Sunday, November 1, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Animal Houses
5/22-11/15/2009 7am-5pm | Ages: All Ages
From May through November of 2009, visitors to The Morton Arboretum will be surprised and delighted to discover 11 oversized animal shelters nestled within the woodland, wetland, and prairie habitats of the Arboretum. Animal Houses is an imaginative outdoor exhibition that invites children and families to experience the natural world through the eyes of local animals and to learn how these animals live and interact with trees and their changing environments. Connect with the local animals found in healthy woodlands, prairies, and wetlands. You and your family can see life from the bottom of a pond, climb to a squirrel's home, or explore a coyote's den. Join us for the exhibit opening on Memorial day weekend and learn how Illinois animals live!
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Masterpiece Under the Microscope
11/1/2009 11am-6pm | Ages: All Ages
What can science tell us about art? Visit LUMA this summer to discover what Joe Barabe, a scientist at McCrone Associates of Westmont, IL, found when he looked at paint samples under a microscope. What were the paints used by this 18th-century artist made of and from where did they come? See too what a painting looks like in an x-ray. Curator, Jonathan Canning and conservator, Maura Checconi, interpret these scientific discoveries in light of the art history and painting practices of 18th-century Spain.
Paradise Lost? Climate Change in the North Woods
8/16-11/1/2009 9am-4:30pm | Ages: All Ages
A group of artists, scientists and educators recently came together in Wisconsin to consider ways that art could increase public understanding about climate change. The result is a thought-provoking environmental art exhibition, featuring everything from paintings, quilts, puzzles and music, which explores the roots of climate change, encouraging everyone to take action to preserve the environment. Each piece of artwork on display reflects a unique perspective on the effects of climate change in Wisconsin's North Woods.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/1/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/1/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Ask-A-Scientist: It Ain't Rocket Science
11/1/2009 1pm-4pm | Ages: 13 and up
"It Ain't Rocket Science," presented by Leo Bellantoni.
Take science questions straight to experts. The first Sunday of each month, physicists answer questions and explain everything from the Big Bang to how a particle accelerator works. Each three-hour session includes a presentation by a scientist, a tour, and a Q & A period.
The docent-led tour includes visiting the 1st floor and the 15th floor of Wilson Hall and the Linac building, which houses the first two accelerators, the neutron therapy area and the Main Control Room.
There is no charge for the tour, but advance registration is required. Children age 10 and older are welcome, but an adult must accompany them.
Take science questions straight to experts. The first Sunday of each month, physicists answer questions and explain everything from the Big Bang to how a particle accelerator works. Each three-hour session includes a presentation by a scientist, a tour, and a Q & A period.
The docent-led tour includes visiting the 1st floor and the 15th floor of Wilson Hall and the Linac building, which houses the first two accelerators, the neutron therapy area and the Main Control Room.
There is no charge for the tour, but advance registration is required. Children age 10 and older are welcome, but an adult must accompany them.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Animal Houses
5/22-11/15/2009 7am-5pm | Ages: All Ages
From May through November of 2009, visitors to The Morton Arboretum will be surprised and delighted to discover 11 oversized animal shelters nestled within the woodland, wetland, and prairie habitats of the Arboretum. Animal Houses is an imaginative outdoor exhibition that invites children and families to experience the natural world through the eyes of local animals and to learn how these animals live and interact with trees and their changing environments. Connect with the local animals found in healthy woodlands, prairies, and wetlands. You and your family can see life from the bottom of a pond, climb to a squirrel's home, or explore a coyote's den. Join us for the exhibit opening on Memorial day weekend and learn how Illinois animals live!
Astronomy Conversations
11/2/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Masterpiece Under the Microscope
11/2/2009 11am-6pm | Ages: All Ages
What can science tell us about art? Visit LUMA this summer to discover what Joe Barabe, a scientist at McCrone Associates of Westmont, IL, found when he looked at paint samples under a microscope. What were the paints used by this 18th-century artist made of and from where did they come? See too what a painting looks like in an x-ray. Curator, Jonathan Canning and conservator, Maura Checconi, interpret these scientific discoveries in light of the art history and painting practices of 18th-century Spain.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/2/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/2/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Animal Houses
5/22-11/15/2009 7am-5pm | Ages: All Ages
From May through November of 2009, visitors to The Morton Arboretum will be surprised and delighted to discover 11 oversized animal shelters nestled within the woodland, wetland, and prairie habitats of the Arboretum. Animal Houses is an imaginative outdoor exhibition that invites children and families to experience the natural world through the eyes of local animals and to learn how these animals live and interact with trees and their changing environments. Connect with the local animals found in healthy woodlands, prairies, and wetlands. You and your family can see life from the bottom of a pond, climb to a squirrel's home, or explore a coyote's den. Join us for the exhibit opening on Memorial day weekend and learn how Illinois animals live!
