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100 EVENTS
+ 1 BIG PARTY
LAUNCH MARCH 9
PRESENTED BY EVENTS MARCH 10-23
EXPLORATION EXPO MARCH 23
#ATLSCIFEST
SOMETIMES, OUR HIGHEST HEIGHTS HAPPEN
LONG BEFORE
Welcome to the 2019 Atlanta Science 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
TAKEOFF.
and making connections at venues across the metro Atlanta region. You’ll see coders
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 Georgia. And just when you think it’s over, we’ll reach our final
destination at Piedmont Park 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
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,
engineering 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: Georgia Tech 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 info@atlantasciencefestival.org
#ATLSciFest
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 Georgia State University ScienceRiot.org
Agnes Scott College 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 High Museum of Art 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 Spelman College
Foundation Destination South Meetings & InterPlay Atlanta STEM Compass, Inc.
ATL Pod Events Jennifer Swanson Books STEM Gems
Atlanta Botanical Garden Doctor Pete Productions The Jimmy Carter 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 March for Science Timpson Creek Farm
Atlanta History Center Emory University Marcus Autism Center True North Media
Barefoot Puppet Theatre Environmental Protection Mathematics in Motion, Inc. University of Georgia 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
Center for Puppetry Arts History Morehouse College Warren Technical School
Centers for Disease Control and Fernbank Science Center 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 Zoo Atlanta
Children’s Museum of Atlanta Fulton County’s Johns Creek Orpheus Brewery
Citizen Science HD Environmental Campus Oxford College
City of Atlanta Georgia Forestry Commission The Paideia School
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ATLANTA SCIENCE FESTIVAL AT A GLANCE MARCH 9 - MARCH 23
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 Fernbank Forest Bird
AT FC Gender Identity AFTC AFT
Up Party “Panda”Monium Style Walk
CF FTC
8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. AT 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
AFT
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Synchronicity Theatre Dalton Library 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Georgia State University Petit Rose Circle Park
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Glenn Memorial United First Christian Church of Science Center
Zoo Atlanta Fernbank Museum of Natural
The Astrobiology of Star Decatur Snake Day
Methodist Church
TUESDAY 3/12 Wars Discovery Day: FTCP
History
Rock n’ Walk Science Teachers @ Tech
Science of Superpowers AFTC AFT Taste of Science Discovery Stations 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Salamander Stroll
Day 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. AT AFTC Fernbank Science Center
AFTC 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. AFTC
E GSU Perimeter College, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Stone Mountain Park 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 Ice Cream Science Clyde Shepherd Nature
Georgia Tech Student Center
Museum Science Center AFT Preserve
How Humans
Move: Physiology & Preparándonos para lo Science Riot 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Representing the próximo: Líderes Latino A Discovery Day: Eureka High Road Craft Tasting Room
Mathapalooza Biomechanics Say Cheese, Please!
