Plasma Power Activities

Sunday, October 6, 2024 12:00 PM — 3:00 PM

Great Hall & Naturalist Center

Join us for special activities relating to the Giant Screen Theater film, Cities of the Future. Activities from Noon to 3 p.m. are included in General Admission. The lecture is free, but does require advance reservations.

Plasma-palooza
Great Hall, 1st Floor
Noon - 3 p.m.

Come check out the magic of plasma! Explore indoor lightning, jumping magnets and surprising colors at our drop-in tables.

Story Time: Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma
Lab B, Naturalist Center, 3rd Floor
1 p.m. & 2 p.m.

Sit, wiggle, and jump your way through the states of matter! Join us for Science Story Time as we read “Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma” by David Adler. Recommended for ages 7 - 10.

Paper Circuits
Great Hall, 1st Floor
Noon - 3 p.m.

Make a light-up circuit to take home and learn how engineers and scientists use their bright ideas to power a green future.

Plasma Power: Clean Energy for Cities of the Future
Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Theater, 1st Floor
4:30 - 6 p.m.

Join us for an evening lecture about the future of energy. Dr. Diem will discuss her research and the potential of fusion for clean, limitless energy and address challenges still-to-be-overcome before fusion power is ready to be a reality.

This program is presented in partnership with the American Physical Society Division of Plasma.