Science Learning for All Ages FILM & PLANETARIUM SHOW SCHEDULE EUGENE HEIKOFF AND MARILYN JACOBS HEIKOFF HOURS WEEKEND ACTIVITIES FOR PRE-K TO 8TH GRADE GIANT DOME THEATER MON–THUR 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Hours subject to change. IS SEEING REALLY BELIEVING? FRI–SUN 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Check fleetscience.org ILLUSIONS OPENS FEBRUARY 15 Every month the Fleet hosts a variety of educational and creative when planning your visit. events for all ages to enjoy. CUBA: JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF THE CARIBBEAN Young Scientists is a hands-on preschool science program Exhibition galleries are open until HOW ARE YOU AT Daily: Noon & 4 p.m. 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, February 5. designed for children ages 3–5 years with an accompanying adult. Please note: No noon show on February 3. No showing on February 23. SOLVING MYSTERIES? The program provides informal learning experiences that create interest and excitement around science. This session is for the MINDBENDER MANSION IS OPEN NOW budding architect in your family. We provide the tools for families TURTLE ODYSSEY to design, invent and build. Daily: 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. Fri–Sun: 1 p.m., 3 p.m. & 6 p.m. 47 YEARS OF AMAZING FILMS Students in grades 1–4 are invited to explore an array of fields, Please note: No showing on February 23. including engineering, environmental science and robotics, with 1875 El Prado THE IMAX FILM FESTIVAL IS BACK hands-on activities and interaction with local scientists in Junior San Diego, CA 92101 Science Club. This month we combine science, art and technology SUPERPOWER DOGS to build a robot capable of creating art. Daily: 2 p.m. & 5 p.m. (619) 238-1233 And more! Look inside. > Sat–Sun: 11 a.m., 2 p.m. & 5 p.m. fleetscience.org Weekend Science Club is for students in grades 5–8. Sessions will be filled with new challenges, hands-on activities and interaction Mon Feb. 17: 11 a.m. with local scientists. This month we’ll take adventure to new Please note: No showing on February 23. Follow us on: heights by creating a device to prevent an egg from cracking when it’s dropped from a ladder. THE SKY TONIGHT:

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47 Years of Fantastic Films Explore a Career in High Tech IMAX FILM FESTIVAL THE HIGH TECH FAIR Grab some popcorn and enjoy a day of cinematic wonders as the The High Tech Fair is an event for students in grades 7–12 to learn Fleet screens your favorite films at this year’s IMAX Film Festival. about the opportunities available to them as they pursue a career From the depths of the ocean to the caldera of a volcano to the within a scientific field. The science that students learn in the forests of China, each of these top-rated films will transport you to classroom is complemented with real-life applications through wondrous places with the breathtaking cinematography that can interactive experiences provided by participating local STEM only be experienced in an IMAX dome theater. (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)-related industries. These businesses are ready to inspire a new generation The IMAX Film Festival is Sunday, February 23 and a diœerent film of scientists and engineers. Over 30 booths with exhibitor will screen each hour from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. representatives and hands-on activities will be available for students to explore. Full schedule is available at Financial support for the Fleet Science Center fleetscience.org/events/imax-film-festival is provided in part by the City of San Diego The High Tech Fair is February 6 & 7. Sign up at Commission for Arts and Culture. fleetscience.org/events/high-tech-fair