Astronomy Conversations
11/3/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Masterpiece Under the Microscope
11/3/2009 11am-6pm | Ages: All Ages
What can science tell us about art? Visit LUMA this summer to discover what Joe Barabe, a scientist at McCrone Associates of Westmont, IL, found when he looked at paint samples under a microscope. What were the paints used by this 18th-century artist made of and from where did they come? See too what a painting looks like in an x-ray. Curator, Jonathan Canning and conservator, Maura Checconi, interpret these scientific discoveries in light of the art history and painting practices of 18th-century Spain.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/3/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/3/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Animal Houses
5/22-11/15/2009 7am-5pm | Ages: All Ages
From May through November of 2009, visitors to The Morton Arboretum will be surprised and delighted to discover 11 oversized animal shelters nestled within the woodland, wetland, and prairie habitats of the Arboretum. Animal Houses is an imaginative outdoor exhibition that invites children and families to experience the natural world through the eyes of local animals and to learn how these animals live and interact with trees and their changing environments. Connect with the local animals found in healthy woodlands, prairies, and wetlands. You and your family can see life from the bottom of a pond, climb to a squirrel's home, or explore a coyote's den. Join us for the exhibit opening on Memorial day weekend and learn how Illinois animals live!
Astronomy Conversations
11/4/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Is God A Mathematician?
11/4/2009 5pm-6pm | Ages: All Ages
For centuries, mathematical theories have proven uncannily accurate at describing - and predicting - the physical world. What is it that gives mathematics such powers? Dr. Livio, author of the recent book, Is God a Mathematician?, will thoroughly review this question in his talk. Dr. Livio will explore such fields as mathematics, cosmology, physics and the cognitive sciences, and will offer an accessible and lively account of the ideas of some of the greatest mathematicians and scientists in history, from Archimedes to Galileo and Descartes, and from Newton to Hilbert and Gödel, on up to the present day. Along the way he will discuss another question with which mathematicians, philosophers, and neuroscientists have struggled for centuries: Is mathematics ultimately invented or discovered? Dr. Livio is a senior astrophysicist and the Head of the Office of Public Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. He is the author of The Golden Ratio, a prize winning book about mathematics and art.
Masterpiece Under the Microscope
11/4/2009 11am-6pm | Ages: All Ages
What can science tell us about art? Visit LUMA this summer to discover what Joe Barabe, a scientist at McCrone Associates of Westmont, IL, found when he looked at paint samples under a microscope. What were the paints used by this 18th-century artist made of and from where did they come? See too what a painting looks like in an x-ray. Curator, Jonathan Canning and conservator, Maura Checconi, interpret these scientific discoveries in light of the art history and painting practices of 18th-century Spain.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/4/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/4/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Animal Houses
5/22-11/15/2009 7am-5pm | Ages: All Ages
From May through November of 2009, visitors to The Morton Arboretum will be surprised and delighted to discover 11 oversized animal shelters nestled within the woodland, wetland, and prairie habitats of the Arboretum. Animal Houses is an imaginative outdoor exhibition that invites children and families to experience the natural world through the eyes of local animals and to learn how these animals live and interact with trees and their changing environments. Connect with the local animals found in healthy woodlands, prairies, and wetlands. You and your family can see life from the bottom of a pond, climb to a squirrel's home, or explore a coyote's den. Join us for the exhibit opening on Memorial day weekend and learn how Illinois animals live!
Astronomy Conversations
11/5/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Masterpiece Under the Microscope
11/5/2009 11am-6pm | Ages: All Ages
What can science tell us about art? Visit LUMA this summer to discover what Joe Barabe, a scientist at McCrone Associates of Westmont, IL, found when he looked at paint samples under a microscope. What were the paints used by this 18th-century artist made of and from where did they come? See too what a painting looks like in an x-ray. Curator, Jonathan Canning and conservator, Maura Checconi, interpret these scientific discoveries in light of the art history and painting practices of 18th-century Spain.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/5/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/5/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Friday, November 6, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Animal Houses
5/22-11/15/2009 7am-5pm | Ages: All Ages
From May through November of 2009, visitors to The Morton Arboretum will be surprised and delighted to discover 11 oversized animal shelters nestled within the woodland, wetland, and prairie habitats of the Arboretum. Animal Houses is an imaginative outdoor exhibition that invites children and families to experience the natural world through the eyes of local animals and to learn how these animals live and interact with trees and their changing environments. Connect with the local animals found in healthy woodlands, prairies, and wetlands. You and your family can see life from the bottom of a pond, climb to a squirrel's home, or explore a coyote's den. Join us for the exhibit opening on Memorial day weekend and learn how Illinois animals live!
Astronomy Conversations
11/6/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Masterpiece Under the Microscope
11/6/2009 11am-6pm | Ages: All Ages
What can science tell us about art? Visit LUMA this summer to discover what Joe Barabe, a scientist at McCrone Associates of Westmont, IL, found when he looked at paint samples under a microscope. What were the paints used by this 18th-century artist made of and from where did they come? See too what a painting looks like in an x-ray. Curator, Jonathan Canning and conservator, Maura Checconi, interpret these scientific discoveries in light of the art history and painting practices of 18th-century Spain.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/6/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/6/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Animal Houses
5/22-11/15/2009 7am-5pm | Ages: All Ages
From May through November of 2009, visitors to The Morton Arboretum will be surprised and delighted to discover 11 oversized animal shelters nestled within the woodland, wetland, and prairie habitats of the Arboretum. Animal Houses is an imaginative outdoor exhibition that invites children and families to experience the natural world through the eyes of local animals and to learn how these animals live and interact with trees and their changing environments. Connect with the local animals found in healthy woodlands, prairies, and wetlands. You and your family can see life from the bottom of a pond, climb to a squirrel's home, or explore a coyote's den. Join us for the exhibit opening on Memorial day weekend and learn how Illinois animals live!
