Maryland Science Center: For Educators: Traveling Science Program: Assembly Programs

Our Assembly Programs are perfect for large groups of up to 250 students. From dinosaurs to discrepant events, our programs cover many exciting topics. With nine different titles to choose from, you’re sure to find one that piques your interest.

Name	Grades	Capacity	Description

Arcs and Sparks: The Science of Electricity	3-8	250	How is electricity created and controlled? Learn the shocking truth about the true nature of insulators, conductors, direct current, and alternating current. Construct a model of how electrons move through a wire, take part in a hair-raising experience with a 125,000-volt electrostatic generator, and learn about the importance of using electricity safely.

Behind the Science	K-6	250	The scientific method has been used for hundreds of years to solve problems and investigate new ideas. In this show the students explore the scientific process to discover why people do science and how it has been used to create dynamic inventions.

Brain Benders	K-6	250	Can you walk through a piece of paper? Are you stronger than air?? It's true that some things that may look like magic are actually science. Observe discrepant events: mind-boggling demonstrations with unexpected outcomes. Students will be surprised as they start looking at everyday objects through scientific eyes.

Dinosaur!	K-2	125	How do scientists know that dinosaurs ever roamed the Earth? Puppets, fossils, and large, interactive props help to show younger students how rocks, bones, and tracks help scientists search for answers about everyone's favorite extinct animals.

The Light Fantastic	4-8	250	From fire to lasers, explore the history of light and observe its ability to bend and bounce. Travel along the electromagnetic spectrum, and witness the spectacular properties of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light while discovering how it is produced and used.

Play Ball: Super Sports Science	K-8	250	Science and sports team up to explore the biology, physics, and engineering behind athletics. Discover why you wouldn't play football with a hockey puck, and uncover why each sport has unique equipment that utilizes friction, elasticity, and shape to its advantage. Become an athlete and reveal the science in sports while putting real sports equipment to the test.

Science to Amaze & Intrigue	K-6	250	Witness a potpourri of chemistry, biology, and physics! Find out if you can see with your hands and what happens to nitrogen gas at 320 degrees below zero. Exciting demonstrations on sound, human senses, chemical reactions, cold, heat, and combustion are guaranteed to both amaze and intrigue.

What's the Matter? Chemistry with Fizz, Foam & Flash	K-8	250	How can you tell when chemistry is happening? What's the difference between matter and energy? This show explores the states of matter, physical changes, and chemical reactions through loud, bright, and visually thrilling experiments. Watch as flash dazzles, foam oozes, and fizz flows.

The Wright Stuff	K-8	250	Journey back in time to witness the ways in which scientific inventions from the hot air balloon to the rocket have given us the ability to fly. Learn about the scientific principles used to enable flight, including the properties of air, lift, weight, thrust and drag.

(To meet all safety and fire code regulations, assembly show audiences may number no more than 250. "Dinosaur!" audiences may number no more then 125.)

The photo above features performer Martin Lilly demonstrating the connection between matter and energy in our program What's the Matter? Chemistry With Fizz, Foam, & Flash.