Expo Exhibits
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Find exhibits that meet your interests! Use these dropdown menus to filter over 500 exhibits by age range, subject area, keyword or organization name.
We have also created several "Tracks" for various age groups: each track is a selection of 10-15 exhibits that share a common theme.
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Explore the Transforming Power of Chemistry
by American Chemical Society
Section NM-5,
Booth Number(s) 518, 520, 522
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Our bodies, world, and universe are all based on the miraculous science of chemistry! Children, teens and adults are invited to visit with our scientists and join them in hands-on activities that will illustrate how chemistry improves people's lives every day through its transforming power. Learn how green chemistry is making the world cleaner and safer; put on your goggles and make some "flubber"; watch short videos that illustrate the chemistry of everyday life; and have your photo taken with the ACS Mole!
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Explore the Energy of Earth Science!
by American Geological Institute
Section NM-3,
Booth Number(s) 360
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Make the earth quake! Build a quake-resistant structure! Watch a cool video! Join the American Geological Institute for exciting activities that illuminate connections among the interacting systems of Earth Science: Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, and Biosphere. Our special focus here is the theme of Earth Science Week 2010 - "Exploring Energy!"
The American Geological Institute is a participant of the Evolution Thought Trail.
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Biology -- The Science of Life!
by American Institute of Biological Sciences
Section NM-5,
Booth Number(s) 526
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Basic biological research informs our understanding of the natural world and explains the impact that we have on our environment. From improving agricultural crops, developing new tests for disease, to ensuring the usability of our land and water habitats, the work of biologists secures our way of life. Join us as we explore the exciting and adventurous careers of the basic biological sciences, using hands-on games, activities, and much more! AIBS is a participant in the Evolution Thought Trail.
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Understanding Physiology for PhUn
by American Physiological Society
Section MA-L,
Booth Number(s) 1075
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Try some fun experiments to learn how your body works...that's physiology! How can a polar bear swim in icy water without getting cold? How can a goose fly high in the sky without freezing? You can find out with our hands-on experiments. (This is part of the Evolution Thought Trail). Then see how what you eat and how you exercise can make a difference between winning and losing the Healthy Heart Pumping Race. Physiology is the study of how living systems work. Meet physiologists who explore how the human body works in both health and disease. Work with these physiologists to start your own physiology explorations in our booth. Then take home suggestions for continuing your physiology experiments at home. Share your findings with other physiology explorers at the APS website.
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DNA: The Long and Short of It
by American Society of Human Genetics
Section NM-6,
Booth Number(s) 682
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Humans are much more diverse than Mendel's peas. Visit ASHG's booth and contribute to a Festival-wide project examining the genetics of human traits. ASHG is also a participant of the 'Walk the Evolution Thought Trail'.
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Sprouting Off! Plant Science
by American Society of Plant Biologists
Section MA-C,
Booth Number(s) 1008
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Be a genomics explorer or a plant detective. Learn the power of fertile questions and well-rooted thinking. Harvest some resources to share in your own backyard. Dig into a bumper crop of biotech and biofuels. Or just dance with plants - Macarena-style or nice and slow.
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Inspring Tomorrow's Biotechnology Innovators
by Biotechnology Institute
Section FP,
Booth Number(s) 1428
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Come learn about how you can shape the future of biotechnology. Join the the Biotechnology Institute's mission to engage, excite, and educate as many people as possible, particularly young people, about biotechnology and its immense potential to heal the sick, feed the hungry, restore the environment, and fuel the economy. And visit us on the Evolution Thought Trail!
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Carnegie Science ROCKS!
by Carnegie Institution for Science
Section NM-6,
Booth Number(s) 644
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Here is your chance to search for diamonds and MAYBE EVEN touch MARS! Meet Carnegie scientists who study the deep earth, evolution, ancient plants and animals, origins and properties of planets in our own solar system, galaxies, and strange places on and in the earth. Come join us for a variety of exciting activities including building your own spectroscope to see inside light and making DNA jewelry! Learn how scientists use instruments and models to study objects too small or too far away. Visit us on the EVOLUTION THOUGHT TRAIL and learn how all kinds of Carnegie research provides scientific evidence for evolution of life and the Universe!
