28–Thursday, May 1, 3:30–5:30 PM
What better way to celebrate science than in your own backyard? Join the Philadelphia Science Festival at your neighborhood library after school for a celebration of science exploration! Scientists, engineers, and other experts will share their knowledge to provide FUN and FREE programs, including interactive activities, family- friendly experiments, and hands-on demonstrations, for all to enjoy.
neighborhood science FREE! FREE!
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Monday, April 28 Tuesday, April 29 Wednesday, April 30 Thursday, May 1 Cecil B. Moore Library Andorra Library Charles Santore Library Haddington Library 2320 Cecil B. Moore Avenue 705 Cathedral Road 932 South 7th Street 446 North 65th Street
Charles L. Durham Library Bushrod Library Fox Chase Library Richmond Library 3320 Haverford Avenue 6043 Castor Avenue 501 Rhawn Street 2987 Almond Street
Eastwick Library Logan Library Fumo Family Library Wadsworth Avenue Library 2851 Island Avenue 1333 Wagner Avenue 2437 South Broad Street 1500 Wadsworth Avenue
Falls of Schuylkill Library Katharine Drexel Library 3501 Midvale Avenue 11099 Knights Road
Haverford Library Wyoming Library 5543 Haverford Avenue 231 East Wyoming Avenue
Ramonita de Rodriguez Library 600 West Girard Avenue
20 Advanced registration is strongly recommended. Tickets may not be available at the door. Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 21 monday
Feathered Friends This cafe is for the birds. Learn about our feathered friends—from the plant species they spread to how you can build a backyard habitat for them. , april 28 FREE , april 28 6:30–8:30PM Iron Hill Brewery | 8400 Germantown Avenue
Collaborators: Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, John James Audubon Phanatics: Philadelphia’s Love/Hate Center at Mill Grove Relationship with Sports monday Do you cry when the Eagles lose? Does a Phillies’ homerun send you soaring? Philadelphians are passionate about their sports. Explore our multifaceted sports mentality, from fanaticism to choking under the pressure. $5, $15 VIP (VIP tickets include reserved seating and a snack.) 6:00–7:00 PM Frankford Hall | 1210 Frankford Avenue Collaborators: Frankford Hall, The Franklin Institute, Temple University
Science Happy Hour: Human Health from Medieval to Modern Times Did you know that DNA isn’t the only way to inherit traits from your parents? Or that leeches and maggots are still used in modern medicine? Discover how breakthroughs in health, both new and old, influence the medical field today. Enjoy fittingly themed cocktails and have your say in this lively discussion! FREE 6:00–7:30 PM Continental Old City | 138 Market Street Collaborators: Continental Restaurant and Martini Bar, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Science on Tap Quizzo Back for the fourth year and more competitive than ever! Assemble The Great Horned Owl is your team and prepare to square off and answer science trivia tidbits one of the only predators that will eat skunks. in this all-out battle for top scientific prowess. FREE 6:00–8:00 PM National Mechanics | 22 South 3rd Street Collaborators: American Philosophical Society, National Mechanics, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, The Chemical Heritage Foundation, The Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, The Wagner Free Institute of Science
22 Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 23 Tuesday, april 29
A baseball has 108 stitches, and each one helps the ball to curve.