AFC
Underrepresented en STEM/Preparing for 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Labs FTC
FC C T
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. the Next: Latino Leaders Highland Inn Ballroom AFTC The Journey of Our 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. and
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Ebster Recreation Center Ga Tech Manufacturing in STEM 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Water 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Northrop Grumman Georgia State University Petit AFT Decimal Place Farm
Institute AT FRIDAY 3/15 Science Center
Not Just Newts: Behind 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
The Sound of Light
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Astrobiology of Star Johns Creek Environmental Swarm Science: How
the Scenes with the Genius Camp: Makers Meadowcreek High School
FT
Wars STEAM Teacher Seminar Campus
Honey Bees Make
Amphibian Foundation FTC
AFT 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
E
FTAC 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
SSEF STEAM Showcase GSU Perimeter College, Decisions
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Georgia State University Arts FTC Decatur Campus
9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Genius Camp: Makers AT
GSU Perimeter College, High Museum of Art FTC
The Amphibian Foundation & Humanities Building 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Alpharetta Campus 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
North Springs Charter High Blue Heron Nature Preserve
By the People: Fashionable Circuits Georgia State University Arts
Complete the Circuit: Full STEAM Ahead School Field Research Center
Beyond Babbling Designing a Better FC & Humanities Building
Meet a Woman Second Sunday AT America – Interactive 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. and
Scientist! FCP To Infinity and Beyond: Eco-Geo Expedition
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Family Tour 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. CCPLS Family Tech Time AFTC
FTC 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Toco Hills Library Science, Fiction, and AFT Midtown International School FTC
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. High Museum of Art Popular Understandings 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Arabia Mountain Nature
General Assembly
The Science of Cannabis of Outer Space David J. Sencer CDC Museum Grow - Freeze - Eat: Mountain View Regional Center
Don’t You Snap at Me! A AT
AFTC Become a Strawberry Library
Getting Dirty: Exploring 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Bio-Bus: DNA is for
Georgia Center for the Book Scientist! Family Science Carnival
Soil on Atlanta Farms 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Manuel’s Tavern Families FC Silver Scream Science
FC Outdoor Activity Center FC
FC 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Spookshow 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Neuro-Engineering: Meet a Scientist! 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. UGA Extension Fulton County AFTC The Paideia School
Urban Fresh Farm Walking with the Blurring the Lines
A Norcross Library - East Point Office 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. and
Mesozoic Giants Between Mind and
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
10:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Escape Lab AT Eventide Brewing Genius Camp: Makers
Machine Communicating the Swarm Science: How Plaza Theatre
FTC
TA 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Fernbank Museum of Natural
A Science of the Georgia Honey Bees Make 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Clough Undergraduate History
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. THURSDAY 3/14 Coast Decisions Unveiling the Internet Georgia State University Arts
Monday Night Garage Insects Around Us AT AT FT & Humanities Building
Learning Commons at
Georgia Tech FTC 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
MONDAY 3/11 WEDNESDAY 3/13
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Little Five Points Community Blue Heron Nature Preserve Emory Mathematics &
Udderly Amazing
Chemistry Adventures GSU Perimeter College, Center Cafe Science Computer Lab
Field Research Center FTCP
DESIGNORAMA Science Behind the
FTC Decatur Campus 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. and
FC Scenes at Clorox
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Intro to Curling: Mapping the Brain Bitter Spirits 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
FTC A
Drew Charter School
GSU Perimeter College STEMCon Exploring the Boundary AT Atlanta History Center
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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. AT Arbor Montessori School Roadside Geology
Superhero Science
No Memory of the Past, Henderson MIddle School 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. AT
Night The Journey of Our Science of Wine
FC P
No Memories for the Center Ice Arena STEM Gems: Giving 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Future Water Pi Day A
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Girls Role Models First Presbyterian Church of
AFT FCP 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Atlanta Parking Lot
AT FTC
Children’s Museum of Atlanta
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. SATURDAY 3/16 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. City Winery
Manuel’s Tavern
Johns Creek Environmental Children’s Museum of Atlanta Family Zoo Safari Camp Spelman College Astronaut or Aquanaut?
Guthman Musical Campus FC Solve for X Variety FC
Instrument Competition Will Nano-Tattoos Make
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Show
AFT
Eating Bugs: A Graphic Exploring the Nanoscale 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Code the Glow Your Remote Control
Zoo Atlanta
FTC A Metropolitan Library
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Novelist’s Perspective AFTC
FTC Obsolete? 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Ferst Center for the Arts
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
AT
Full STEAM Ahead! Marcus Nanotechnology Highland Inn Ballroom Constellations
GSU Perimeter College, FTCP
Little Shop of Stories 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Building Atrium AFTC
Dunwoody Campus 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Centergy One Building Starry Night 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Westlake High School
The Most Unknown AFTC Ebster Recreation Center
A 8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Hard Labor Creek State Park
Orpheus Brewing Observatory Continued on next page
6 For updates, tickets and more, visit AtlantaScienceFestival.org P = Preschool (ages 0-4) C = Children (ages 5-12) T = Teens (ages 13-18) F = Families A = Adults E = Educators #ATLSciFest 7
ATLANTA SCIENCE FESTIVAL AT A GLANCE
SUNDAY 3/17 Science Trivia! Fernbank Forest Native Chemistry Carnival
A Plants & Wildflower Tour FTC
(CONTINUED) 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. AFTC 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
AFTCP A Animals - Just Like Us!