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Schedule is subject to change. Please visit fleetscience.org for the CALENDAR most up-to-date information. FEBRUARY 5 FEBRUARY 15 COMMUNITY EVENTS EDUCATIONAL EVENTS FEBRUARYJANUARY EVENTS EVENTS Exploring Ethics—Artificially Accessibility Morning intelligent models of cancer FEBRUARY 8 & 9 52 Weeks of Science Register for Teacher Workshops at: fleetscience.org/teachers FLEET EVENTS Weekend Science Clubs: Enjoy early entrance to the exhibit FEBRUARY 3 A major ambition of artificial Egg-cellent Challenge galleries with significantly less people, 52 Weeks of Science brings Sharp Minds—Going to the intelligence lies in translating access to a special cool-oœ space and researchers, engineers and scientists FEBRUARY 6 & 7 FEBRUARY 1 Ends of the Earth to Glimpse patient data to successful therapies. Join us on the second weekend of a modified IMAX film screening at 10 to local neighborhoods to share High Tech Fair New Exhibition! the Beginning of Time Machine learning models face each month to investigate exciting a.m. with the house lights on and a the wonder of science with families Brain: The World Inside particular challenges in biomedicine, science topics. Sessions will be lower soundtrack volume. where they live, work and play. All The High Tech Fair is an event Your Head What would it have been like to be including handling of extreme filled with new challenges, hands-on events are FREE. for students in grades 7–12 to data heterogeneity and lack of activities and interaction with local learn about the opportunities an eyewitness to the Big Bang? In For details, visit: Was Einstein’s brain really bigger? mechanistic insight into predictions. scientists. This month we’ll take 9–10 a.m. available to them as they pursue 2014, astronomers using the powerful 52weeksofscience.org. What brain disorder a¥icted BICEP2 telescope at the South Pole Here, we argue for “visible” adventure to new heights! Have fun 10 a.m. film: A Beautiful Planet a career within a scientific field. Abraham Lincoln? Is there a fine thought they’d glimpsed evidence of approaches that guide model with physics by creating a device to 52 Weeks of Science is sponsored The science that students learn in line between genius and mental the period of cosmic inflation at the structure with experimental biology. prevent an egg from cracking while in part by SDG&E, Union Bank the classroom is complemented illness? Separate facts from myths beginning of time. In this popular-level The forums welcome anyone who exploring forces, motion and more. Foundation and Qualcomm. with real-life applications through FEBRUARY 23 in Brain: The World Inside Your is open to learning new ideas and interactive experiences provided by talk, cosmologist Brian Keating tells IMAX Film Festival Head. The exhibit takes you on a the inside story of BICEP2’s detection listening to viewpoints that are Saturday, February 8 participating local STEM (science, journey inside your head, providing and the ensuing scientific drama. diœerent from their own. 12 noon to 2 p.m. technology, engineering and a hands-on and up-close look at the Grab some popcorn and enjoy a day FEBRUARY 10 mathematics)-related industries. human body’s most essential and of cinematic wonders as the Fleet 10:30 a.m. lecture 5–7 p.m. Sunday, February 9 Suds & Science: Not Your These businesses are ready to fascinating organ. Don’t miss the screens your favorite films at this Noon Theater Show: Community Forum 1 to 3 p.m Grandfather’s Stem Cells inspire a new generation of scientists mind-boggling experience of this fun year’s IMAX Film Festival. From the Cosmic Voyage and engineers. Over 30 booths with and intriguing exhibition. There’s fun depths of the ocean to the caldera of Over the 40 years since the Members $13 exhibitor representatives and hands- and amazement for every member a volcano to the forests of China, each discovery of the stem cell there has Non-members $15 on activities will be available for of the family. It’s your brain. Come FEBRUARY 5 of these top-rated films will transport been a growing appreciation of the For grades 5–8 students to explore. discover it! The Sky Tonight: Celebrating you to wondrous places with the depth and richness of its biological FEBRUARY 4 the Spitzer Space Telescope breathtaking cinematography that repertoire and its place in almost Are We Alone? The Search can only be experienced in an IMAX Family Night: every human condition. Join Dr. Evan for Life Beyond Earth The Spitzer Space Telescope is FEBRUARY 15 dome theater. Snyder of Sanford Burnham Prebys February 6, 5-8 p.m. FEBRUARY 1, 8, 15 & 22 New Exhibition Opening Medical Institute, as he discusses all Make-It Workshop ending its mission after a successful Since the beginning of history, humans sixteen year journey. This spacecraft Illusions: It’s Not What You 11 a.m.