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. All activities are free of charge and materials are provided - just bring your open mind!
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Interactive Science Booths
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Science Talks
450
Planetarium Tickets
1000s
of activities for everyone!
2026 Science Talks
15-min long presentations for all ages with time afterwards for questions. See the 2026 schedule below! EYU to the World: Talks held in CS50 will be live-streamed from 12 – 5pm! Click on 'Room B (CS50)' for the link!Science and Education Pioneer Award (LIVESTREAM)
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2025-11-02
2025-11-02 12:45
12:00
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Special kickoff to EYU at the beginning of the event by Dean Miguel García-Garibay of the division of Physical Sciences at UCLA including a presentation of the 2025 Science and Education Pioneer Award. Livestream at this link! 2025 Pioneer Award Recipient, Professor Terence Tao. We are proud to honor Professor Terence Tao of the UCLA Mathematics Department […]
Stand up for Science with EYU
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2025-11-02
2025-11-02 13:15
12:45
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
The ongoing federal funding cuts to scientific research impact us all. The research done at UCLA leads to a host of technologies that advance society, grow the economy, and improve lives. Our Dean will share some of the measurable impacts UCLA has on the LA region, and three faculty will share short presentations about their […]
Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay
Dean / UCLA Physical Sciences and Distinguished Professor / UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry / UCLA
From City to Chile: How to Find the Universe!
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2025-11-02
2025-11-02 13:15
12:45
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Astronomers go to special places like Chile to find planets, comets and galaxies. Can you do this in a city? What’s happening in Chile? Come learn about the special ingredient that makes all this possible! Recommended grade levels for this talk: 9th-12th
Laura-May Abron
Astronomer Tornado-Chaser, Griffith Observatory
Snowing here but sizzling there: How Earth makes weather and climate
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2025-11-02
2025-11-02 14:00
13:30
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Embark on an exciting journey around the world to discover why some places are snowy while others are sizzling hot. Explore how Earth’s tilt, spin, and sunlight work together to create seasons, climate zones, and weather patterns. Learn why different parts of the planet feel so different at the same time of year. By the […]
Janine A. Baijnath-Rodino
Professor / UCLA Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
The Quest to Discover New Worlds: How We Take Pictures of Other Solar Systems
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2025-11-02
2025-11-02 14:00
13:30
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
When we watch Star Wars or Star Trek, we see characters traveling between different solar systems, as if worlds that orbit around other stars are a given. But do the stars we see in the night sky really have their own planets, maybe even ones like Earth? Astronomers are on a quest to find that […]
Clarissa Do Ó
Postdoctoral Fellow / CalTech Astronomy
Near-Earth Objects: Hunting Rocks in Space
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2025-11-02
2025-11-02 14:00
13:30
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
For billions of years, Earth’s landscape has changed slowly. Continents move relative to each other, mountains are worn down by wind and rain—these geologic forces take millions of years! But sometimes, change happens in an instant. A large asteroid impact can reshape the land in seconds! That’s why Principal Investigator Amy Mainzer and her amazing […]
Valeria Jaramillo
Public Education Specialist / UCLA EPSS and NEO Surveyor
Exploring Distant Worlds: A Tale of Water Worlds, Rocky Planets, and the Search for Life
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2025-11-02
2025-11-02 14:45
14:15
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Our exoplanet research is like going on a cosmic treasure hunt, searching for amazing little worlds twirling around faraway stars! 🌟🪐 We explore them to see just how wonderfully different planets can be—giant, teeny-tiny, scorching hot, icy cold, or maybe even a bit like our cozy Earth. 🌍✨ Recommended grade level: 9th-12th
Björn Benneke
UCLA EPSS Associate Professor & Vice Chair for Graduate Studies
Seeing the Unseeable: How We Discover Black Holes
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2025-11-02
2025-11-02 14:45
14:15
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Black holes are invisible, yet we know they are out there—from the remains of dead stars to giants millions of times heavier than the Sun. But how can we study something that swallows even light? In this talk, we’ll explore the clever ways astronomers find black holes: by watching stars dance around them, listening to […]
Smadar Naoz
Professor / UCLA Department of Physics & Astronomy
Are we alone? UCLA SETI is on a quest to find out
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2025-11-02
2025-11-02 14:45
14:15
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
How can we find evidence of life elsewhere? Since 2016, UCLA SETI has been searching for signs of technology (technosignatures) in the galaxy with one of the largest radio telescopes on Earth. With UCLA undergraduate and graduate students, we have examined over 50,000 stars to date. Join us to find out why this search is […]
Jean-Luc Margot
Professor / UCLA Department of Earth, Planetary, & Space Sciences / UCLA Department of Physics & Astronomy
Organic Chemistry in the Movies
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2025-11-02
2025-11-02 15:30
15:00
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Despite its bad reputation, organic chemistry is awesome and is all around us. In this presentation, attendees will learn some of the basics of organic chemistry (yes, even kids can learn it!), while enjoying short clips from family-friendly movies. Recommended grade level: 3rd-5th
Neil Garg
Distinguished Professor & Associate Dean/ UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry
From Spinning Tops to Spinning Protons
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2025-11-02
2025-11-02 15:30
15:00
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Have you ever spun a top and watched it whirl? Now imagine something far smaller—a proton, one of the building blocks of every atom. A proton also has “spin,” but here is the surprise: we still do not fully understand where that spin comes from. Inside every proton is a busy world of quarks and […]
Zhongbo Kang
Professor / UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy
Consider the ant and be wise - what can humans learn from ants?
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2025-11-02
2025-11-02 16:15
15:45
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Ants form incredibly successful social systems. Over millions of years they have evolved the ability to construct intricate nests, cultivate crops, build bridges and rafts, and herd other animals; just to name a few exciting collective behaviors that ants accomplish. Inspired by ant behavior, humans have developed new computer algorithms, building architectures, and robot swarms. […]
Noa Pinter-Wollman
Professor / UCLA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Computational and Systems Biology / UCLA
Scrubbed In: The Science of Cleaning up a Mess!
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2025-11-02
2025-11-02 17:00
16:30
00:00
America/Los_Angeles
Whether you’re cooking dinner or performing cutting edge research, messiness is inevitable. From coffee stains to motor oil to chemical spills, cleaning is about understanding what your mess is made of and using that knowledge to choose the right solution for your problem. We’ll be talking about some of the science behind the techniques, technologies, […]
Noah Yan
M.D./Ph.D. Student, UCLA MIMG