Astronomy Conversations
11/7/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Masterpiece Under the Microscope
11/7/2009 11am-6pm | Ages: All Ages
What can science tell us about art? Visit LUMA this summer to discover what Joe Barabe, a scientist at McCrone Associates of Westmont, IL, found when he looked at paint samples under a microscope. What were the paints used by this 18th-century artist made of and from where did they come? See too what a painting looks like in an x-ray. Curator, Jonathan Canning and conservator, Maura Checconi, interpret these scientific discoveries in light of the art history and painting practices of 18th-century Spain.
Our Daughters, Our Duty
11/7/2009 10am-1pm | Ages: All Ages
What is more important than the health of our children?
We have many options to reduce the risk of cancer from a healthier diet to prevention therapies. The more information we know about individual cancers, the better we can help ourselves and our children.
Community Engagement Centering on Solutions (CECOS) and Richard J. Daley College are offering you an opportunity to learn more about cervical cancer, and its threat to the women of our community. (CECOS is a program of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center.) Join us on Saturday, November 7 at Richard Daley College from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Dr. Rick Kittles, Associate Director for Diversity and Community Outreach, and Dr. Kenneth Alexander, noted HPV researcher and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago, will help us understand the role of the human papillomavirus (HPV) in cancer and how we can protect our families and friends.
The town hall meeting will include discussion of a new vaccine that is effective in preventing cervical cancer. HPV causes more than 99% of all cervical cancers and 100% of genital warts. The vaccine is effective for the types of viruses that cause 70% of cervical cancers and 90% of genital warts. We recognize that some people have concerns about the vaccine, and we wish to address these issues together in a thoughtful exchange of ideas.
Please come to our town hall meeting for invaluable information, lively discussion, and refreshments.
What: Our Daughters, Our Duty
When: Saturday, November 7, 2009
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Where: Richard J. Daley College, One of the City Colleges of Chicago
7500 South Pulaski Road
Chicago, Illinois 60652
We have many options to reduce the risk of cancer from a healthier diet to prevention therapies. The more information we know about individual cancers, the better we can help ourselves and our children.
Community Engagement Centering on Solutions (CECOS) and Richard J. Daley College are offering you an opportunity to learn more about cervical cancer, and its threat to the women of our community. (CECOS is a program of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center.) Join us on Saturday, November 7 at Richard Daley College from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Dr. Rick Kittles, Associate Director for Diversity and Community Outreach, and Dr. Kenneth Alexander, noted HPV researcher and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago, will help us understand the role of the human papillomavirus (HPV) in cancer and how we can protect our families and friends.
The town hall meeting will include discussion of a new vaccine that is effective in preventing cervical cancer. HPV causes more than 99% of all cervical cancers and 100% of genital warts. The vaccine is effective for the types of viruses that cause 70% of cervical cancers and 90% of genital warts. We recognize that some people have concerns about the vaccine, and we wish to address these issues together in a thoughtful exchange of ideas.
Please come to our town hall meeting for invaluable information, lively discussion, and refreshments.
What: Our Daughters, Our Duty
When: Saturday, November 7, 2009
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Where: Richard J. Daley College, One of the City Colleges of Chicago
7500 South Pulaski Road
Chicago, Illinois 60652
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/7/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/7/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
DI Team Skills 201 Workshop!
11/7/2009 9:30am-2pm | Ages: 5 and up
Get ready to have a GREAT day of hands-on activities to build skills useful to DI teams! ILDI and Goodman Theater are joining forces to create a variety of "stations" for the teams to experience. It's the best of science integrated with the arts!!
Try out:
Structure building and testing for Rising Stars and teams considering Challenge E: Breaking DI News
Tools, tools, tools
PVC--what can we build?
Mechanical wizardry--look at Challenge A: DIrect DIposit and B: DI-Bot
Costuming--how to make a character
Improvisation
Trash to treasure
Instant Challenge--how well can you think on your feet? work as a team?
Added BONUS is Destination ImagiNation Team Manager Training Session running concurrently during the workshop. Team Managers, this is great opportunity for you to learn the basics of managing a DI team while another adult or two stays with your team.
Peering into the Night Sky: A Family Adventure
11/7/2009 7pm-9pm | Ages: 9 and up
Are you fascinated with the winter sky? Wish you could see further and further into our glorious universe? Learn to use several tools, your own eyes, binoculars and telescopes to see even more! Test a variety of telescopes and receive your own Galileoscope, the telescope of the International Year of Astronomy. For parents and students grades 3 and up. Telescope included in registration fee.
Instructor: Mary Jo Murphy, Fermilab Education Office
Download a registration form from our website to mail or fax in.
Instructor: Mary Jo Murphy, Fermilab Education Office
Download a registration form from our website to mail or fax in.