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Bio-Bus: Chemistry: FC
Cascade Springs Nature Highland Inn Ballroom Acids, Bases & 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Preserve Little Shop of Stories
Indicators
FTC
ChangeMaker Faire WEDNESDAY 3/20 Sessions at 2:30 p.m. and Citizen Science Mini-
AFTCE Outdoor STEAM 3:30 p.m. Hackathon Workshop
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. FC Toco Hills Library TC
Amana Academy Charter 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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 FC
AFT
Mike Mongo’s Astronaut 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Critters & Cabernet
9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
David J. Sencer CDC Museum A
Job Fair Mercedes-Benz Stadium
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:
Pop Up Party!
Fernbank Science Center Archaeologist
States of Matter Intro to Curling:
FC
FTC
Beatrice the Biologist: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Exploring the Boundary
Sessions at 3:30 p.m., 4:30
Comic Strip Science p.m., and 5:30 p.m.
Brownwood Park Pavilion Where Granite Meets
ATF South Cobb Regional Library Ice
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Gwinnett 4-H Wacky AT
Manuel’s Tavern
Is Cursive Still a Thing?: Science Night from UGA 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Center Ice Arena
Calligraphy & Cocktails Extension
FTC
TUESDAY 3/19 A
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Ada and the Engine
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Frogs Fly Home: A Gwinnett County Government AT
The Vista Room at Napoleon’s
Conservation Success Annex 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Story Tarbutton Performing Arts
ATC Science on Stage: The Center, Oxford College
Math Trivia: Fun to the
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. and Forgotten Organ
AT (n+1)st Degree!
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Atlanta Botanical Garden 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. A SATURDAY 3/23
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Carter Presidential Library & March for Science -
My Parents’ Basement
It’s My Brain! My Brain
Museum Atlanta
AFTC
Made Me Do It! Ada and the Engine
FTC Science Improv 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
AT AT 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.
Saturday, March 9 • 11am - 12pm
Whole World Improv Theater Tarbutton Performing Arts
Mapp-McBay Hall Center, Oxford College
Choose Your Own
Bio-Bus: Animal Exploration Expo
FRIDAY MARCH 22
Diversity
FC
(Climate) Adventure!
AT
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Science for EveryBODY
FTCP
Saturday, March 23 $15
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
(Sessions start every 30
minutes)
Eventide Brewing 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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
Cobb 4-H Family Galapagos George,
Weather
Science Night the Little Tortoise That
FC
FC 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Could: A Puppetry The insanely popular science-themed podcast “Wow in the World” comes to
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Adventure! P = Preschool (ages 0-4)
Cobb County Extension
South Fulton Branch Library
FC 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
AT
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. will wow us with games and skits with mad musical accompaniment by
T = Teens (ages 13-18)
Buzz on Bees Center for Puppetry Arts
AT
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. the Pop Ups - creators of the “Wow in the World” theme song! Curious kids
Plaza outside High Museum F = Families
Physics Live!
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Peachtree Road United
on Symphony Hall side
FCP A = Adults
and their grown-ups will be immersed in science, wonder, imagination, and
Methodist Church 3:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Emory University, Math and E = Educators
music and leave this event saying “WOW”!
Science Building Atrium
8 For updates, tickets and more, visit AtlantaScienceFestival.org #ATLSciFest 9
SATURDAY, MARCH 9
SATURDAY, MARCH 9
SATURDAY, MARCH 9 Not Just Newts: Behind the Scenes with the
Amphibian Foundation
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The Amphibian
Foundation
4055 Roswell Rd NE.
Families, Teens, Adults, Children Atlanta, GA 30342
Atlanta is home to a unique nonprofit dedicated to the conservation and Fee: Free with advance
research of amphibians amidst a global population decline. In 2016, The registration
SIGNATURE EVENT
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Wow in the World Pop Up Party Amphibian Foundation formed to focus on conserving two of Georgia’s most
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 the Wow in the World Pop Up Party! Host Foundation staff working hard to save these vital and sensitive animals from
Fee: $15, $10 for kids 12 extinction. Parking is available on site. Check online to register.