ICK! Creatures that Make Your Skin Crawl and the Lovely Reasons Why Does the sound of bees buzzing make your skin crawl? Why does the sight of a cockroach give us the creepy-crawlies? Sing and dance your way through this surrealist performance and discover how the sensation of touch affects human perception. FREE 6:30–7:30 PM tuesday, april 29 tuesday, Science Night at the Ballpark Frankford Hall | 1210 Frankford Avenue Cheer on the Phillies and explore the science of sports! Before and during the game, visit a dozen hands-on activity stations throughout Collaborators: Drexel University, Frankford Hall, The Academy of Natural the stadium. Sciences of Drexel University
From $20, $8 discount with code SCIENCE Activities begin at 5:00 PM, Game time 7:05 PM Citizens Bank Park | 1 Citizens Bank Way Perspectives on Public Health Collaborators: Drexel University, Free Library of Philadelphia, Independence What is public health and why does it matter? Participate in in a Seaport Museum, John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, Penn Muse- discussion with some of Philadelphia’s public health leaders, doctors, um, Philadelphia Phillies, The Philadelphia Zoo, The Franklin Institute, Thomas and journalists over a few pints of beer. Jefferson University, Temple University, TU Teach FREE 6:00–7:30 PM Underwritten by Rembrandt’s | 741 North 23rd Street
Collaborators: Drexel University, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, The Wistar Institute Science Happy Hour: Misunderstood Monsters If 600 lb. Siberian tigers or foot-long T-Rex incisors are your kryptonite, come take a walk on the wild side and learn about some of the fiercest predators that ever lived. Hear how you can work to save tigers from deforestation while you sip ferocious cocktails. FREE 6:00–7:30 PM Continental Old City | 138 Market Street Collaborators: Continental Old City, New Jersey Academy of Aquatic Sciences, Philadelphia Zoo, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
West Philly Science Showcase Join experts from the University of Pennsylvania, University City Science Center and Monell Chemical Senses Center as they share 5-minute flash talks about amazing research conducted west of the river! $5 in advance, $7 at the door 6:00–8:00 PM World Cafe Live | 3025 Walnut Street Collaborators: Drexel University, Monell Chemical Senses Center, University City Science Center, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania LRSM, University of the Sciences, Wistar Institute, Underwritten by the University of Pennsylvania
24 Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 25 wednesday
Love, Lust and Loathing: The Science Behind Our Strongest Emotions What separates love from lust? What triggers disgust? Do other primates experience love? Do dolphins feel lust? Six local experts
dive into the hormonal and chemical factors that fuel these , april 30 intense emotions.
, april 30 $5 general, $15 VIP (VIP tickets include reserved seating and a snack.) 6:00–7:00 PM Frankford Hall | 1210 Frankford Avenue Collaborators: Frankford Hall, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, The Franklin Institute, University of Pennsylvania Playing With Numbers: How Math Can Help You Win Your friends will call you the ‘wizard of odds’ after this course! wednesday I Love My Science Job Pick-up a few simple tips and tricks to enhance your game—at the Not all science jobs take place in the lab! Get a 360° view of the casino, board game night, and even your fantasy football league. diverse job opportunities within science and technology industries $5 and hear professionals and researchers who have one thing in 6:00–8:00 PM common: they all love their jobs. Rembrandt’s | 741 North 23rd Street FREE, registration required Collaborators: Rembrandt’s, The Franklin Institute 4:00–7:00 PM | Lab tours begin at 4:00pm, program begins at 5:00pm Quorum, University City Science Center 3711 Market Street, 8th Floor
Collaborators: Campus Philly, University City Science Center To Veg or Not to Veg? The Science Behind Vegetarianism If you go vegetarian, do you save your wallet? Your health? The world? Just your own peace of mind? Explore the science of vegetarianism from nutritional and cost-saving benefits to psychosocial perspectives and effects on climate change. $5 6:00–7:30 PM The Pavilion at Franklin Square | 200 North 6th Street Collaborators: Chemicals Are Our Friends, The Franklin Institute
Sleep: A Bedtime Story What is sleep and why do you need it? What happens when you don’t get enough sleep? Enter the world of dreams and hear experts explain where your mind really goes once you’ve fallen asleep. $10 6:30–8:30 PM The Franklin Institute, Fels Planetarium | 222 North 20th Street Collaborators: The Franklin Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
26 Advanced registration is strongly recommended. Tickets may not be available at the door. Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 27 thursday, may 1
Science Storytelling: Higher Planes What inspires you to reach for the stars? Produced in collaboration
with First Person Arts and The Story Collider, you’ll hear from 5 1 , may storytellers as they share a tale about how science made a difference in their lives and inspired them to strive for greatness. $15 6:30–8:30 PM The Franklin Institute, Fels Planetarium | 222 North 20th Street Collaborators: First Person Arts, The Franklin Institute, The Story Collider
thursday
DIY Science: Fermentation Taste, sip, and ferment at Philly’s authentic, gourmet cheese mecca— Di Bruno Brothers. Discover how bacteria and yeast help create some of your favorite foods, and create your very own fermentation experiment to bring home. $15 6:00–8:00 PM The oldest stories are 27,000 Di Bruno Bros. | 1730 Chestnut Street year old cave paintings. Collaborators: Di Bruno Bros, Phickle, University City Science Center
Cure You or Kill You: 19th Century Medical Science & Quackery Do you feel lucky? Play the ultimate game of life by navigating the medical treatments of the 19th century. Just cross your fingers and hope the cure isn’t worse than the disease itself! $10 6:30–8:30 PM Laurel Hill Cemetery | 3822 Ridge Avenue Collaborators: Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery, The Franklin Institute
28 Advanced registration is strongly recommended. Tickets may not be available at the door. Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 29 friday
Chemical Heritage First Friday: Shall We Talk About the Weather? , may 2 Ever wonder why days with rainy forecasts turn out to be sunny? How do we respond to both daily shifts in our environment and long-term climate change? Explore CHF’s Sensing Change exhibit, take part in activities, and hear meteorologists, scientists, and artists share their views on the weather and our changing climate.