The Physics of Energy Devices
11/7/2009 11am-12pm | Ages: 13 and up
Right now, nuclei are splitting, carbon atoms are rejoining oxygen atoms, generators are turning, transformers are stepping voltages up and down, oil pumpjacks are nodding, refiners are processing, and cars are whirring on numerous highways. Our modern life depends on a bewildering number and variety of transformations of energy. These all act together transparently to provide our everyday conveniences and essentials, and are easy to take for granted. The energy transformations employ many key ideas of physics that have been developed in the last century and a half. Indeed, the emergence of almost every major area of physics went hand-in-hand with the invention of practical devices that define our modern life.
This 70th Compton Lecture Series sponsored by the University of Chicago Enrico Fermi Institute will break several of these technologies down to their essential phenomena, and put those phenomena in the context of the development of physics as a field.
Lecturere Eric Switzer, KICP Fellow/Postdoctoral Scholar in the Enrico Fermi Institute, will review some of the essential physics of energy technologies in an approximately chronological order, from outcomes of electrodynamics and thermodynamics to applications of more modern nuclear and condensed matter physics.
The lectures will take place every Saturday morning from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. beginning October 3, through December 12, 2009.(No lecture on November 28th).
The Field Museum Educator Open House
11/7/2009 9am-1pm | Ages: Adults
Celebrate the 2009-2010 school year with The Field Museum! Explore our permanent exhibitions, including the newly-renovated Grainger Hall of Gems, visit behind-the-scenes with scientists, and delve into hands-on activity stations. The first 300 pre-registered educators who check-in will receive a ticket to our newest temporary exhibition, The Nature of Diamonds. Gather a wealth of information and materials to start your school year off right. Enter the Museum through the East Doors for this event.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Animal Houses
5/22-11/15/2009 7am-5pm | Ages: All Ages
From May through November of 2009, visitors to The Morton Arboretum will be surprised and delighted to discover 11 oversized animal shelters nestled within the woodland, wetland, and prairie habitats of the Arboretum. Animal Houses is an imaginative outdoor exhibition that invites children and families to experience the natural world through the eyes of local animals and to learn how these animals live and interact with trees and their changing environments. Connect with the local animals found in healthy woodlands, prairies, and wetlands. You and your family can see life from the bottom of a pond, climb to a squirrel's home, or explore a coyote's den. Join us for the exhibit opening on Memorial day weekend and learn how Illinois animals live!
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Making Good Scents
11/8/2009 10am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
Exploring the aromatic herbs that grow in the garden, families will make their own "Lurie Garden blends" of herbal tea, honey lip balm and soothing bath salts.
Masterpiece Under the Microscope
11/8/2009 11am-6pm | Ages: All Ages
What can science tell us about art? Visit LUMA this summer to discover what Joe Barabe, a scientist at McCrone Associates of Westmont, IL, found when he looked at paint samples under a microscope. What were the paints used by this 18th-century artist made of and from where did they come? See too what a painting looks like in an x-ray. Curator, Jonathan Canning and conservator, Maura Checconi, interpret these scientific discoveries in light of the art history and painting practices of 18th-century Spain.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/8/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/8/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Monday, November 9, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Animal Houses
5/22-11/15/2009 7am-5pm | Ages: All Ages
From May through November of 2009, visitors to The Morton Arboretum will be surprised and delighted to discover 11 oversized animal shelters nestled within the woodland, wetland, and prairie habitats of the Arboretum. Animal Houses is an imaginative outdoor exhibition that invites children and families to experience the natural world through the eyes of local animals and to learn how these animals live and interact with trees and their changing environments. Connect with the local animals found in healthy woodlands, prairies, and wetlands. You and your family can see life from the bottom of a pond, climb to a squirrel's home, or explore a coyote's den. Join us for the exhibit opening on Memorial day weekend and learn how Illinois animals live!
Astronomy Conversations
11/9/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Masterpiece Under the Microscope
11/9/2009 11am-6pm | Ages: All Ages
What can science tell us about art? Visit LUMA this summer to discover what Joe Barabe, a scientist at McCrone Associates of Westmont, IL, found when he looked at paint samples under a microscope. What were the paints used by this 18th-century artist made of and from where did they come? See too what a painting looks like in an x-ray. Curator, Jonathan Canning and conservator, Maura Checconi, interpret these scientific discoveries in light of the art history and painting practices of 18th-century Spain.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/9/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/9/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Animal Houses
5/22-11/15/2009 7am-5pm | Ages: All Ages
From May through November of 2009, visitors to The Morton Arboretum will be surprised and delighted to discover 11 oversized animal shelters nestled within the woodland, wetland, and prairie habitats of the Arboretum. Animal Houses is an imaginative outdoor exhibition that invites children and families to experience the natural world through the eyes of local animals and to learn how these animals live and interact with trees and their changing environments. Connect with the local animals found in healthy woodlands, prairies, and wetlands. You and your family can see life from the bottom of a pond, climb to a squirrel's home, or explore a coyote's den. Join us for the exhibit opening on Memorial day weekend and learn how Illinois animals live!
