Kids Week 2017 at the Intrepid Museum

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THIS YEAR, KIDS WEEK HAS GAME!

Play cutting-edge digital games, design your own games, and explore interactive displays at this weeklong festival for families. You'll learn about the logic and imagination that goes into game design as you build, tinker and play. Mad Science, Games for Change, Institute of Play, FIRST and other special guests will offer activities, performances and demonstrations at the Museum all week long.

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Time	Event	Location
10:00am–5:00pm	Activities and displays by Dazzling Discoveries, The Museum of Interesting Things, Space Racers, NASA’s Eyes, Rube Goldberg and Spin Master	Hangar 3
11:00am	Tour Guide Talk USS Growler: Life on a Naval Submarine	Hangar 3 Maker Space
11:30am, 1:30pm & 3:30pm	Meet the Author: Alexandra Siy	Hangar 3
Noon, 1:00pm, 2:00pm & 3:00pm	Geo Dome Pop-up Planetarium: The Great Solar System Quiz–An Out of This World Game Travel the solar system from the sun to Pluto and beyond. Test your knowledge in this far-out, family friendly game show in the planetarium!	Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education
Noon	Presentation by Mad Science	Hangar 3 Stage
Noon–4:00pm	Workshop by Dazzling Discoveries.	Hangar 3 Maker Space
Noon–4:00pm	Meet the Scientist: Stephen Mohammed	Hangar 3
Noon	Presentation by Dean Eppler: Crash Test Dummy – The View from Inside the Helmet	Hangar 3 Stage
12:30pm	Pop-up planetarium: There’s No Place like Earth	Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education
12:30pm	Education demonstration: Blast Off: Fueling America’s Space Shuttles	Space Shuttle Pavilion
1:00pm	Meet the Author: Reading and book signing with Ame Dyckman, author of Boy + Bot	Hangar 3
1:00pm	Intrepid Museum’s Crossing the Line Players perform Astronauts Behaving Badly	Hangar 3 Stage
1:30pm	Workshop with Dean Eppler: So, How Do They Do That?: Spacewalking and Spaceworking	Hangar 3 Workshop Zone
1:45pm	Tour Guide Talk: Mars: NASA’s Journey to the Red Planet	Hangar 1 Bronze Propeller
2:00pm	Education demonstration: Moon Machines: American Rockets from the Space Race to Today	Space Shuttle Pavilion
2:30pm	Workshop with Dean Eppler: So, How Do They Do That?: Spacewalking and Spaceworking	Hangar 3 Maker Space
3:00pm	Education demonstration: Poof! Life in a Vacuum	Space Shuttle Pavilion
3:00pm	Meet the Author: Reading and book signing with Ame Dyckman, author of Boy + Bot	Hangar 3
3:00pm	Education demonstration: Helicopters: How Do Those Things Fly?!	Hangar 2 Stage
3:30pm	Presentation by Mad Science	Hangar 3 Stage
3:45pm	Tour Guide Talk: Is Anyone Out There? The Search for Life in the Cosmos	Hangar 1 Bronze Propeller
4:00pm	Pop-up planetarium: There’s No Place like Earth	Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education

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*Schedule is subject to change

Monday, February 20

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Time	Event	Location
10:00am–5:00pm	Activities and displays by Dazzling Discoveries, FIRST, STEAM Kids Lab, Institute of Play, Playcrafting, Games for Change, Mouse, NASA’s Eyes, RoboFun, Rube Goldberg, and illustrator and programmer Linda Liukas	Hangar 3
11:00am	Family Program High-Flying Design	Information Desk in Hangar 1
11:00am	Tour Guide Talk USS Growler: Life on a Naval Submarine	Hangar 3 Maker Space
11:30am, 1:00pm & 3:30pm	Meet the Author: Deborah Heiligman, author of The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos	Hangar 3
Noon	Workshop by Institute of Play: GameBox Kit	Hangar 3 Maker Space
12:30pm	Workshop by Games for Change and Mouse: Make a Game to Save the World Learn about rapid prototyping and playtesting from professional game developers, and create a game with real-world impact. Leave ready to participate in the Games for Change Student Challenge, a game design competition for NYC students.	Hangar 3 Play Zone
Noon, 1:00pm, 2:00pm & 3:00pm	GeoDome Pop-Up Planetarium The Great Solar System Quiz: An Out-of-This-World Game Travel the solar system, from the sun to Pluto and beyond. Test your knowledge in this far-out, family-friendly game show!	Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education
Noon–4:00pm	Meet the Scientist: Computational astrophysicists Andrea Derdzinski and Sarah Pearson. See galaxies formand black holes collide in computer simulations of cosmic events, and then learn how these simulations are made.	Hangar 3
1:00pm	Presentation by Museum educators: Interested in racing a mini submersible? Or learning the language of the flight deck crew? Play fun games that incorporate the Museum’s exhibits in this interactive demonstration by Museum staff	Hangar 3 Stage
1:00pm & 3:00pm	Rube Goldberg Speed Building Challenge	Hangar 3 Maker Space
1:30pm	Demonstration Blast-Off: Fueling America’s Space Shuttles	Space Shuttle Pavilion
1:30pm	Meet the Author: Linda Liukas, illustrator, storyteller and programmer, author of Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding	Hangar 3
2:00pm	Demonstration Helicopters: How Do Those Things Fly?!	Hangar 2 Stage
2:30pm	Presentation by illustrator and programmer Linda Liukas: "Principles of Programming and Play"	Hangar 3 Stage
3:00pm	Tour Guide Talk Mars: NASA’s Journey to the Red Planet	Hangar 2 Stage
3:30pm	Demonstration Poof! Life in a Vacuum	Space Shuttle Pavilion