FREE 2 may friday, 5:00–8:00 PM Chemical Heritage Foundation | 315 Chestnut Street Collaborators: Chemical Heritage Foundation. The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia Zoo, CBS3, WHYY
Beer Chemistry Explore the science behind your favorite suds! Sample delicious pairings as brewers and sensory scientists demonstrate the science behind some of our favorite combinations. $40 7:00–10:00 PM Yards Brewing Company | 901 North Delaware Avenue Collaborators: Monell Chemical Senses Center, The Franklin Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Yards Brewing Company
The Magical Mushroom: How a Little Spore Can Save the World Can mushrooms save the world? Famed mycologist Paul Stamets thinks so! Join us to learn about the incredible restorative potential of mushrooms for both people and the planet and stay after the talk to sample a selection of mushroom varieties with local growers. $15 5:30–8:30 PM The Wagner Free Institute of Science | 1700 West Montgomery Avenue Collaborators: The Wagner Free Institute of Science, Mycopolitan
30 Advanced registration is strongly recommended. Tickets may not be available at the door. Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 31 saturday
free! over 150 exhibitors of interactive activities! 3 , may , may 3
Science Carnival saturday
FREE! on the Parkway This year, the festival culminates with a free all-day event featuring more than 150 exhibitors offering non-stop, family-friendly experiments, games, and a packed line-up of live entertainment and
food trucks. Taste liquid nitrogen ice cream, meet zoo animals, sweep FREE! a “crime scene” for forensic evidence, and launch rockets and sun gaze in the “Space Alley” area. You can even meet a real astronaut!
A full list of exhibitors and activities is available online at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org/carnival.
10:00 AM–4:00 PM 20th Street & The Benjamin Franklin Parkway in front of The Franklin Institute
Great Gigs What is a typical day at the office for some of the coolest local scientists? Hear from a putty maker, a doctor/science fiction author, and a real-life mummy excavator! FREE 1:00–2:15 PM The Franklin Institute, Franklin Theater
32 Advanced registration is strongly recommended. Tickets may not be available at the door. Learn more and buy your tickets in advance at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 33 FREE! P rofessional D evelopment W Programs for Educators Educators are instrumental to inspiring the next generation of The Science of Helicopters scientists. That’s why teachers are VIP’s at the Philadelphia Science Learn how the complex engineering design inherent to rotor craft Festival! From a variety of FREE professional development workshops development can be used as a great teaching example of applied shops to your very own lounge at the Science Carnival on the Parkway, the and integrated STEM subjects. Participate in K–12 demonstrations festival offers an assortment of programming to nurture your love of and learn to foster student participation. Presented by the American
science—both inside and outside of the classroom! Helicopter Museum & Education Center. or k PSF Educator Programs are underwritten by Tuesday, April 29, 4:00–5:30 PM The Franklin Institute 4th Floor Harcourt Conference Room 222 North 20th Street
Teaching Math & Science Using Spatial Thinking How can spatial thinking transform K–12 science education? Work with cognitive scientists and discover the recent research supporting the importance of spatial thinking for STEM learning. Then, break into small groups and work with other educators to “spatialize” a lesson plan or activity. Presented by Temple University’s Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center. Tuesday, April 29, 4:30–6:30 PM Temple University Spatial & Intelligence Learning Center| 1701 North 13th Street Professional Development Workshops PSF is excited to offer FREE professional development for teachers interested Understanding the Urban Watershed or k in acquiring new skills and materials to integrate STEM in the classroom! Visit Learn how to engage and connect students to their environment! PhilaScienceFestival.org to register. Gain free multimedia tools for environmental education and learn how to build a model watershed and waterway with recycled and
