PROM FRIDAY, APRIL 21 7:00–10:00 PM

Science After Hours is sponsored by: Welcome to Science After Hours: Prom at The Franklin Institute. Tonight, we are so excited to kick off the 7th annual Philadelphia Science Festival in style, we simply couldn’t pick just ONE prom theme! So, from Starry Night to Once Upon a Time, we’ve pulled out all the stops to deliver SEVEN unforgettable prom themes! With a #ScienceAfterHours celebration this big, tonight is sure to be one for the record books (or, at least the yearbooks!)

SPECIAL PROGRAMS: Professor Remsburg’s Pop Quiz(zo)!!! Rounds begin at 7:20, 8:20 and 9:20 pm in Franklin Theater on the 1st floor Class is in session during this special High School Prom edition of Science After Hours Quizzo! Winners of each round get a free pair of tickets to the next Science After Hours. The Big Finale Demonstration at 9:45 in The Benjamin Franklin Memorial on the 2nd floor Prom wouldn’t be complete without an epic ending and we here at The Franklin Institute know how to end things with a bang…or four. DJ Robert Drake Spinning tunes all night in the Fels Planetarium on the 1st floor Jump on the dance floor under the stars as DJ Robert Drake presents the hits of the Have fun and GET NERDY at ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s along with some “out of this world” tracks. these other adult programs happening as part of the 2017 Prom Pictures Philadelphia Science Festival: With Photobot 3000 in The Benjamin Franklin Memorial on the 2nd floor and by the Pendulum Staircase on Sunday, April 23 the 3rd floor FISHTOWN SCIENCE CRAWL Think you can top this gem? Practice your awkward poses and goofy smiles and share your photos Monday, April 24 from the evening on social media with the hashtags COCKTAIL LAB: RUM #ScienceAfterHours and #GetNerdyPHL. Wednesday, April 26 GEEK OUT GAME SHOW Thursday, April 27 GROSS ANATOMY: SEX

Stop by the Philadelphia Science Festival table in The Be sure to try this year’s Philadelphia Science Festival Benjamin Franklin Memorial beer, Brewbik’s Cube, brewed for us by Yards Brewing on the 2nd floor to purchase Company. Available this evening at our Atrium Cafe tickets and learn more about and Franklin Food Works on the 2nd floor. Cheers! these and the other 80+ events happening citywide! Visit PhilaScienceFestival.org for the full calendar and A selection of wines, craft beers, snacks as well as spiked punch are available for purchase in purchase tickets online. our Atrium Cafe and Franklin Foodworks, both located on the 2nd floor. Beer and wine bars are located on the 1st floor in Space Command and on the 3rd floor in Pendulum Gallery.

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THE HEAT IS ON CONT. Once Upon A Time WISDOM HALL Eau du Prom: Can a smell help you look your best? The Monell Center FELS PLANETARIUM FRANKLIN AIR SHOW How does your brain perceive sound? DJ Robert Drake: Jump on the dance floor Archa-what? Penn Museum UPenn Neuroscience Graduate Group under the stars as DJ Robert Drake presents Why should you mind your brain? Penn the hits of the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s along with How did you pop your craft beer cherry? Philly Loves Beer Center for Brain Injury and Repair some “out of this world” tracks. What happens when physics and whipped FRANKLIN THEATER AIR SHOW HALLWAY cream combine? The Franklin Institute What is a fossil anyway? Bighorn Basin Professor Remsburg’s Pop Quiz(zo)!!!: Paleontological Institute/Delaware Valley Rounds at 7:20, 8:20 and 9:20 pm Paleontological Society 3rd FLOOR ACTIVITIES TRAIN FACTORY ELECTRICITY How well do you know your movie proms? The Tesla Science IMAX EXIT: Philadelphia Film Society Who was Nikola Tesla? Foundation How are memories made? The Franklin VIP MEMBERS’ LOUNGE Institute Franklin Institute members enjoy a private What’s a contraception misconception? The bar, free drink ticket, and an exclusive Franklin Institute activity in the VIP Members’ Lounge! Visit the Box Office to become a member! PLANETARIUM HALLWAY What’s in my corsage? Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Sweet Addiction: How much sugar is in my drink? The Franklin Institute Can you macaron? Le Petit Macaron GIANT HEART Shoppe Have you been drinking? Saint Benjamin How can virtual reality improve outcomes Brewing Company from sudden cardiac arrest? Center for Resuscitation Science Can science make you fall in love? University of the Sciences Starry Superantibodies: How does your immune system protect you from disease? University Night of Pennsylvania-Ernest E. Just Biomedical SPACE COMMAND Society MUSSER THEATER Is the real fountain of youth right inside Where will you be during the 2017 solar your body? Thomas Jefferson University, Professor Woodcock’s Health Class eclipse? Edelman Planetarium at Rowan Marcus Institute of Integrative Medicine University PENDULUM GALLERY Want to go back to the future? Jefferson Why does space…rock? Penn Physics & Health-JeffConnect Official Science After Hours: Prom Photo Astronomy Get your prom pictures taken with Photobot 3000 How do we see rays of light? University of FRANKLIN FOOD WORKS The Franklin Pennsylvania LRSM Ready for some action? University of the How can I look fabulous? Sciences Institute What can fruit flies teach us about behavior What’s new with NASA? NASA 2nd FLOOR ACTIVITIES and disease? Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research PEPPER HALL How does the brain communicate with the Can I travel to digital worlds? AT&T body? Project Brain Light How does physics and blood inform Is my-elin sheath faster than yours? forensic investigations? Rutgers University University of the Sciences Camden Can you flip out about calcium mediated How does science influence your prom exocytosis? University of the Sciences dress? Chemical Heritage Foundation CHANGING EARTH How good is your color vision? Axalta Coating Systems Flannel Formal: What do geologists wear to prom? Temple University Geological Society Can you make music on a Nintendo Game Boy? Chipocrite and Strom Blooper What makes and destroys a river? Earth and Environmental Sciences at University of Why does your brain love to dance? Pennsylvania Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine KEY HALLWAY AMAZING MACHINE How do you dye a flower to match your dress? WHYY’s The Pulse How has the Pennsylvania SPCA been Why make space for playtime? Temple protecting animals for the past 150 years? Institute for Learning & Education Services What’s a Brewbik’s Cube? Yards Brewing Pennsylvania SPCA Company What’s in your punch? Eight Oaks Craft What is it like to look after millions of Distillers mollusks? The Academy of Natural Sciences, Can you make plastic powder bounce? Department of Malacology Student ACS Chapter, Drexel University 4th FLOOR ACTIVITIES Shrimp Match Making: What can colorful shrimp teach us about heredity? Thomas ATRIUM Joel N. Bloom Observatory: Night Jefferson University, College of Biomedical How high will it fly? Dow STEM Ambassadors Sky Observation: Take a peek at Sciences the evening sky through our 10” FRANKLIN HALL Zeiss refracting telescope (weather permitting) Official Science After Hours: Prom Photo Get your prom pictures taken with the Use Elevator B to access Observatory Photobot 3000