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Tuesday, February 21

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Time	Event	Location
10:00am–5:00pm	Activities and displays by Dazzling Discoveries, The Museum of Interesting Things, Space Racers, NASA’s Eyes, and Rube Goldberg	Hangar 3
11:00am	Tour Guide Talk USS Growler: Life on a Naval Submarine	Hangar 3 Maker Space
11:30am, 1:30pm & 3:30pm	Meet the Author: Alexandra Siy, author of Footprints on the Moon	Hangar 3
Noon	Presentation by Mad Science: Schoolhouse Chess Assembly Get acquainted with the mad rook, the queen of fitness, the knight with the knobby-kneed steed and other characters on the board as you learn to think like a chess player.	Hangar 3 Stage
Noon, 1:00pm, 2:00pm & 3:00pm	Geo Dome Pop-Up Planetarium The Great Solar System Quiz: An Out-of-This-World-Game Travel the solar system from the sun to Pluto and beyond. Test your knowledge in this far-out, family-friendly game show!	Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education
Noon & 4:00pm	Workshop by Dazzling Discoveries: Design Your Own Board Game	Hangar 3 Maker Space
Noon–4:00pm	Meet the Scientist: Astrophysicist Steven Mohammed. Learn about the constellations and how the Milky Way is changing.	Hangar 3
1:00pm	Presentation by Museum educators: Interested in racing a mini submersible? Or learning the language of the flight deck crew? Play fun games that incorporate the Museum’s exhibits in this interactive demonstration by Museum staff	Hangar 3 Stage
1:00pm & 2:30pm	Rube Goldberg Speed Building Challenge	Hangar 3 Maker Space
1:30pm	Demonstration Blast Off: Fueling America’s Space Shuttles	Space Shuttle Pavilion
2:00pm	Demonstration Helicopters: How Do Those Things Fly?!	Hangar 2 Stage
2:00pm	Presentation by Gazillion Bubble Show	Hangar 3 Stage
3:00pm	Tour Guide Talk Stranger Than Fiction: Outlandish Aircraft Carrier Designs	Hangar 2 Stage
3:00pm & 3:30pm	Demonstration Poof! Life in a Vacuum	Space Shuttle Pavilion
3:00pm & 4:00pm	Screening of Space Racers (Runtime: 23 min.)	Allison & Howard Lutnick Theater