shops inexpensive materials. Presented by Fairmount Water Works and the Integrating STEM into Project-Based Learning GreenTreks Network. Learn how to effectively embed STEM content into your project-based Wednesday, April 30, 4:00–6:30 PM learning approaches. Gain strategies that will help you incorporate Fairmount Water Works | 640 Waterworks Drive student choice and voice into learning opportunities. Presented by The Franklin Institute. W D evelopment P rofessional
FREE! Monday, April 28, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM AP Computer Science Principles The Franklin Institute, 5th Floor Conference Center | 222 North 20th Street Get your students interested in computer science! Learn basic computational thinking practices and receive sample materials and Project Learning Tree interactive activities to prepare for the new AP Computer Science Explore the ways that trees impact our daily lives and experience the Principles course. Presented by REThink CS @ Drexel, from the College of Computing & Informatics.
journey of a water droplet from the clouds, through the trees, and into FREE! the ground! Gain resources for use in pre-K through Grade 8 classrooms. Wednesday, April 30, 5:00–6:30 PM Presented by John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge. Drexel University, Rush Building | Room 014, 30 North 33rd Street Monday, April 28, 4:00–7:00 PM John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge | 8601 Lindbergh Boulevard Mathematics in K-12/Higher Ed. Partnerships Save the Penguins! Teaching the Science of Heat Eager to incorporate activities that make math relevant to your students in real world contexts? Dr. Idris Stovall, who regularly Transfer Through Engineering Design collaborates with Egyptian colleagues to build K–12/higher ed Learn how to introduce engineering design and the fundamentals partnerships around mathematics, will reflect on his experiences and of heat and energy transfer to your middle school class. Receive a showcase activities and curricula designed to make the ‘M’ in STEM curriculum guide and learn how to expand this STEM lesson into a unit relevant to students and teachers alike. Presented by the University on alternative energy sources. Presented by Temple University College of Pennsylvania’s Africa and Middle East Centers. of Education. Thursday, May 1, 4:30–6:30 PM Monday, April 28, 4:30–6:30 PM University of Pennsylvania, Fisher-Bennett Hall, Room 138 Temple University, Ritter Hall | Room 302, 1801 North Broad Street 3340 Walnut Street 34 35 FIELD TRIPS Field Trip Opportunities The Franklin Institute We have FIELD TRIPS down to a science! Explore three floors of Visit PhilaScienceFestival.org or call the numbers listed with each interactive exhibits including Sports Challenge, Space Command and event below for pricing and booking information. Can’t take your the iconic Giant Heart. Engage your students with a hands-on workshop class on a field trip at any of the times below—don’t worry! Each ® of the organizations below offers field trips all year round. Is your or see an educational film in the 5-story tall Tutteman IMAX theater! school Title I? Be sure to ask booking agents about special pricing. Book your field trip: Call The Franklin Institute at 215.448.1200 (Option 3) or [email protected]
Friday, May 2, 9:30 AM–5:00 PM FIELD TRIPS 222 North 20th Street From STEM to Stern at the Independence Seaport Museum Hop on the oldest steel warship afloat in the world, theOlympia, and explore mechanical advantage and the science of weaponry. Teachers’ Lounge Discover the ecology of the surrounding river shore and sharpen your seaman skills through hands-on boat building techniques. at the Science Carnival on the Parkway Book your field trip: Contact Tina Yerkes, Group Sales Manager 215.413.8626 Teachers truly are VIPs at the Science Carnival on the Parkway. or [email protected] Stop by the teachers’ lounge and pick up a guide to science Monday, April 28, 9:00 AM–2:00 PM resources, meet some area scientists, and enter for a chance 211 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard to win a field trip for your class to The Franklin Institute.
