Due to the ongoing developments concerning COVID-19 and orders from our state government, please check with the event organization directly for updates on this event.

Discover the sizzling stories behind the constellations in this planetarium event for adults (18 ). Explore Greek and Roman legends and mythology hidden in the sky as you take a trip through the cosmos during the ultimate planetarium adventure. Much like all our Sordid Secrets, this is an adult event, as those Greek and Roman gods definitely didn’t keep things rated PG!

Our Planetarium is an inflatable dome. Guests sit on cushions on the floor of the planetarium to view the show. Due to size, space is limited to 25 patrons at a time. Purchasing tickets in advance is highly recommended for this reason. On show nights, please arrive at least 10 minutes before your scheduled showing. In case of no-shows/late shows: reserved spots will be released at show time to make space for the next party.

Shows begin at 6 and 7 pm and last approximately 45 minutes.

Seating is limited and very popular. We encourage purchasing your tickets in advance, as this is a first come, first served event. Please call 850-664-1261, stop by the Science Center, or use our online ticketing option to purchase your tickets.

Pricing 

Nonmembers: $9 Adult | $8 Senior

Members: $7 Adult | $6 Senior

Event for guests 18 and up

Sordid Secrets shows are a special quarterly planetarium feature and do not qualify for free member admission; reduced pricing is available for members.

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations must occur 24 hrs prior to your show time to receive a refund. No Shows will not receive a refund. Be at least 10 minutes early to your show time or your seat can be given to someone else.

For more information or questions:

Call 850-664-1261 | Email business-office@ecscience.org

Our planetarium is sponsored by ResortQuest Gulf Coast

Due to the ongoing developments concerning COVID-19 and orders from our state government, please check with the event organization directly for updates on this event.

Our TWENTIETH annual Sopchoppy
Worm Gruntin’ Festival, a one-day outdoor event in the streets of historic
downtown Sopchoppy, Florida, will be held on Saturday, April 11, 2020 and
will feature:

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A 5K race for adults and children down
country roads (registration at 7am, race begins 8:00am)

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Worm Gruntin’ demonstration (9:45am)

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The colorful Worm Gruntin’ Contest for
children

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The intense Wakulla County Horseshoe
Championship

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A lively Hula Hoop Contest for children and
adults

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Live entertainment throughout the day

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Food vendors with everything from local seafood
to Greens and cornbread and everything in between

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100 unique arts and crafts vendors with
handcrafted and custom made wares and products

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T-shirts, koozies, aprons, and caps with our
one-of-a-kind Worm Gruntin’ logo

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Ends under the stars with music at the Worm
Grunters’ Ball (6:30pm to 10:00pm)

The Festival is free and open to the public
in the heart of downtown
Sopchoppy. 

For vendor
information, scholarship application, sponsorship forms and general info and
SCHEDULE please visit our webpage:
www.wormgruntinfestival.com

Due to the ongoing developments concerning COVID-19 and orders from our state government, please check with the event organization directly for updates on this event.

Join us for this special
space-themed event sure to be out of this world! Learn how to use basic coding
to create images and understand data, discover interactive space kits from the
NISE network, and blast off to fun in SMALLab.

Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other satellites on
exploded stars, star-forming regions, and black holes, you’ll learn basic
coding…no previous experience needed! You will see just how integral coding
is in the pursuit of learning about our Universe. It’s an example of the
exciting ways that computer science is both part of routine tasks in our everyday
lives and part of the exciting quest to explore the cosmos. Experience real
world application of science, technology and even art!

We’ll continue to explore the universe with our brand new Earth & Space
kits from the National Informal Stem Education (NISE) Network with a plethora
of activities to inspire all the future astronauts and scientists in your
family. End the day playing in space during our SMALLab session from 12-1 p.m.
All activities appropriate for a wide range of ages.

Access to all activities included with General Admission pricing

$10 adults/$8 seniors/$8
children/ages 2 and under are FREE

Military discounts available

This event supported by NASA’s Universe of Learning, in
partnership with Smithsonian Affiliations.

Due to the ongoing developments concerning COVID-19 and orders from our state government, please check with the event organization directly for updates on this event.

Registration is required: http://bit.ly/3bXRj3z

Get thinking “outside the box” and far from the military context! Dr.
McCabe will introduce you to technology game-changers and innovations
in other industries around the world. The presentation will be
wide-ranging: you’ll go on a rapid-fire journey through fascinating
developments in transportation, retail, construction, manufacturing,
agriculture, biotech, emergency services, energy, healthcare,
urban-planning, airport operations, space, and more.

