Audience: 75 to 250
Length: 45-60 minutes
Cost: $400
Auditorium Shows

Pyramid Puzzle (Grades K-4)
Help N Joy Eaton and Mal Nutrition make the right choices to avoid the traps of overeating, fad diets, and laziness to reach the true treasure of a healthy life, based on the updated USDA Food Guide Pyramid.
(PA Academic Standards: 10.3.3.C; 10.2.3.D; 10.4.3.B; 10.4.3.D)

Race to Renew
(Grades K-4)
Mercedes is all revved up to race in the Energy Cup until she learns that the fossil fuels used really burn up her friend, Elvira Mint. Discover if Mercedes will drop
out of the race or find an alternative as renewable and nonrenewable energy sources are explored.
(PA Academic Standards: 3.4.4B; 3.5.4B; 3.5.4D; 3.8.4C; 3.8.4A; 4.2.4A; 4.2.4D; 4.8.4C; 4.8.4D)

Electroganza
(Grades 5-8)
Volts and amps are all the buzz! Experience the powers and properties of electricity using static generators, electrical indicators, and high frequency broadcasting coils with an emphasis on safety.
(PA Academic Standards: 1.6.3A; 1.6.3C; 3.1.4A; 3.4.4B; 3.4.4C; 9.1.3I)

Extreme Science
(Grades 5-8)
Wake up your students as science goes to extremes with temperature, pressure, and force in this large-scale demonstration guaranteed to excite, interest, and amaze.
(PA Academic Standards: 3.2.7A; 3.4.7A; 3.4.7B; 3.4.7C)



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Audience: 50 to 75
Length: 30 minutes
Cost: $200
Classroom Shows

On the Road with StuffeeTM
(Grades pre-K-3)
Our friendly seven-foot-tall, blue-haired friend wants to visit your school! Stuffee opens up to discuss body systems, good nutrition and organ transplant education.
(PA Academic Standards: 1.6.3A; 1.6.3C; 3.3.4B; 9.1.3I; 10.1.3B; 10.1.3C; 10.1.6B)
Stuffee is underwritten by Capital BlueCross and presented in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Gift of Life Donor Program.

Super Cold Science
(Grades K-5)
Super cold liquid nitrogen goes on the road to make this demonstration one of the coolest around. We illustrate the three states of matter, shatter balloons, liquefy your breath, and make liquid nitrogen ice cream …what better way to wrap up a cool show!
(PA Academic Standards: 3.1.4B; 3.1.4E; 3.4.4A; 3.4.4B)
Specialty gases provided by Airgas, Inc.

It’s Shocking
(Grades K-5)
We’ll spark your students’ interest in the shocking world of static electricity by using a Van de Graaff generator to illustrate electron build-up, discharge, and static electricity safety.
(PA Academic Standards: 1.6.3A; 1.6.3C; 3.4.4B; 3.4.4C; 9.1.3I)

StarLab
(Grades 3-5, 6-8)
Introduce your students to Greek mythology and basic celestial navigation skills used by ancient and modern explorers in our portable planetarium. Audience limit of 25.
(PA Academic Standards: 1.6.5D; 3.4.7D)
StarLab is supported by CommunityBanks.

Don’t Mix THAT!
(Grades 4-8)
Think that your students and science mix like oil and water, vinegar and baking soda, or flour and fire? With one drop of scientific method, two drops of humor, and these explosive demos, physical and chemical reactions will get your students
to react.
(PA Academic Standards: 3.2.4C; 3.2.7C; 3.4.4A; 3.4.7A; 3.4.4B; 3.4.7B; 3.7.7A)

BodyWorks v2.0
(Grades 4-8)
Join Dr. I. M. Screen as the human body is brought to life through interactive demonstrations and light-hearted illustrations featuring nine REAL human organs.
(PA Academic Standards: 1.6.3A; 1.6.3C; 3.3.4B; 9.1.3I; 10.1.3B; 10.1.6B) Presented in cooperation with the International Institute for Advancement in Medicine (IIAM).


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To schedule a WOW program for your class, school assembly or PTO science night, please call Whitaker Center’s Public Programs Supervisor at (717) 221-8201 ext. 1026. Discounts for multiple bookings on same day, same location.

School districts participating in Whitaker Center’s School District Partnership Contract (SDPC) Program receive a 10% discount on WOW performances. For SDPC details, please call the Director of Education at (717) 221-8201 ext. 1144.


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