Science Saturday: Playing with Sound & Music

Join us for this special event in collaboration with the Blue Man Group-Making Waves exhibition. Throughout the day there will be exciting activities experimenting with light and sound. Free with admission.

All Day: Blue Man Group: Making Waves exhibition, 2nd floor

10:30 a.m. Water Music, Science Discovery Lab: make goblets ring and jars sing as you explore the science of sound.

11:00 a.m. Inventing Instruments: A Brief History, presented by musician Phil Thorne; Classroom

12:00-4:30 p.m. Make Your Own Instrument, Classroom: drop in any time to make your own instrument to take home with you, or jam on the instruments in the "garage and kitchen" band.

1:00 p.m. Paper Cup Telephones, Science Discovery Lab: experiment with paper cups, wire, string, cans, jars, and line to make the best telephone to take home and add to your fort.

2:30 p.m. Straw Oboes, Science Discovery Lab: explore air, vibration, and sound as you make the world's smallest oboe.

3:30 p.m. Pan's Pipes, Science Discovery Lab: use simple materials to make a set of pipes - one of the oldest instruments in the world.