Hear stories about Dr. McCabe’s heroes, the scientists and engineers
behind these innovations, and how they are “thinking differently” to
tackle big challenges in novel ways.

Dr. Bruce McCabe
began his career at IBM in 1988 and went on to hold senior roles at
IBM, WordPerfect, Novell and Gartner. In 2002 he founded S2
Intelligence, a think tank to support organizational innovation through
grounded research. He went on to serve as an independent adviser to a
long list of multinationals, state and federal governments, universities
and science labs. He has explored new technologies and how innovation
happens for thirty years. He travels constantly and works across all
industry sectors. When not speaking he writes novels about the near
future.

Due to the ongoing developments concerning COVID-19 and orders from our state government, please check with the event organization directly for updates on this event.

Join us for this special planetarium where we’ll explore Native American folklore and legends behind the stars.

Our Planetarium is an inflatable dome. Guests sit on cushions on the floor of the planetarium to view the show. Due to size, space is limited to 25 patrons at a time. Purchasing tickets in advance is highly recommended for this reason. On Planetarium Nights, please arrive at least 10 minutes before your scheduled showing. In case of no-shows/late shows: reserved spots will be released at show time to make space for the next party.

Shows begin at 5, 6, and 7 pm and last approximately 45 minutes.

Seating is limited and very popular. We encourage purchasing your tickets in advance, as this is a first come, first served event. Please call 850-664-1261, stop by the Science Center, or use our online ticketing option to purchase your tickets.

Sponsored by ResortQuest Gulf Coast

Nonmember: $9 adult | $8 senior | $7 children

Member:  $7 adult | $6 senior | $5 children

Children 2 and under are free

Planetarium Special Feature shows are special edition events separate from Planetarium Nights and do not qualify for free member admission; reduced pricing is available for members.

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations must occur 24 hrs prior to your show time to receive a refund. No Shows will not receive a refund. Be at least 10 minutes early to your show time or your seat can be given to someone else.

For more information or questions:

Call 850-664-1261 | Email business-office@ecscience.org

Join us at the Science Center for this awesome event! The folks at Reno’s Reptiles are bringing a wide variety of animals including Pythons, Anacondas, Iguanas, Skink, Scorpion, and a 50lb Tortoise! All can be held and touched (minus the scorpion), so come discover these awesome animals. Event is rescheduled to April 25.

Discover the sizzling stories behind the constellations in this
planetarium event for adults (18 ). Explore Greek and Roman legends and
mythology hidden in the sky as you take a trip through the cosmos during
the ultimate planetarium adventure. Much like all our Sordid Secrets,
this is an adult event, as those Greek and Roman gods definitely didn’t
keep things rated PG!

Our Planetarium is an inflatable dome.
Guests sit on cushions on the floor of the planetarium to view the show.
Due to size, space is limited to 25 patrons at a time. Purchasing
tickets in advance is highly recommended for this reason. On show
nights, please arrive at least 10 minutes before your scheduled showing.
In case of no-shows/late shows: reserved spots will be released at show
time to make space for the next party.

Shows begin at 6 and 7 pm and last approximately 45 minutes.

Seating
is limited and very popular. We encourage purchasing your tickets in
advance, as this is a first come, first served event. Please call
850-664-1261, stop by the Science Center, or use our online ticketing
option to purchase your tickets.

Pricing

Nonmembers: $9 Adult | $8 Senior

Members: $7 Adult | $6 Senior

Event for guests 18 and up

Sordid
Secrets shows are a special quarterly planetarium feature and do not
qualify for free member admission; reduced pricing is available for
members.

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations must occur 24 hrs
prior to your show time to receive a refund. No Shows will not receive a
refund. Be at least 10 minutes early to your show time or your seat can
be given to someone else.

For more information or questions:

Call 850-664-1261 | Email business-office@ecscience.org

Our planetarium is sponsored by ResortQuest Gulf Coast

Due to the ongoing developments concerning COVID-19 and orders from our state government, please check with the event organization directly for updates on this event.

Bring your friends, grab a drink, and get ready to get loco! We’re keeping the Cinco de Mayo festivities going at this edition of Sip & Science, and this is nacho average night at the museum.

Feeling extra bold and spicy? Join our hot sauce eating contest to see which of your group earns the title of “hottest” friend. Keep the fun going with our pass the piñata game for a chance to challenge your reflexes and win fun prizes. Stop by the green screen to take fiesta photos, play a round of cactus ladder golf, or try your hand at cornhole! Check out SMALLab to brush up on your español and best your friends at trivia. Don’t miss your chance to win our Fiesta Raffle Basket filled with everything you need to keep the fiesta going.

