Activities for K-12 and up
Come explore interactive science booths, talks, and a planetarium at UCLA! Also, an award ceremony for a special guest you won't want to miss. Be sure to reserve your tickets to the planetarium early. All activities are free of charge and materials are provided - just bring your open mind! Booths, speakers, and other event details for 2022 are TBD - check back in October.
Planetarium Tickets50⁺
Interactive Science Booths
7
Science Talks
7
Ask-A-Scientist Sessions
1
Award Ceremony
650
Planetarium Tickets
100s
Activities for everybody!
Science Talks (2021)
15-min long presentations for all ages with time afterwards for questions. 2022 Speakers TBD.Where Do You Get Your Protein?
14
2021-11-07
2021-11-07 12:25
12:00
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
An investigation into how our food habits impact the planet, and who has the power to do something about it.
Shruti Indiresan
M.S. Student in Environmental Engineering / UCLA
Ask a Chemist
14
2021-11-07
2021-11-07 12:30
12:00
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Zoom link: Ask me about nanotechnology!
Paul Weiss
UC Presidential Chair Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry; Distinguished Professor of Materials Science & Engineering / UCLA
Why Does Earth’s Magnetic Field Point North?
14
2021-11-07
2021-11-07 12:55
12:30
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
In this talk, I will describe the shape of Earth’s global magnetic field and some of its interesting behaviors. Then I will show why magnetic compasses work by presenting experiments carried out in my lab at UCLA that explain why Earth’s magnetic poles tend to align with the planet’s axis of rotation.
Jonathan M Aurnou
Professor at the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences / UCLA
Ask an Epidemiologist
14
2021-11-07
2021-11-07 13:00
12:30
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Ask me about COVID-19!
Yixing Chen
Clinical Simulation Specialist
Statistical Modeling to Quantitate the Central Dogma
14
2021-11-07
2021-11-07 13:25
13:00
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Prof. Jingyi Jessica Li from UCLA Statistics will talk about how she used statistics to quantify the central dogma of biology: DNA becomes RNA, and RNA becomes protein.
Jingyi Jessica Li
Associate Professor at the Department of Statistics, Department of Human Genetics, and Department of Biomathematics / UCLA
Ask a Science YouTuber
14
2021-11-07
2021-11-07 13:30
13:00
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Zoom link: Ask me about science communication!
Dave Farina
“Professor Dave Explains” / YouTube
Ask a Space Physicist
14
2021-11-07
2021-11-07 13:30
13:00
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Zoom link: Ask me about Space AI!
Not-so-great Pacific Garbage Patch
14
2021-11-07
2021-11-07 13:55
13:30
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
This talk is on the Not-so-great Pacific Garbage Patch with a demonstration using a rotating tank to simulate the ocean!
Jordyn Moscoso
PhD Student at the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences / UCLA
Fundamental Structure of Matter
14
2021-11-07
2021-11-07 13:55
13:30
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
What do you think makes up all the matter around us, such as stars, human body, etc? Do you know that they are all made of by some basic building blocks, known as fundamental particles. In this talk, we will walk through how humans have discovered these different layers of structure of the matter and […]
Zhongbo Kang
Associate Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy / UCLA
Ask an Astronomer
14
2021-11-07
2021-11-07 14:00
13:30
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Zoom link: Ask me about black holes!
Smadar Naoz
Associate Professor at the Department of Physics & Astronomy / UCLA
Gravity and Structure of the Universe
14
2021-11-07
2021-11-07 14:25
14:00
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
The talk will be about gravity and the way it leads to the structures in the universe
Sarah Chase
Physics Ph.D. Student at the Department of Physics and Astronomy / UCLA
Ask a Geophysicist
14
2021-11-07
2021-11-07 14:30
14:00
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Zoom link: Ask me about anything geophysical, from earthquakes, volcanoes, sea-level, topography, plate tectonics!
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni
Louis B and Martha B Slichter Chair in the Geosciences / UCLA
Fun with Plastics!
14
2021-11-07
2021-11-07 14:55
14:30
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Where do plastics come from? Which can be recycled? Can packing peanuts be recycled? How long are polymer chains? How many polymer chains are in a bowling ball? How are you supposed to open a ketchup package if it has no perforation marks? What is polyurethane foam used for and what is the largest polyurethane […]
Richard Kaner
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry; Distinguished Professor of Materials Science & Engineering / UCLA
Ask a Geologist
14
2021-11-07
2021-11-07 15:00
14:30
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Zoom link: Ask me about earthquakes, soil, or landslides!
Seulgi Moon
Assistant Professor at the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences / UCLA