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Wednesday, February 22

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Time	Event	Location
10:00am–5:00pm	Activities and displays by Dazzling Discoveries, zoologist Jarod Miller, Mad Science (11:00am–3:00pm), CUNYSAT-1 Lab, STEAM Kids Lab, and The Museum of Interesting Things	Hangar 3
10:30am	Family Program High-Flying Design	Information Desk in Hangar 1
11:00am	Tour Guide Talk USS Growler: Life on a Naval Submarine	Hangar 3 Maker Space
11:30am, 1:00pm, 3:30pm	Meet the Author Alexandra Siy, author of Footprints on the Moon	Hangar 3
Noon, 1:00pm, 2:00pm & 3:00pm	Geo Dome Pop-Up Planetarium The Great Solar System Quiz: An Out-of-This-World-Game Travel the solar system from the sun to Pluto and beyond. Test your knowledge in this far-out, family-friendly game show!	Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education
Noon, 2:00pm & 3:00pm	Live Animal Demonstration by zoologist Jarod Miller	Allison & Howard Lutnick Theater
Noon–4:00pm	Meet the Scientist Planetary Scientist Marina Gemma. Learn about the chemical composition of carbonaceous chondrite meteorites and the chemical and physical processes of the early solar system.	Hangar 3
12:30pm & 1:30pm	Workshop by CUNYSAT-1 Lab: The Science behind Constructing a Model Rocket	Hangar 3 Maker Space
1:00pm	Presentation by Mad Science: Schoolhouse Chess Assembly Get acquainted with the mad rook, the queen of fitness, the knight with the knobby-kneed steed and the other characters on the board as you learn to think like a chess player.	Hangar 3 Stage
2:30pm	Presentation by Museum educators: Interested in racing a mini submersible? Or learning the language of the flight deck crew? Play fun games that incorporate the Museum’s exhibits in this interactive demonstration by Museum staff	Hangar 3 Stage
2:00pm	Demonstration Helicopters: How Do Those Things Fly?!	Hangar 2 Stage
2:30pm	Demonstration Blast Off: Fueling America’s Space Shuttles	Hangar 3 Stage
3:00pm	Tour Guide Talk Mars: NASA’s Journey to the Red Planet	Hangar 2 Stage
3:30pm	Demonstration Poof! Life in a Vacuum	Space Shuttle Pavilion

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Thursday, February 23

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Time	Event	Location
10:00am–5:00pm	Activities and displays by Dazzling Discoveries, NASA’s Eyes, zoologist Jarod Miller, Kerbal Space Academy, The Museum of Interesting Things, and Gigantic Mechanic	Hangar 3
11:00am	Family Program High-Flying Design	Information Desk in Hangar 1
11:00am	Tour Guide Talk USS Growler: Life on a Naval Submarine	Hangar 3 Maker Space
Noon	Presentation by NASA’Allison Bolinger, "From Swimming Pools to Vacuum Chambers: How We Teach Astronauts to Spacewalk"	Hangar 3 Stage
Noon, 1:00pm, 2:00pm & 3:00pm	Geo Dome Pop-Up Planetarium The Great Solar System Quiz: An Out-of-This-World-Game Travel the solar system from the sun to Pluto and beyond. Test your knowledge in this far-out, family-friendly game show!	Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education
Noon & 3:30pm	Workshop by Dazzling Discoveries: Design Your Own Board Game	Hangar 3 Maker Space
Noon–4:00pm	Meet the Scientist Astrophysicist Tjitske Starkenburg. Learn how galaxies grow and evolve through interactions, collisions and mergers.	Hangar 3
1:00pm, 2:00pm & 4:00pm	Live Animal Demonstration by zoologist Jarod Miller	Allison & Howard Lutnick Theater
1:30pm	Demonstration Blast Off: Fueling America’s Space Shuttles	Space Shuttle Pavilion
1:30pm & 2:30pm	Workshop by NASA’s Allison Bolinger—NASA spacewalk flight controller and lead trainer: Build Your Own Space Station	Hangar 3 Maker Space
2:00pm	Demonstration Helicopters: How Do Those Things Fly?!	Hangar 2 Stage
2:30pm	Presentation by Museum educators: Interested in racing a mini submersible? Or learning the language of the flight deck crew? Play fun games that incorporate the Museum’s exhibits in this interactive demonstration by Museum staff	Hangar 3 Stage
3:00pm	Presentation by Mad Science: Schoolhouse Chess Assembly Get acquainted with the mad rook, the queen of fitness, the knight with the knobb-kneed steed and other characters on the board as you learn to think like a chess player.	Hangar 3 Stage
3:00pm	Tour Guide Talk Stranger Than Fiction: Outlandish Aircraft Carrier Designs	Hangar 2 Stage
3:30pm	Demonstration Poof! Life in a Vacuum	Space Shuttle Pavilion