Astronomy Conversations
11/10/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/10/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/10/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Building Bodies and Brains for Robots
11/10/2009 6pm-8pm | Ages: Adults
The Chicago Public Library welcomes Dr. Daniela Rus, 2002 MacArthur Fellow, professor at MIT and leading expert in the field of robotics. Dr. Rus will appear in conversation with Gabriel Spitzer, Science Reporter for WBEZ Chicago Public Radio. Dr. Rus envisions a world in which robots co-exist with and work side by side to support humans. The next logical step in the evolution of computers and computation intelligence may be a movement from personal computers to personal robots.
Join us for this fascinating look at robotics and our future! This program is another of the Library's MacArthur Fellows Science Series programs and is presented in partnership with Science Chicago: Life's A Lab and in collaboration with the Illinois Science Council. The series is made possible with generous support from the John D. and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation through the Chicago Public Library Foundation. For more information visit www.macfound.org ; www.chicagopubliclibrary.org, or call the Chicago Public Library at 312-747-4050.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Animal Houses
5/22-11/15/2009 7am-5pm | Ages: All Ages
From May through November of 2009, visitors to The Morton Arboretum will be surprised and delighted to discover 11 oversized animal shelters nestled within the woodland, wetland, and prairie habitats of the Arboretum. Animal Houses is an imaginative outdoor exhibition that invites children and families to experience the natural world through the eyes of local animals and to learn how these animals live and interact with trees and their changing environments. Connect with the local animals found in healthy woodlands, prairies, and wetlands. You and your family can see life from the bottom of a pond, climb to a squirrel's home, or explore a coyote's den. Join us for the exhibit opening on Memorial day weekend and learn how Illinois animals live!
Astronomy Conversations
11/11/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/11/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/11/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Animal Houses
5/22-11/15/2009 7am-5pm | Ages: All Ages
From May through November of 2009, visitors to The Morton Arboretum will be surprised and delighted to discover 11 oversized animal shelters nestled within the woodland, wetland, and prairie habitats of the Arboretum. Animal Houses is an imaginative outdoor exhibition that invites children and families to experience the natural world through the eyes of local animals and to learn how these animals live and interact with trees and their changing environments. Connect with the local animals found in healthy woodlands, prairies, and wetlands. You and your family can see life from the bottom of a pond, climb to a squirrel's home, or explore a coyote's den. Join us for the exhibit opening on Memorial day weekend and learn how Illinois animals live!
Astronomy Conversations
11/12/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/12/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/12/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Scaling The Web With Prudence
11/12/2009 5:30pm-8pm | Ages: 13 and up
Having fun building web applications that can scale? If not, Tal Liron of crowdSPRING can help with his REST-based open source framework, Prudence.
He will show how to build services that work with, rather than against, the inherently scalable architecture of the web. Tal started his long history of programming when very young and is now working on a Ph.D. at The University of Chicago.
Join ACM Chicago for their November meeting. This event is free but RSVPs are recommended. RSVP on the ACM Chicago website: http://chicagoacm.org.
He will show how to build services that work with, rather than against, the inherently scalable architecture of the web. Tal started his long history of programming when very young and is now working on a Ph.D. at The University of Chicago.
Join ACM Chicago for their November meeting. This event is free but RSVPs are recommended. RSVP on the ACM Chicago website: http://chicagoacm.org.
Water: The New Oil?
11/12/2009 5pm-7:30pm | Ages: 16 and up
Speaker: Debra Shore - Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
As the demand for fresh water increases, we can no longer think of this natural resource as having an endless supply. Finding safe and environmentally sound ways to reuse our water is becoming an issue of international concern. Join Debra Shore, Commissioner for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and C²ST in a frank discussion about Chicagoland's most precious liquid asset.
Northwestern University's Chicago Campus, Hughes Auditorium, 303 E. Superior St.
This program is free for C²ST members and $15 for all others on a first come basis.
5:00 p.m. Registration and Reception
6:00 p.m. Program
As the demand for fresh water increases, we can no longer think of this natural resource as having an endless supply. Finding safe and environmentally sound ways to reuse our water is becoming an issue of international concern. Join Debra Shore, Commissioner for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and C²ST in a frank discussion about Chicagoland's most precious liquid asset.
Northwestern University's Chicago Campus, Hughes Auditorium, 303 E. Superior St.
This program is free for C²ST members and $15 for all others on a first come basis.
5:00 p.m. Registration and Reception
6:00 p.m. Program
Friday, November 13, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Animal Houses
5/22-11/15/2009 7am-5pm | Ages: All Ages
From May through November of 2009, visitors to The Morton Arboretum will be surprised and delighted to discover 11 oversized animal shelters nestled within the woodland, wetland, and prairie habitats of the Arboretum. Animal Houses is an imaginative outdoor exhibition that invites children and families to experience the natural world through the eyes of local animals and to learn how these animals live and interact with trees and their changing environments. Connect with the local animals found in healthy woodlands, prairies, and wetlands. You and your family can see life from the bottom of a pond, climb to a squirrel's home, or explore a coyote's den. Join us for the exhibit opening on Memorial day weekend and learn how Illinois animals live!