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Piecing Together the 'Puzzle' of Evolution
by Carnegie Institution for Science
Section NM-6,
Booth Number(s) TBD
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Participate in a scavenger hunt around the Science Festival and discover how evolution may impact you and how all living things may have an impact on evolution. As you visit each booth hosted by professional societies and learn about evolution's relevance to many areas of science, you will receive pieces of a puzzle. Put them all together and win a prize!
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LaserFest: Excite the Imagination
by LaserFest
Section NM-2,
Booth Number(s) 240, 242, 244
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Excite your Imagination at our laser extravaganza, where we will feature live appearances by teen superhero, Spectra, and her arch nemesis, Ms. Alignment. Meet students and physicists who we guarantee will be fun, educational, and illuminating!
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The Science of Evolution
by National Academy of Sciences
Section NM-1,
Booth Number(s) 102
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Visit us on the "Evolution Thought Trail" to learn how evolution may impact you and how all living things may have an impact on evolution. Learn about the processes and nature of science and how evolution is cutting edge science. As you explore the booths along the trail and learn about evolution's relevance to many areas of science, you will be able to record your visits. Put them together and win a prize!
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Bio+U= 1 Hot Biome
by National Association of Biology Teachers
Section NM-5,
Booth Number(s) 530
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Become a biologist, using real temperature and precipitation data to predict what kinds of organisms live where and how they do it!
NABT is a participant of the Evolution Thought Trail.
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Find yourself on the tree of life
by National Center for Science Education
Section FP,
Booth Number(s) 1420
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Are humans and apes cousins? Did crows come from dinosaurs or from bats? The Tree of Life knows all! Take our hands-on challenge and see if you can trace the ancestry of humans and birds.
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Science is Everywhere - for Everyone!
by National Science Teachers Association
Section NM-1,
Booth Number(s) 116, 118, 120, 122, 124
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National Science Teachers Association ( NSTA ) and our State Chapters and Affiliates will provide exciting, engaging, dramatic and in some cases down-right awe-inspiring opportunities for participants to see that science educators assure "Science Matters to Everyone!". Come enjoy demonstrations, hands-on activities, and inquiries for all ages and interests. NSTA is also one stop on the Evolution Thought Trail to learn about best-teaching-practices in the science classroom.
Come enjoy demonstrations, hands-on activities, and inquiries for all ages and interests.
NSTA is also one stop on the evolution thought trail to learn about best-teaching-practices in the science classroom.
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What Does It Mean To Be Human?
by Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
Section NM-3,
Booth Number(s) 392
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Come learn about the fossil and archaeological discoveries that help us understand how humans evolved, and see why 'becoming human' is part of 'being human'.
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Where the Wild Things Come From
by Society for Developmental Biology
Section NM-5,
Booth Number(s) 538
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Discover how fertilized eggs become birds, bats, butterflies and us!
Observe under the microscope live, developing embryos and larvae of fish and frogs; see their developing hearts beat, blood circulating and more. Compare them with the development of other organisms, including humans, to be shown in videos. Discover similarities and differences and connect them to the process of evolution. Talk with scientists who study developmental biology and find out how this discipline contributed to our understanding of birth defects and diseases, to advances in regenerative medicine and even cancer.
Visit us on the "evolution thought trail" and learn how developmental changes form the wild things!
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Evolution Here and Now
by Society for the Study of Evolution
Section NM-6,
Booth Number(s) 640
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Evolution didn't just happen in the past. See how it
operates and affects our lives every day in fields as
disparate as agriculture, medicine and engineering.
Meet scientists who study the evolutionary processes at
work today, and observe evolution in action yourself in a
population of evolving computer organisms. The Society for the Study of Evolution is a participant of the Evolution Thought Trail.
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