Mindy Thomas will wow us with games and skits
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
immersed in science, wonder, imagination, and Complete the Circuit: Meet a Woman Scientist! 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
General Assembly at
music and leave this event saying “WOW”! Families, Teens, Children Ponce City Market
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
& Museum Adults, Families, Teens, Children Getting Dirty: Exploring Soil on Atlanta Farms SIGNATURE EVENT
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 Blvd NW
what’s in your soil and learn about urban
what is still science fiction. Ever wonder if you’ll have A.I. that can transition Atlanta, GA 30314
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
2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 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
Decatur, GA 30030 are searching for a way to rebuild society, and Georgia Tech
performance, and magic! Spend the afternoon
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
revitalize society.
Presented by: Georgia Institute of
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
10 For updates, tickets and more, visit AtlantaScienceFestival.org #ATLSciFest 11
SATURDAY, MARCH 9
SUNDAY, MARCH 10
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Drew Charter School
(Elementary Academy)
Sharing our Science: Drew Charter School
DESIGNORAMA
SUNDAY, MARCH 10
301 East Lake Blvd.
Atlanta, GA 30317 Children, Families
Fee: Free DESIGNORAMA is Drew Charter School’s annual family-friendly celebration
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
SIGNATURE EVENT
inspiration. Come see what others are making and be inspired to tap into your Family Zoo Yoga: “Panda”monium Style 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
own creativity! Teens, Families, Children Zoo Atlanta
Presented by: Drew Charter School 800 Cherokee Ave SE
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 enjoy yoga featuring panda-inspired poses.
Atlanta Families, Children, Preschool
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
Fee: $10/Museum encourage you to stick around visit the Zoo. All non-Zoo members will be
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.
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Guthman Musical Instrument Competition Adults, Families, Teens, Children
Historical &
Environmental
Ferst Center for the Arts at
Georgia Tech Teens, Families, Adults Millions of years ago, a massive magma chamber cooled below ground near Education Center,
349 Ferst Dr NW Atlanta, never erupting through to the surface. Now, we call it Stone Mountain. Stone Mountain Park
A music, engineering, and tech mashup, the Georgia Tech Margaret Guthman
Atlanta, GA 30332 1000 Robert E. Lee
Musical Instrument Competition is an annual event aimed at identifying the Join GSU Geosciences on a hike to explore this unique granite dome. You can
Fee: Free Blvd.
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
Fee: Free
PoWeR Lab for a fun afternoon demystifying what makes us run fast, the electricity
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
12 For updates, tickets and more, visit AtlantaScienceFestival.org #ATLSciFest 13
MONDAY, MARCH 11
SUNDAY, MARCH 10
MONDAY, MARCH 11
SIGNATURE EVENT
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Genius Camp: Makers
Georgia State University Families, Teens, Children
Arts & Humanities
Building Join in the maker movement at Georgia State
ExLab, Room 200 University’s EXLAB! Learn how to create a 3D
10 Peachtree Center design, scan an object and prepare it for 3D
Avenue printing, solder your own Georgia State
Atlanta, GA 30303 University LED keepsake, view a demo of the
Fee: Free with advance
registration laser cutter, and practice on a sewing machine. Chemistry Adventures 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
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
metal necklace or keychain that you can take home. Join us on these chemistry Fee: Free with
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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
Woodruff Arts Center 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.
Outdoor Activity
Don’t You Snap at Me! Adults, Teens Ave. NE
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
discussion and (completely safe) live exhibit exploring the biology, myths and
Atlanta, GA 30310
legends of our largest and most notorious native turtle — the snapping turtle. amnesia and how she is helping neuroscientists deepen their understanding of
Fee: Free
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
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Alliance
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.