Astronomy Conversations
11/13/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/13/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/13/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
The Sounds of Spacetime: Black Holes, Early Universe, Cosmic Strings, and Holographic Noise
11/13/2009 8pm-10pm | Ages: All Ages
Dr. Craig Hogan
Director, Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics & University of Chicago
Using lasers and mirrors, it is now possible to measure distances between things a mile apart to a precision ten thousand times smaller than an atomic nucleus. This amazing capability will, in the next decade, lead to a completely new way of studying the universe, by directly sensing the vibrations of spacetime caused by motions of distant bodies. The talk will survey the new technology and some of the sources, including the most powerful, such as mergers of binary black holes, as well as the most exotic, such as vibrations of cosmic strings. In some theories these machines may also detect "holographic noise" caused by the quantum character of spacetime. There is some evidence that this noise may have already been detected; if so, we may be able to directly measure the fundamental interval of time itself.
Craig Hogan grew up in Los Angeles. He graduated from Harvard College and went on to King's College, Cambridge, earning his Ph.D. there at the Institute of Astronomy in 1980. He held postdoctoral prize fellowships at the University of Chicago and Caltech, and was a professor at the University of Arizona before moving to the University of Washington in Seattle in 1990 as a professor in the Astronomy and Physics departments. From 1995 to 2001 he served as Chair of Astronomy, in 2001-2002 as Divisional Dean of Natural Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and from 2002-2005 as Vice Provost for Research. In 2008 he joined the faculty of the University of Chicago and was appointed Director of the Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics.
Hogan's scholarship in cosmology has been recognized by an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship and a Humboldt Research Award. As a member of the High-z Supernova Search Team he co-discovered cosmic "Dark Energy" in 1998, and was a co-recipient of the Gruber Cosmology Prize in 2007. He is currently a member of the LISA International Science Team, which is developing a spacecraft system to detect gravitational radiation. He serves as an adviser to several large research enterprises and chairs the committee advising NASA's Astrophysics Division. His primer on cosmology, "The Little Book of the Big Bang," is available in Dutch, Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, Greek, and Polish translations. Currently his studies center on ways to study the nature of quantum geometry and measure of the fundamental interval of time.
Director, Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics & University of Chicago
Using lasers and mirrors, it is now possible to measure distances between things a mile apart to a precision ten thousand times smaller than an atomic nucleus. This amazing capability will, in the next decade, lead to a completely new way of studying the universe, by directly sensing the vibrations of spacetime caused by motions of distant bodies. The talk will survey the new technology and some of the sources, including the most powerful, such as mergers of binary black holes, as well as the most exotic, such as vibrations of cosmic strings. In some theories these machines may also detect "holographic noise" caused by the quantum character of spacetime. There is some evidence that this noise may have already been detected; if so, we may be able to directly measure the fundamental interval of time itself.
Craig Hogan grew up in Los Angeles. He graduated from Harvard College and went on to King's College, Cambridge, earning his Ph.D. there at the Institute of Astronomy in 1980. He held postdoctoral prize fellowships at the University of Chicago and Caltech, and was a professor at the University of Arizona before moving to the University of Washington in Seattle in 1990 as a professor in the Astronomy and Physics departments. From 1995 to 2001 he served as Chair of Astronomy, in 2001-2002 as Divisional Dean of Natural Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and from 2002-2005 as Vice Provost for Research. In 2008 he joined the faculty of the University of Chicago and was appointed Director of the Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics.
Hogan's scholarship in cosmology has been recognized by an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship and a Humboldt Research Award. As a member of the High-z Supernova Search Team he co-discovered cosmic "Dark Energy" in 1998, and was a co-recipient of the Gruber Cosmology Prize in 2007. He is currently a member of the LISA International Science Team, which is developing a spacecraft system to detect gravitational radiation. He serves as an adviser to several large research enterprises and chairs the committee advising NASA's Astrophysics Division. His primer on cosmology, "The Little Book of the Big Bang," is available in Dutch, Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, Greek, and Polish translations. Currently his studies center on ways to study the nature of quantum geometry and measure of the fundamental interval of time.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Animal Houses
5/22-11/15/2009 7am-5pm | Ages: All Ages
From May through November of 2009, visitors to The Morton Arboretum will be surprised and delighted to discover 11 oversized animal shelters nestled within the woodland, wetland, and prairie habitats of the Arboretum. Animal Houses is an imaginative outdoor exhibition that invites children and families to experience the natural world through the eyes of local animals and to learn how these animals live and interact with trees and their changing environments. Connect with the local animals found in healthy woodlands, prairies, and wetlands. You and your family can see life from the bottom of a pond, climb to a squirrel's home, or explore a coyote's den. Join us for the exhibit opening on Memorial day weekend and learn how Illinois animals live!
Astronomy Conversations
11/14/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/14/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/14/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
CSI: Careful Scientific Investigations for Grades 3-5
11/14/2009 9am-12pm | Ages: 9 and up
You're just the scientist needed to carefully solve the day's investigation. Mysteries, puzzling "crime scenes" and other problems need to be solved. Use your scientific analysis skills and learn some new strategies to be a CSI investigator.
Instructor: Sue-z Bruno, Aurora East School District 131
Download a registration form from our website to mail or fax in.
Instructor: Sue-z Bruno, Aurora East School District 131
Download a registration form from our website to mail or fax in.
