Live Presentations
Every day, the Museum offers a number of live demonstrations,
most of which are free with Exhibit Halls admission.
Email presentationrequests@mos.org at least two weeks in advance to reserve programs as noted (25 people minimum required). For drop-in programs, check the Museum's daily schedule for the most up-to-date listings, or print out our map / guide (PDF) for quick reference on the go.
Email presentationrequests@mos.org at least two weeks in advance to reserve programs as noted (25 people minimum required). For drop-in programs, check the Museum's daily schedule for the most up-to-date listings, or print out our map / guide (PDF) for quick reference on the go.
Reservation:
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Grades:
2 - 4
2 - 4
- Balance and Motion (Live Presentation)
- Marvel as a fearless presenter demonstrates key concepts, such as tipping atop a giant contraption to investigate balance and how forces cause changes in motion. Available: Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. (details).
Reservation:
Seating is first come, first served
Seating is first come, first served
Grades:
n/a - n/a
n/a - n/a
- Behind the Headline: The 3-D Printing Revolution (Live Presentation)
- 3-D printers build real objects layer by layer with materials such as plastic, metal, food, and even living cells! Once used only for industrial prototyping, these printers can now create customized, durable products for personal use. Discover how 3-D printers are revolutionizing industry while also ... (details).
Reservation:
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Grades:
K - 3
K - 3
- Butterfly Garden Experience (Live Presentation)
- Focusing on butterfly life cycles, characteristics, and classification, this program gives students a close-up experience with these amazing flying insects. Students participate in guided observations led by Museum educators. Available: Wednesday (October - March); Wednesday - Thursday (April - June), 10:00, 10:30, and 11:00 a ... (details).
Reservation:
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Grades:
6 - 12
6 - 12
- Climate Change (Live Presentation)
- Explore the causes and potential impact of climate change and consider energy efficiency and emissions-saving alternatives. Available: Monday - Friday, 11:30 a.m. (details).
Reservation:
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Grades:
4 - 12
4 - 12
- Cool Concepts: Fantastic Forces (Live Presentation)
- Discover how a magician's tablecloth, exploding newspaper, pencil-gun, bullwhip, or rocket car dramatically demonstrates relations between mass, velocity, acceleration, and force as described by Newton's Laws of Motion. Available: Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. (details).
Reservation:
Program cannot be reserved in advance, but specific ...
Program cannot be reserved in advance, but specific ...
Grades:
4 - 10
4 - 10
- Design Challenges (Live Presentation)
- This live Museum offering is designed to introduce students to the engineering design cycle. By participating in a hands-on activity to design, build, and test a prototype solution to a given problem, students have a fun and engaging experience with engineering and innovation processes. The challenges ... (details).
Reservation:
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Grades:
6 - 12
6 - 12
- Earth and Space Exploration (Live Presentation)
- Learn about our changing planet through presentations on earthquakes and volcanoes or through observing living organisms. Find out the latest news about space missions, our solar system, and beyond. Available: Monday - Friday, 11:30 a.m. (details).
Reservation:
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Grades:
6 - 12
6 - 12
- Energy Challenges and Solutions (Live Presentation)
- Investigate current energy issues while learning about the power of renewable energies, or discover how tiny technologies can provide larger energy solutions. Available: Monday - Friday, 11:30 a.m. (details).
Reservation:
Advance registration available for school groups. Email ...
Advance registration available for school groups. Email ...
Grades:
3 - 8
3 - 8
- Exhibit Investigations School Program (Live Presentation)
- Join Museum educators for a facilitated exploration of an exhibit! Educators will lead you through investigation activities that promote the development of Science Inquiry, Engineering Design, and/or Math skills and help focus student exploration of the surrounding exhibit on themes in the field trip guides ... (details).
Reservation:
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Grades:
3 - 12
3 - 12
- Incredible Energy! (Live Presentation)
- Featured elements from projectiles, explosions, and brain-racking pendulums incredibly illustrate energy's many forms, its transfer, and how it relates to work and power. Available: Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. (details).
Reservation:
Seating is first come, first served
Seating is first come, first served
Grades:
3 - 12
3 - 12
- Lightning! (Live Presentation)
- Explore lightning and storm safety as indoor bolts hurled by the world's largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator spark insight into conductors, insulators, and the interaction of electricity, magnetism, and charge. (details).
Reservation:
Seating is first come, first served
Seating is first come, first served
Grades:
K - 12
K - 12
- Live Animal Presentation (Live Presentation)
- Explore the adaptation, behaviors, and ecology of animals, as well as the environments they live in, with the furry, feathered, and scaly residents of our Live Animal Center. Students will observe a live animal and be exposed to characteristics of the animal and adaptations that help the animal live in its environment ... (details).
Reservation:
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Grades:
3 - 12
3 - 12
- Mind Games & Optical Illusions (Live Presentation)
- Discover what perception-bending illusions reveal about the ways human sensory systems and our brains interact with the world. Visit the exhibit Seeing Is Deceiving before or after this presentation. Available: Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. (details).
Reservation:
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Grades:
n/a - n/a
n/a - n/a
- Our Bodies, Our Health (Live Presentation)
- Discover the latest in health science! Choose a presentation on one of the following topics: influenza, trans fats, cancer, asthma, stem cells, or other health-related issues. Available: Monday - Friday, 11:30 a.m. (details).
Reservation:
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Grades:
12 - n/a
12 - n/a
- Pompeii Exhibit Interpretation Activities (Live Presentation)
- Teachers can make a request for the following drop-in activities, when available: 1. Examine the kinds of evidence provided by biological remains and what they reveal about ancient cultures. 2. Discover the tools and techniques archaeologists use to study everyday artifacts. 3. Explore earth processes ... (details).
Reservation:
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Grades:
n/a - n/a
n/a - n/a
- Sound and Music (Live Presentation)
- Explore volume and pitch with vibrations from a medley of improvised instruments creating sounds and music that move and inspire. Available: Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. (details).
Reservation:
Seating is first come, first served.
Seating is first come, first served.
Grades:
3 - 12
3 - 12
- Super-Cold Science (Live Presentation)
- Investigate how heat and temperature relate to the movement of atoms and molecules, and experience their extreme, even bizarre, effect on solids, liquids, and gases. Available: Daily at 11:00 a.m., February 13 - April 13; available upon request after April 14 at 10:00 a.m. Email presentationrequests@mos ... (details).
Reservation:
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Advance registration available for school groups (minimum ...
Grades:
n/a - n/a
n/a - n/a
- Technology in Our Lives (Live Presentation)
- Find out about some of technology's greatest achievements through presentations on the Large Hadron Collider, robotics, the future of computing, or the latest in technology news. Available: Monday - Friday, 11:30 a.m. (details).
Reservation:
Seating is first come, first served
Seating is first come, first served
Grades:
3 - 12
3 - 12
- Vesuvius: Story of an Eruption (Live Presentation)
- What can artifacts and rocks tell us about the past? We'll use these clues to travel back to the ancient city of Pompeii and investigate the explosive eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed — then preserved — the city. (details).
Reservation:
Email presentationrequests@mos.org at least two weeks ...
Email presentationrequests@mos.org at least two weeks ...
Grades:
3 - 12
3 - 12
- Weather Wonders (Live Presentation)
- Indoor wind, clouds, fog, and snow? Anything is possible when discovering how air, water, and temperature combine to cause weather changes, and elements of the weather are made before your eyes! (details).
