Live Presentations
Every day, the Museum offers a number of live demonstrations,
most of which are free with Exhibit Halls admission. A current
listing of live presentations is below. Check the Museum's
daily schedule
for presentation times on a given date.
- Alternative Energy (Live Presentation)
- Investigate wind, solar, and nuclear power, as well as hydrogen, ethanol and biodiesel fuels. (details).
- Biomethane: A Stinky Solution (Live Presentation)
- Discover how tiny bacteria can transform organic waste into a useful alternative fuel. (details).
- Climate Change (Live Presentation)
- Discover evidence for natural and human-caused climate change, explore projected consequences, and learn about ways to reduce CO2. (details).
- Design Challenges (Live Presentation)
- This live Museum offering is designed to introduce students and visitors to the engineering design cycle. By participating in a hands-on activity to design, build, and test a prototype solution to a given problem, visitors have a fun and engaging experience with engineering and innovation processes. The ... (details).
- Electricity! (Live Presentation)
- Learn about the connections between electric and magnetic forces with this high-voltage presentation. Witness a demonstration of lightning created by the world's largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator. (details).
- Health Research Headlines (Live Presentation)
- What's happening in health research? Learn which new developments are making the news. (details).
- Lightning! (Live Presentation)
- Indoor bolts produced by the world's largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator spark exciting explorations of lightning, electric charge, and storm safety. (details).
- Live Animal Presentation (Live Presentation)
- With help from members of the Museum's live animal collection, our knowledgeable staff address behaviors, environments, classification, and adaptations. Students will observe a live animal and be exposed to characteristics of the animal and adaptations that help the animal live in its environment ... (details).
- Making Weather (Live Presentation)
- Discover how air, water, and temperature create weather, and witness the formation of indoor clouds and falling snow. (details).
- Mind Games & Optical Illusions (Live Presentation)
- Volunteers from the audience participate in demonstrations that reveal how the brain can be tricked. See the world the way it really isn't, and investigate how our senses trick us. Visit the exhibit Seeing Is Deceiving before or after this presentation. (details).
- Mythic Creatures: Architeuthis, Gigantopithecus, and Dracorex (Live Presentation)
- What's the latest news about your favorite mythic animals? Come hear the most recent information on sea creatures, land beasts, and winged monsters. (details).
- Nanotechnology Today (Live Presentation)
- The science of tiny things is big news. Join us for the latest research in nanotechnology. (details).
- Our Bodies, Our Health (Live Presentation)
- Hear about exciting health research on topics such as obesity, cancer, nanomedicine, and stem cells. (details).
- Science Live! (Live Presentation)
- A rotating schedule of live scientific discovery. (details).
- Stem Cell Science (Live Presentation)
- Stem cell research is hot news again! Is it really possible to create stem cells without an egg or an embryo? Come and find out what this means for human health. (details).
- Technology in Our Lives (Live Presentation)
- Technology is all around us, but what exactly is it? Come and find out how tech savvy you are! (details).
- The Future of Nuclear Energy (Live Presentation)
- Did you know that nuclear power plants produce about one-fifth of the world's electricity? Learn how a nuclear reactor works, explore some of the tradeoffs surrounding nuclear energy, and hear about how scientists are engineering a new generation of safer, more efficient plants, like pebble bed reactors ... (details).
- The Hell Creek Dinosaurs (Live Presentation)
- Meet Cliff, a Triceratops now on display at the Museum (Blue Wing, Lower Level), and other Hell Creek Formation inhabitants that teach us new information about dinosaurs. Learn how the location of fossil findings adds to our general dinosaur knowledge, and discover how protein from a Tyrannosaurus ... (details).
- Updates in Current Science and Technology (Live Presentation)
- Join us for updates in the science and technology that we hear about in the news, read about in research journals, and see emerging in our society. (details).
