March 11th, 2023 | 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Campus
Once again, the Atlanta Science Festival is looking forward to painting the city with science in March 2023. Stay tuned for the schedule release for the 2023 Festival in February!
The Festival is engineered by Science ATL and community partners, with major support from founders Emory University, Georgia Tech, and the Metro Atlanta Chamber, and from sponsors UPS, International Paper, Georgia Power, Cox Enterprises, Lockheed Martin, Lenz Marketing, and Mercer University.
Members of the Georgia Tech community are opening their doors for the Atlanta Science Festival. Whether you’re interested in robotics, brains, biology, space, art, nanotechnology, paper, computer science, wearables, bioengineering, chemical engineering, or systems engineering, there will be activities for you. Visit campus for lab tours, hands-on STEAM activities, exhibits, demonstrations, opportunities to meet student researchers, and learn about the research and so much more happening at Tech.
Activity Guide
Activity Name |
Description |
Audience Age |
Hosting Organization |
Brain Games |
Exercise your brain with our challenging brain games! Test your reflexes, examine your senses, and learn all about the brain with our interactive neuroscience demos for Brain Awareness Day! | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Georgia Tech Undergraduate Neuroscience |
Explore Papermaking |
Come explore the process of papermaking and make your own sheet of paper to take home! | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Robert C. Williams Museums Museum of Papermaking |
Urban Water Cycle |
Learn about how wastewater is transformed to be used in urban environments through this live demo. | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Water Chemists |
Fuel Cell |
See how fuel cell batteries work to power your projects. | Children under 10 | Batteries |
Is My Honey Pure? |
Put on your detective hats to see how scientists distinguish between pure and fake honey using cutting edge tools of the trade. | Teenagers, Adults, Families | Molecular Detectives |
Magnetic Levitation via Superconductivity |
You don't have to be a superhero to make things fly, just a scientist. | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Graduate Association of Physicists |
Playing Mother Nature |
Why do we have weather? What makes the ocean circulate? How does one remember all the types of rocks and minerals? These are all questions we study within the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Join us and explore these questions yourselves! | Teenagers, Adults, Families | School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
Chemistry Magic |
Make your own DIY self-inflating balloon, lava lamp and color-changing turmeric art with everyday household products. | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Association of Chemical Engineering Graduate Students |
HCI Simplified |
Learn how human-computer interaction design plays into everyday objects. | Teenagers, Adults | Dr. Arriaga's Lab |
Fuel Cell Based Cars |
See how a fuel cell-based car generates current through an electrochemical reaction and learn how this could make all our commutes cleaner. | Children under 10 | Fuel cell |
Atomistic models of Nanomaterials for Carbon Capture |
No magnifying glasses need to view these atom-level nano materials. See how small things can make something much bigger! | Teenagers, Adults | Sholl Research Group |
Bio-Inspired Solutions for Infrastructure Problems |
Nature inspires our best designs. View demos of how ant tunnels, spiderwebs, and plant roots can make our infrastructure stronger. | Teenagers, Adults | Center for Bio-Inspired and Bio-Mediated Geotechnics |
Communicating for Legos |
Compete against other teams to build lego structures and sharpen your communication skills. | Teenagers | Black Engineers |
Energy and Chemical Reactions |
Watch thermodynamics in action! Participants will be able to create their own 'thermal energy' reactions and learn how scientists predict what can be the unpredictable. | Teenagers, Adults, Families | McDaniel Lab |
Geotechnical Research |
View the group's prototype and participate in demos that show how geogrids can increase strength. | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Geotechnical Engineering Group |
Earthquake Structure Challenge |
Shake it out to see if your structure can survive the vibrations of an earthquake. | Children under 5, Children under 10, Families | Georgia Tech Society of Women Engineers |
Homemade Slime! |
Children will learn how to make slime with individually packaged ingredients during this step-by-step tutorial! | Children under 10 | Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society |
Aero Maker Space 3D Printing Demonstration |
See a 3D printer in action and ask your questions about how they work! | Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Yang Aero Maker Space |
Cold & Colder |
