SCIENCE FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 11-26

University of Chapel Hill and Morehead Planetarium are hosting a Science festival from September 11-26th. There are two signature events: An afternoon with Myth Busters September 19th and the UNC Science Expo September 25th.

An Afternoon with Myth Busters

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is bringing two TV stars who specialize in science entertainment — Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, hosts of the Discovery Channel television show "MythBusters" — to the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

"An Afternoon with Adam and Jamie" will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, in UNC's Dean E. Smith Center. The event is part of the North Carolina Science Festival.

During the 90-minute program, Adam and Jamie will share stories from behind the scenes of their popular show. They'll also feature special video presentations of spectacular explosions and other "for fans only" outtakes.

The program includes a question-and-answer session led by UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp with opportunities for questions from the audience.

Tickets go on sale Monday, July 26, through www.tarheelblue.com. Lower-level tickets are $28 per person, and upper-level tickets are $18 per person.

UNC Science Expo

From rappers to race cars, you'll get a fresh look at science in our world on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, during the free UNC Science Expo, the first celebration of its kind on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.

The expo runs 11 a.m.–4 p.m. and is presented by Morehead Planetarium and Science Center as part of the North Carolina Science Festival. With activities for all ages, the expo offers science activities, demonstrations, performances and more!

A small sampling of the day’s activities includes:

• A talk with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Oliver Smithies, facilitated by UNC President Emeritus William Friday
• Demonstrations including catapults and trebuchets, virtual reality, wave simulation machine and Segways
• Stage shows including Baba Brinkman performing "The Rap Guide to Evolution"
• Science talks including sports and technology, science and music, North Carolina’s changing coastline, advances in cancer treatment and neuroscience
• "Science on wheels" exhibits featuring Ryan Newman's NASCAR race car, a Town of Chapel Hill fire truck and a UNC Healthcare ambulance
• Tours of UNC departments including physics and astronomy, mathematics, archaeology and anthropology, biology, North Carolina Botanical Garden and more
• The North Carolina Science Challenge – a series of hands-on activities that test the abilities of students in grades 3-10 to solve science problems creatively
• "Small Science" activity zone for kids

Please see www.ncsciencefestival.org and moreheadplanetarium. org for more information.