Fernbank Museum of
Walking with the Mesozoic Giants graphic novel Meal. Come hear about her culinary adventures and Decatur, GA 30030
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 tell us more about why eating insects should be the wave of the
showcases one of the largest land animals that ever walked the earth
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
14 For updates, tickets and more, visit AtlantaScienceFestival.org #ATLSciFest 15
TUESDAY, MARCH 12
MONDAY, MARCH 11
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
Fee: Free 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
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
1545 Peachtree St NW Live for the Atlanta Science Festival only is... Beyond Babbling 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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 Decatur, GA 30033
Fee: $10, Students $5 Did you know that children begin to hear and learn language while still in the
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
TUESDAY, MARCH 12
Ave. NE
Marijuana - It’s been around forever. Heck, even George Washington grew hemp Atlanta, GA 30307
at his home in Mount Vernon. This ancient plant is now being seen in a whole Fee: Free with
TUESDAY, MARCH 12
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
9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Science Teachers @ Tech Day science of pot. Check online to register.
Presented by: Doctor Pete Productions
Georgia Tech Student
Center Educators
350 Ferst Drive Are you a high school Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Earth/Environmental
Atlanta, GA 30332
Fee: $100 (includes
Science teacher who is looking for a way to make your subject matter relevant
and come alive? Then Science Teacher @ Tech Day is for you! This event at
Neuro-Engineering: Blurring the Lines Between SIGNATURE EVENT
lunch, parking, and 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
swag)
Georgia Tech involves cutting edge lab tours, collaboration with your peers to 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 Fee: $5
enjoying the fun and excitement of science! Check online for registration and
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 Sciences 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 what it means to be human? Local technology and ethics researchers leading the
2800 Century Pkwy NE Children, Teens
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
16 For updates, tickets and more, visit AtlantaScienceFestival.org #ATLSciFest 17
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 Bio-Bus: DNA is for Families
Children, Families
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Dalton Library
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
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Clorox Company
Science Behind the Scenes at Clorox inherited. You’ll work with DNA models, and models of people, to explore how
DNA plays a role in this process. Take your work home to show your friends! To
17 Lake Mirror Road Families, Teens, Children 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
managed by our amazing team members, and so much more that help to keep
The Astrobiology of Star Wars 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
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
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Johns Creek Environmental
The Journey of Our Water en STEM/Preparing for the Next: Latino Leaders Meadowcreek High
Adults, Families, Teens
Campus
8100 Holcomb Bridge Ever wonder where our water comes from and what happens to water before
in STEM School
4455 Steve Reynolds
Road and after we use it? Come take an educational journey through the entire water
Adults, Teens Blvd
Roswell, GA 30022 Norcross, GA 30093
Únete a nosotros para un panel de científicos e
Fee: Free with advance
treatment cycle! Watch millions of gallons of water journey through the process of 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 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
GSU Perimeter College,
Dunwoody Campus
Adults, Families, Teens, Children Sharing our Science: Sandy Springs Education Force
North Springs Charter
Building NB, Room
2100
The next time your friends stop by, your home will be “lit.” Smart home SSEF STEAM Showcase High School - Main Gym
7447 Roswell Road
technologies are right at your fingertips at our Code the Glow event, where you
2101 Womack Rd will create your own automated programmed lighting system using Arduino.
Families, Teens, Children Sandy Springs, GA
Dunwoody, GA 30338 Sandy Springs Education Force invites the entire community to their 9th annual, 30328
Arduino is a powerful, yet accessible, programmable microcontroller board that Fee: Free
Fee: Free with advance award-winning STEAM Showcase. No matter your age, you will enjoy dozens of
registration can be used for many automated projects. Georgia State University Professor of
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
18 For updates, tickets and more, visit AtlantaScienceFestival.org #ATLSciFest 19WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
THURSDAY, MARCH 14
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
Decatur, GA 30030 Do you ever wonder how science fiction has inspired scientists to explore the Fee: Free with advance
with us to learn how disease detectives fight contagions and become a disease
Fee: Free with universe—or what scientists think about the books, films, and video games that registration
detective yourself! Space is limited. Email Sharon.Burks@ngc.com to register.
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 Atlanta
questions and more. Check online to register.