Do all balloons float? Learn about different gases and the gas law by seeing how balloons behave with different gases. | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | The Center for the Origins of Life |
Bouncy Polymer Balls |
Bounce over to view interesting chemical reaction, primarily between the borax and glue to see what hops and what flops. | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | American Institute of Chemical Engineers: Georgia Tech |
Fun with Immunoengineering: Intro to immune Cell Culture |
Design your own immune cell using different colored magnets and put them to the test! Participants will get first-hand experense with an artificial bioreactor and put their knowledge into practice. | Children under 10, Families | Roy Lab |
VR Science Games |
Science meets gaming in this VR scenario. | Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Georgia Tech Library |
Multimedia Green Screen |
Make your selfie out of this world (or anywhere around the world!) using our green screen and multimedia software to add your own background. | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Georgia Tech Library |
Science Fiction from the Georgia Tech Archives |
Experience science fiction from the past to the present with Georgia Tech's archival collections. | Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Georgia Tech Library |
Tour of the Invention Studio + Laser Cut Keychain Workshop |
The Invention Studio is the largest student run makerspace in the nation. Participants can tour the Invention Studio or participate in a laser cut demonstration, or both! Tours and the demo last 30 minutes each. | Teenagers, Adults, Families | Invention Studio at Georgia Tech |
Math Mysteries |
Challenge yourself with different interactive math puzzles. Participants can try puzzles and learn about the math behind it. | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Association for Women in Mathematics |
Investigation into the Effects of Blockage in Arteries |
Participants will experiment to understand the effects of clogged blood vessels and arteries. | Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Bioengineering Graduate Association |
Merging Creativity and Knowledge: An Exhibition of Research-Inspired Artwork |
A gallery exhibit of research-inspired artwork with a scavenger hunt activity component! | Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Science.Art.Wonder |
Space Outreach Activities |
Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Aerospace | |
Biomechanics and Wearable Robots |
Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Biomechanics and Wearable Robots | |
Genes By All Means |
Children under 10, Teenagers | Genes By All Means | |
A Window Tour of the Cleanroom |
Come see the lab where microelectronics and nanotechnology are built on the Georgia Tech campus. | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | IEN Educational Outreach |
Cleanroom Suit Demo |
Do you want to go into a cleanroom? What would you have to wear to go inside that cleanspace? This demonstration will show you what you need to go inside. | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | IEN Educational Outreach |
How Tall Am I? |
How tall are you in the world of nano? How do you compare to other common items in the world? | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | IEN Educational Outreach |
Magic Sand |
Magic Sand is a regular sand with a nano-coating on it which makes it superhydrophobic. What does this mean and how can we use this sand? | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | IEN Educational Outreach |
Ferrofluid |
Materials can act differntly when they are nanometer sized. What does that look like in the real world? | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | IEN Educational Outreach |
Thin Films |
Do materials behave the same when they get thin? How can we use the unique characteristics of thin films? | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | IEN Educational Outreach |
Digital Optical Microscope |
Using light to look at the world the same way that humans see but magnified more than 1000 times, everyday objects become strange landscapes. | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Material Characterization Facility |
X-Ray Fluorescence System |
Use x-rays to find out exactly what an object is made of and create a "picture" of where the elements in a sample are. | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Material Characterization Facility |
Scanning Electron Microscope |
Use electrons to see and explore objects as small as 20 nanometers - about the size of a single virus particle. | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Material Characterization Facility |
Transmission Electron Microscope |
Focus electrons to be able to see individual atoms in a solid. | Children under 5, Children under 10, Teenagers, Adults, Families | Material Characterization Facility |
Information for Attendees
If you would like to attend the Atlanta Science Festival GT Science and Engineering Day, please see the event details, participating groups, and parking and transportation at this link.