May 3, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM A History of Philly’s Scientific Men and Women 20th Street & The Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Laurel Hill Cemetery The Franklin Institute Students will explore the final resting places of important scientific men and women and hear their respective stories of pioneering scientific discovery and practice. They may rest in peace but their ideas and contributions are still important today. Book your field trip: Contact Emma Stern at 215.228.8200 or [email protected] Tuesday, April 29, 10:00 AM–4:30 PM 3822 Ridge Avenue
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology At the Penn Museum, STEM and history collide! Interactive workshops include: 5000 Easy Pieces: Making a Mosaic, Roman Domes and Arches: The Science of Ancient Architecture, Preserving the Past: Artifact Lab, or Mummy Makers. Book your field trip: Contact Kristin Hoeberlein at 215.746.6774 or [email protected] Wednesday, April 30, 10:00 AM–4:30 PM 3260 South Street Educator Technology Forum 2014 Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Earn ACT 48 credit and celebrate educators who improve Take a walk on the wild side! From live animals to fossils, Academy the way students learn through the use of technology! field trips offer a range of educational and entertaining experiences This competition and conference promotes the sharing for students. Students can visit with live butterflies, touch real of exceptional practices, recognizes educators and animals such as snakes and cockroaches, or experience digging their innovative schools, and provides professional development own dinosaur in our galleries. in technology integration. Presented by the School of the Book your field trip: Call the Academy of Natural Sciences Reservations Future Partnership Foundation Department at 215.299.1060 or [email protected] $99 Registration required. Thursday, May 1, 10:00 AM–4:30 PM Friday, May 2, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM 36 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway SchoolLearn more of the and Future buy your | 4021 tickets Parkside in advance Avenue at www.PhilaScienceFestival.org 37 PHILADELPHIA SCIENCE FESTIVAL Discover more Core Collaborators include: about The Philadelphia The Academy of Natural Sciences Science Festival! Association of Women in Forensic Science Bartram’s Garden Chemical Heritage Foundation The City of Philadelphia The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Drexel University Fairmount Water Works The Franklin Institute The Free Library of Philadelphia Ticketing Access Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery Many PSF events sellout and tickets Most venues are wheelchair accessible. may not be available at the door Sign Language Interpreters are available Independence Seaport Museum once an event is filled to capacity. for most Festival events when requested John Heinz National Wildfire Refuge at Tinicum Advanced registration is strongly at least three days in advance. recommended. John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove To request a Sign Language Interpreter, Purchase tickets online at or for more information on accessibility: La Salle University www.PhilaScienceFestival.org. Email [email protected] Monell Chemical Senses Center or call Ellen Trappey, Community New Jersey Association of Aquatic Sciences Ticket Prices Programming Specialist, at 215.448.1346. To ensure that everyone can enjoy NextFab Studio the Festival, ticket prices are kept Connect Philadelphia Center for Arts and Technology as low as possible. More than 80% Join the conversation and tell us about and nearly all of Philadelphia University of events are free your Philadelphia Science Festival those ticketed are offered at a low experience! Share your feedback, post Philadelphia Zoo cost. When there is a charge, the pictures and invite your friends to fees cover the costs associated with Festival events. Please Touch Museum running the event. Riverbend Environmental Education Center The School District of Philadelphia www.PhilaScienceFestival.org The Schuylkill Center #PSF2014 #GetNerdyPHL Temple University University of Pennsylvania This brochure is printed on a 100% FSC certified University of Pennsylvania Museum of paper that is manufactured using biogas energy. In Archaeology and Anthropology our steps to act sustainably, we have reduced the circuation number of this brochure. University of the Sciences The Wagner Free Institute of Science Please note: Information contained in this Program Guide is correct as of March The Wistar Institute 11, 2014. However, the Festival reserves the right to change events or information in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Event changes will be listed on the website, so please check www.philasciencefestival.org before heading to an event.
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