–6 p.m. of these topics which have been at School Day: have been looking to the stars and mission documented the universe in See, It’s How You See. the leading-edge of what he likes February 7, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stop by Studio X on Saturdays to wondering if anyone—or anything—is infrared radiation at an unparalleled Heikoœ Giant Dome Theater to call “translational developmental try your hand at making. Open to looking back at us. Is there life on scale. We will celebrate the The Fleet’s new Illusions gallery bends biology”. Balboa Park Activity Center makers of all ages (makers 12 and Mars, the moons of Jupiter or any highlights of this mission as it your mind and shares how the brain Cost: Admission to one film is 2145 Park Blvd., San Diego CA 92101 under with an adult collaborator. of the other 4,000 planets we have comes to an end. processes information in ways that can included with your regular Fleet 6:30–8 p.m. Make-It Workshop activities change discovered orbiting other stars? How often deceive us. You’ll see colors and ticket. Additional films are $7 each. Mangia Italiano monthly and fees vary. are NASA and SETI (Search for 7 p.m. & 8:15 p.m. shapes where there aren’t any, faces 248 Third Avenue Extraterrestrial Intelligence) searching Adult $19.95 appear from the strangest places and Chula Vista, CA 91910 For details visit www.rhfleet.org/ for life in this vast universe? Seniors $18.95 the simplest images lead to the most $5 online; $6 at the door events/make-it-workshop surprising revelations. Step inside the FEBRUARY 29 Juniors $17.95 Kids Night Out Join us for a thought-provoking Member discounts available world of visual illusions and discover FEBRUARY 1: Marshmallow discussion with scientists on the that it is not what you see, but it’s how Shooters frontiers of this work to explore these you see that truly matters. Drop your kids oœ so they can FEBRUARY 19 questions and to raise your own. explore the Fleet after hours. They’ll FEBRUARY 8: Valentine String Art San Diego STEM FEBRUARY 15: Rubber Band be able to enjoy the Fleet’s newest FEBRUARY 6–MARCH 3 exhibitions, watch an IMAX film Ecosystem—Collab Lab Powered Car 6:30–8 p.m. Young Scientists—Session 5: FEBRUARY 15 on the Giant Dome Screen and FEBRUARY 22: DIY Keychains Heikoœ Giant Dome Theater Tinkering Lab Junior Science Club: participate in a self-guided scavenger A space designed for all of the Robotics and Coding hunt throughout the museum. A STEM Ecosystem’s Working Groups rhfleet.org/events/are-we-alone Young Scientists is a hands-on pizza dinner is included in admission. and members to come together, preschool science program oœered Students in grades 1–4 can join us on Snacks and drinks are available for collaborate, and share information in FEBRUARY 3 65 the third Saturday of each month to Senior Monday by the Fleet Science Center. purchase. Why haven’t you signed a meaningful way. This program provides informal investigate exciting science topics. up yet? learning experiences that support This month we’ll combine science, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The first Monday of every month, art and technology to explore how a seniors 65 and better can enjoy the and enhance exploration, create 6:30–10 p.m SDG&E Energy Innovation Center, excitement and facilitate scientific circuit works and how it can power a Clairemont Science Center exhibits, a show in robot capable of creating art. the Heikoœ Giant Dome Theater and discoveries. This session is for the Fleet Members: $24.95 per a lecture on the quietest day of the budding architect in your family. first child, $19.95 per sibling Bring your imagination! We provide 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m month for only $10! No coupons or Non-members: $29.95 per additional discounts are accepted. the tools for families to design, invent and build. Preregistration Members $13 first child, $24.95 per sibling required. Nonmembers $15 Purchase tickets at: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Grades 1–4 Fleet Science Center fleetkidsnightout.eventbrite.com $10 Thursdays, Saturdays or Sundays from 9–10 a.m. Sundays 11 a.m. to noon.

Members $75 Non-members $85