Families, Children, Preschool
275 Centennial Olympic
It’s Pi Day at Children’s Museum of Atlanta! On March 14th, the entire Museum Park Drive NW
Presented by: The School of Literature, Media, and Communication at
will celebrate a day of mathematical fun. Join Professor Labcoat at the Science Atlanta, GA 30313
Georgia Tech, Georgia Tech Library
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
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Meet a Scientist! 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 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Fee: $12
for a social mixer with real-life scientists from Will Nano-Tattoos Make Your Remote Control Centergy One Building,
throughout Atlanta. This will NOT be a boring
lecture, but instead a fun, casual, game-filled Obsolete? Hodges Room
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
THURSDAY, MARCH 14 Science & Spirituality: An Exploration of Gender 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 14
First Christian Church
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
Building SC, Insects Around Us range of insights in a safe space for open dialogue. Parking is available in the
church parking lot and across the street in the Post Office.
Gymnasium (Rm 1100) Families, Teens, Children
3251 Panthersville Road
Do you love insects? You will after this event! Sometimes friends, sometimes
Presented by: First Christian Church of Decatur, Emory University
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
20 For updates, tickets and more, visit AtlantaScienceFestival.org #ATLSciFest 21THURSDAY, MARCH 14
FRIDAY, MARCH 15
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 science communication 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
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
FRIDAY, MARCH 15
for tickets.
Presented by: InterPlay Atlanta, Emory University
FRIDAY, MARCH 15
Intro to Curling: Exploring the Boundary Where 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Center Ice Arena
Granite Meets Ice 5750 Roswell Rd NE
Sandy Springs, GA
Adults, Teens
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
GSU Perimeter College,
The Sound of Light You’ve seen that Winter Olympic sport with the rocks and sweeping and yelling,
30342
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 to throw a stone and sweep it into the “house.” We’ll cover sweeping, collisions,
3251 Panthersville Road
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.
David J. Sencer CDC
By the People: Designing a Better America –
Museum Interactive Family Tour
1600 Clifton Road, NE Adults, Families, Teens
Atlanta, GA 30329-4027
D I S C OV E RY
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
A W A I T S
participating in a scavenger hunt, and challenge one another in an interactive
quiz. This tour is not appropriate for small children.
Presented by: David J. Sencer CDC Museum
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Norcross Library
Bio-Bus: DNA is for Families
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.
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22 For updates, tickets and more, visit AtlantaScienceFestival.org #ATLSciFest 23SATURDAY, MARCH 16
SATURDAY, MARCH 16
SATURDAY, MARCH 16 Discovery Day: Eureka Labs
Adults, Families, Teens, Children
9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Georgia State
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
forensics. Visit our Open Labs to explore the structure of our body, view
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Zoo Atlanta
Family Zoo Safari Camp specimens of a diversity of animals, and investigate how to measure “vital signs”
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 Presented by: High Museum of Art
It’s Full STEAM Ahead at Westlake! Where can you fly a drone, make an art
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masterpiece with a fan, code, make super cool science projects, explore and make
fascinating engineering projects, drive a robot, defy gravity, making outrageously
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. and
amazing slime, build hover cars, make tie dye clothes, and learn the science behind 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
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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 1575 Sheridan Rd NE
Presented by: Westlake High School, Camp Creek Middle School,
accessories. After a quick review on circuit basics, kids will be unleashed to use Elementary Science
Sandtown Middle School, STEM Compass, Inc.
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.
Georgia State
Discovery Day: Fusion Gallery - Breakthrough Check online for tickets.
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.
Fee: Free
the universe can also be expressed in other ways. GSU life & earth sciences Grow - Freeze - Eat: Become a Strawberry UGA Extension Fulton
students along with two-dimensional design students will collaborate to create
artistic expressions of scientific data. The “breakthrough” that the scientific Scientist! County - East Point
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data represents comes alive in these works as students work together to Families, Children 1757 Washington Road
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
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& scientists will be on hand to explore the artistic process and the science Fee: $10
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.
Georgia State
Discovery Day: Discovery Stations -Gwinnett County
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
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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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