The Physics of Energy Devices
11/14/2009 11am-12pm | Ages: 13 and up
Right now, nuclei are splitting, carbon atoms are rejoining oxygen atoms, generators are turning, transformers are stepping voltages up and down, oil pumpjacks are nodding, refiners are processing, and cars are whirring on numerous highways. Our modern life depends on a bewildering number and variety of transformations of energy. These all act together transparently to provide our everyday conveniences and essentials, and are easy to take for granted. The energy transformations employ many key ideas of physics that have been developed in the last century and a half. Indeed, the emergence of almost every major area of physics went hand-in-hand with the invention of practical devices that define our modern life.
This 70th Compton Lecture Series sponsored by the University of Chicago Enrico Fermi Institute will break several of these technologies down to their essential phenomena, and put those phenomena in the context of the development of physics as a field.
Lecturere Eric Switzer, KICP Fellow/Postdoctoral Scholar in the Enrico Fermi Institute, will review some of the essential physics of energy technologies in an approximately chronological order, from outcomes of electrodynamics and thermodynamics to applications of more modern nuclear and condensed matter physics.
The lectures will take place every Saturday morning from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. beginning October 3, through December 12, 2009.(No lecture on November 28th).
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Animal Houses
5/22-11/15/2009 7am-5pm | Ages: All Ages
From May through November of 2009, visitors to The Morton Arboretum will be surprised and delighted to discover 11 oversized animal shelters nestled within the woodland, wetland, and prairie habitats of the Arboretum. Animal Houses is an imaginative outdoor exhibition that invites children and families to experience the natural world through the eyes of local animals and to learn how these animals live and interact with trees and their changing environments. Connect with the local animals found in healthy woodlands, prairies, and wetlands. You and your family can see life from the bottom of a pond, climb to a squirrel's home, or explore a coyote's den. Join us for the exhibit opening on Memorial day weekend and learn how Illinois animals live!
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/15/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/15/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Monday, November 16, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Astronomy Conversations
11/16/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/16/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/16/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Astronomy Conversations
11/17/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/17/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/17/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Astronomy Conversations
11/18/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/18/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/18/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Astronomy Conversations
11/19/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/19/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/19/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Friday, November 20, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Astronomy Conversations
11/20/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/20/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/20/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Junior Science Cafe: Using ESP to Talk With Molecules
11/20/2009 4pm-5:30pm | Ages: 13 and up
What's this about being able to talk with molecules?!
If you knew your favorite molecule had a voice, wouldn't you want to know what it had to say? Learn how to engage in conversations with chemicals to figure out what are they made of, how and why they move, and other aspects of their existence. Let's use all of our senses to experience some molecules, and discuss how we use technology to give us extrasensory perception (ESP).
Join Josh Kurutz, Ph.D. as we also explore philosophical relationships between technology, knowledge, and limits on humans' capacity to know.
If you knew your favorite molecule had a voice, wouldn't you want to know what it had to say? Learn how to engage in conversations with chemicals to figure out what are they made of, how and why they move, and other aspects of their existence. Let's use all of our senses to experience some molecules, and discuss how we use technology to give us extrasensory perception (ESP).
Join Josh Kurutz, Ph.D. as we also explore philosophical relationships between technology, knowledge, and limits on humans' capacity to know.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Astronomy Conversations
11/21/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/21/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/21/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Lego Engineering Juniors for Grades 3-5
11/21/2009 9:30am-12pm | Ages: 9 and up
New instructors and new projects! Learn mechanical and architectural principles building with Lego blocks. Then test your projects. Instructors will demonstrate principles and help you to try new strategies based upon what you learn.
Instructors: Bob Shaw, Fermilab Education Office and Todd Ernst, Valley View School District 365U
Download a registration form from our website to mail or fax in.
Instructors: Bob Shaw, Fermilab Education Office and Todd Ernst, Valley View School District 365U
Download a registration form from our website to mail or fax in.
Junior Science Cafe: The Amazing Central Region of the Milky Way
11/21/2009 11am-12:30pm | Ages: 13 and up
Did you know that the Earth and Sun orbit the center of the Milky Way galaxy every 200 million years? While astronomers know quite a bit about what is going on near the Sun, for years they have been literally in the dark about this galactic center we orbit.
Now, because of newly developed telescopes, we can see right into the center of the galaxy! All sorts of amazing astrophysical phenomena is there -- huge dense gas clouds, exploding stars, and if that wasn't enough, there's the supermassive black hole right in the middle of it all.
Join Doug Roberts, Ph.D. of Adler Planetarium and learn more about this amazing galactic center than Astronomers ever thought existed -- it'll knock your socks off!
Now, because of newly developed telescopes, we can see right into the center of the galaxy! All sorts of amazing astrophysical phenomena is there -- huge dense gas clouds, exploding stars, and if that wasn't enough, there's the supermassive black hole right in the middle of it all.
Join Doug Roberts, Ph.D. of Adler Planetarium and learn more about this amazing galactic center than Astronomers ever thought existed -- it'll knock your socks off!