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Fun knows no age limit, so prepare for Mexican food that’s muy delicioso from our friends at The Boardroom Pub and Grub, sip on margaritas, and have a buenas noches at Sip & Science: Fiesta. Salud!

Ticket price includes admission, access to regular and special museum exhibits, drink tickets for adult beverages (beer and margaritas available), and food. Guests age 21 (IDs will be checked at the door).

PowerLink is the largest and most anticipated small business conference and expo.  PowerLink is a business to business premium event to reach small business owners, decision makers, business services, distributors, and suppliers.  It is the source that connects business owners to other business owners and provides innovative information that encourages growth. 

Business Owners attend this event to browse and meet with exhibitors/vendors providing products and services to enhance their business. They will attend this event and network with other small business owners through-out the entire event. If you’re a business owner and want to grow your business, this event is a MUST ATTEND!

Due to the ongoing developments concerning COVID-19 and orders from our state government, please check with the event organization directly for updates on this event.

Global Top 50 Tech Executive Coming To Pensacola !    Join us on Thursday, May 21st, SCI Studer Community Institute @ 5PM and Friday, May 22nd,  UWF TBA.  Joanne Moretti, Founder and CEO, JCURVE Digital Partners, LLC Fortune 200 CMO & Go-To-Market Executive, CloudNow Lifetime Achievement Award Winner for supporting Women in Cloud EWF Winner x2 for supporting Women in CyberSecurity What Ceiling?  Keynote Speaker, Advocate & Blogger for Women in the Corporate World.  

Due to the ongoing developments concerning COVID-19 and orders from our state government, please check with the event organization directly for updates on this event.

Join us this summer for engaging workshops every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 2 through July 28. 

We’ll explore a wide variety of topics with hands-on, interactive lessons that give kids the opportunity to spend their vacation on a science adventure! From playing with robots, to experiencing the excitement of SMALLab learning, and journeying through space, we’re having tons of fun this summer. Sign your kiddos up today! Camp time includes the lessons listed below, a half an hour of free play in the museum, and a 20-minute lunch break.

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Workshops are broken up into two age groups: ages 5-8 and ages 9-12. Each group will learn about the same topics at varying levels of difficulty depending on age range. Classes will take place next door to each other, but free time and lunch will be held together.

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Calendar of Events

June 2-, 2020 Robotics & Coding: Get your wheels turning while you learn to program and play with our robots.

June 9, 2020- Biology: Come alive while you learn about the science of life- from the smallest cells to the largest ecosystems.

June 16, 2020- Space & Technology: Blast off from Earth to explore the stars and planets that make up the final frontier, and discover the technology that helped us get there. 

June 23, 2020- CSI & Forensics: Test your detective skills by using the same crime-solving techniques that the professionals do.

June 30, 2020- Electricity & Circuits: Electricity powers our modern day society, but how does it work? Learn about the different types of energy and how we can utilize them for some of our most essential technologies.

July 7, 2020- Eco-Conservation: We only have one Earth, so let’s learn how to love and protect it through different types of sustainable efforts. 

July 14, 2020- Chemistry: Let’s get chemical and learn about the different elements that make up our universe and experiment to see what they are really capable of.

July 21, 2020- Human Body & Nutrition:  Do you know yourself as well as you think? Get a deeper understanding of what it means to be human as we learn about the body systems that are needed for life as we know it and how to take care of them. 

July 28, 2020- Civil Engineering & Building: Build up your knowledge while we use our hands to create and explore the inner workings of inventions all around us. 

Learn
how to use basic coding to create images and understand data, discover
interactive space kits from the NISE network, and blast off to fun in
SMALLab.

Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other satellites
on exploded stars, star-forming regions, and black holes, you’ll learn
basic coding…no previous experience needed! You will see just how
integral coding is in the pursuit of learning about our Universe. It’s
an example of the exciting ways that computer science is both part of
routine tasks in our every day lives and part of the exciting quest to
explore the cosmos. Experience real world application of science,
technology and even art!

We’ll continue to explore the universe with our brand new Earth &
Space kits from the National Informal Stem Education (NISE) Network
with a plethora of activities to inspire all the future astronauts and
scientists in your family. End the day playing in space during our
SMALLab session from 12-1 p.m. All activities appropriate for a wide
range of ages.

Access to all activities included with General Admission pricing

$10 adults/$8 seniors/$8 children/ages 2 and under are FREE

Military discounts available

This event supported by NASA’s Universe of Learning, in partnership with Smithsonian Affiliations.