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Friday, February 24

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Time	Event	Location
10:00am–5:00pm	Activities and displays by Dazzling Discoveries, STEAM Kids Lab, Rube Goldberg, Playcrafting, Society of Women Engineers, NASA’s Eyes, Mad Science (11:00am–3:00pm), Kerbal Space Academy, and Columbia Space Initiative	Hangar 3
11:00am	Tour Guide Talk USS Growler: Life on a Naval Submarine	Hangar 3 Maker Space
Noon, 1:00pm, 2:00pm & 3:00pm	Geo Dome Pop-Up Planetarium The Great Solar System Quiz: An Out-of-This-World-Game Travel the solar system from the sun to Pluto and beyond. Test your knowledge in this far-out, family-friendly game show!	Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education
Noon & 3:30pm	Presentation by NASA's Allison Bolinger and former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino	Hangar 3 Stage
Noon & 3:30pm	Rube Goldberg Speed Building Challenge	Hangar 3 Maker Space
Noon–4:00pm	Meet the Scientist: Astrophysicist Aleksey Generozov. In the crowded centers of galaxies, stars are constantly bumped around. Some unlucky ones are even dismembered! Learn about the mysteries of this process and what it would look like to an observer.	Hangar 3
1:00pm	Presentation by Museum educators: Interested in racing a mini submersible? Or learning the language of the flight deck crew? Play fun games that incorporate the Museum’s exhibits in this interactive demonstration by Museum staff	Hangar 3 Stage
1:30pm	Demonstration Blast Off: Fueling America’s Space Shuttles	Space Shuttle Pavilion
1:30pm	Presentation by NASA’s Victor Luo: Augmenting Space Exploration	Allison & Howard Lutnick Theater
1:30pm & 2:30pm	Workshop by NASA’s Allison Bolinger: Build Your Own Space Station	Hangar 3 Maker Space
2:00pm	Demonstration Helicopters: How Do Those Things Fly?!	Hangar 2 Stage
2:00pm	Presentation by Mad Science: Schoolhouse Chess Assembly Get acquainted with the mad rook, the queen of fitness, the knight with the knobby-kneed steed and other characters on the board as you learn to think like a chess player.	Hangar 3 Stage
3:00pm	Tour Guide Talk Mars: NASA’s Journey to the Red Planet	Hangar 2 Stage
3:30pm	Demonstration Poof! Life in a Vacuum	Space Shuttle Pavilion

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Saturday, February 25

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Time	Event	Location
10:00am–5:00pm	Activities and displays by Dazzling Discoveries, STEAM Kids Lab, Rube Goldberg, NASA’s Eyes, Playcrafting, and Kerbal Space Academy	Hangar 3
11:00am	Tour Guide Talk USS Growler: Life on a Naval Submarine	Hangar 3 Maker Space
11:00am & 1:00pm	Family Program High-Flying Design	Information Desk in Hangar 1
11:30am & 3:30	Demonstration Poof! Life in a Vacuum	Space Shuttle Pavilion
11:30am, 1:30pm & 3:30pm	Meet the Author: Karen C. Fox, author of Older Than the Stars	Hangar 3
Noon & 1:00pm	Workshop by NASA’s Allison Bolinger: Build Your Own Space Station	Hangar 3 Maker Space
Noon, 1:00pm, 2:00pm & 3:00pm	Geo Dome Pop-Up Planetarium The Great Solar System Quiz: An Out-of-This-World-Game Travel the solar system from the sun to Pluto and beyond. Test your knowledge in this far-out, family-friendly game show!	Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education
Noon & 2:00pm	Demonstration Dive into Density	Hangar 3, Submerged
Noon–4:00pm	Meet the Scientist: Astrophysicist ChangHoon Hahn. Telescopes like the Sloan Digital Sky Survey have mapped out the stars and galaxies in the universe. Learn how they help us understand the universe’s beginnings and its evolution.	Hangar 3
1:30pm	Demonstration Blast Off: Fueling America’s Space Shuttles	Space Shuttle Pavilion
2:00pm & 3:30pm	Rube Goldberg Speed Building Challenge	Hangar 3 Maker Space
2:30pm & 3:30pm	Presentation by NASA’s Allison Bolinger and former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino	Hangar 3 Stage
3:00pm	Tour Guide Talk Stranger Than Fiction: Outlandish Aircraft Carrier Designs	Hangar 2 Stage
4:00pm	Workshop by STEAM Kids Lab: Makey Makey Minecraft	Hangar 3 Play Zone

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For a $200 Family Membership, receive free admission for two adults and eight kids all year,
including this year’s Kids Week and next! Click here to join today.

SPECIAL GUESTS

SCHEDULE

For a $200 Family Membership, receive free admission for two adults and eight kids all year, including this year’s Kids Week and next! Click here to join today.

For a $200 Family Membership, receive free admission for two adults and eight kids all year,
including this year’s Kids Week and next! Click here to join today.