The Physics of Energy Devices
11/21/2009 11am-12pm | Ages: 13 and up
Right now, nuclei are splitting, carbon atoms are rejoining oxygen atoms, generators are turning, transformers are stepping voltages up and down, oil pumpjacks are nodding, refiners are processing, and cars are whirring on numerous highways. Our modern life depends on a bewildering number and variety of transformations of energy. These all act together transparently to provide our everyday conveniences and essentials, and are easy to take for granted. The energy transformations employ many key ideas of physics that have been developed in the last century and a half. Indeed, the emergence of almost every major area of physics went hand-in-hand with the invention of practical devices that define our modern life.
This 70th Compton Lecture Series sponsored by the University of Chicago Enrico Fermi Institute will break several of these technologies down to their essential phenomena, and put those phenomena in the context of the development of physics as a field.
Lecturere Eric Switzer, KICP Fellow/Postdoctoral Scholar in the Enrico Fermi Institute, will review some of the essential physics of energy technologies in an approximately chronological order, from outcomes of electrodynamics and thermodynamics to applications of more modern nuclear and condensed matter physics.
The lectures will take place every Saturday morning from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. beginning October 3, through December 12, 2009.(No lecture on November 28th).
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/22/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/22/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Monday, November 23, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Astronomy Conversations
11/23/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/23/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/23/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Astronomy Conversations
11/24/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/24/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/24/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Astronomy Conversations
11/25/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/25/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/25/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Astronomy Conversations
11/26/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/26/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/26/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Friday, November 27, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Astronomy Conversations
11/27/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/27/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/27/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Astronomy Conversations
11/28/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/28/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/28/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
The Physics of Energy Devices
11/28/2009 11am-12pm | Ages: 13 and up
Right now, nuclei are splitting, carbon atoms are rejoining oxygen atoms, generators are turning, transformers are stepping voltages up and down, oil pumpjacks are nodding, refiners are processing, and cars are whirring on numerous highways. Our modern life depends on a bewildering number and variety of transformations of energy. These all act together transparently to provide our everyday conveniences and essentials, and are easy to take for granted. The energy transformations employ many key ideas of physics that have been developed in the last century and a half. Indeed, the emergence of almost every major area of physics went hand-in-hand with the invention of practical devices that define our modern life.
This 70th Compton Lecture Series sponsored by the University of Chicago Enrico Fermi Institute will break several of these technologies down to their essential phenomena, and put those phenomena in the context of the development of physics as a field.
Lecturere Eric Switzer, KICP Fellow/Postdoctoral Scholar in the Enrico Fermi Institute, will review some of the essential physics of energy technologies in an approximately chronological order, from outcomes of electrodynamics and thermodynamics to applications of more modern nuclear and condensed matter physics.
The lectures will take place every Saturday morning from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. beginning October 3, through December 12, 2009.(No lecture on November 28th).
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/29/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/29/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Monday, November 30, 2009
Adopt-a-Beach This Fall!
9/29-11/30/2009 9:45am-10am | Ages: All Ages
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and shoreline areas in the world. The Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach program is an easy and fun way for you to connect with your part of any of the Great Lakes' shorelines. Adopt-a-Beach is a year round stewardship based service learning and citizen science program. Schools, families, businesses and community groups adopt beaches and shoreline areas in their local community to conduct litter removal and monitoring and water quality testing. Adopters work with the Alliance to locate a beach to adopt, log the information they gather into our online database and use it for pollution prevention and educational purposes. Adopters then use the data to create positive changes at the beach. The Alliance provides adopters with: An Adopt-a-Beach start-up kit, data collection forms, training opportunities, an online database, water test kits and general support.
Astronomy Conversations
11/30/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
11/30/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
Special Report on Science Chicago
11/30/2009 12am-12pm | Ages: All Ages
From September 2008 -- August 2009, citizens enjoyed unparalleled access to more than 1,200 dynamic in-person science experiences and countless ways to explore and share science on the web. Learn more and enjoy highlights of the Science Chicago year here: http://www.sciencechicago.com/finalreport/
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Astronomy Conversations
12/1/2009 2pm-3pm | Ages: All Ages
These hour-long sessions give Adler guests an opportunity to meet astronomers, scientists, and historians in an informal atmosphere, ask questions, and explore visualizations in the SVL, Space Visualization Lab, with an expert guide.
Check http://www.adlerplanetarium.org for further scheduling information.
From Earth to the Universe
5/11-12/31/2009 1pm-12pm | Ages: All Ages
The Chicago Department of Aviation and the Adler Planetarium have partnered to present a stunning collection of more than 50 astronomical images showcasing dramatic views from our Universe. The exhibit was generously funded through NASA.
Smart Home: Green + Wired
12/1/2009 9:30am-4pm | Ages: All Ages
The "Greenest Home in Chicago" is back at the Museum of Science and Industry, redesigned and updated for 2009. The home - built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All-American Homes -- showcases the ways you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life, and highlights what the future may bring for consumers.
Smart Home offers guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds. Discover the new interior, reinterpreted with the help of Chicago Home + Garden magazine and featuring bold colors, fresh green stories, and new products and furniture. New and unique home technologies are also on display, courtesy of WIRED magazine. Explore the updated landscaping, which offers techniques for urban gardening such as vertical gardens and EarthBox planting.
