Event Details

Grade K-2: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 from 6:00 - 8:00pm

Grade 3-5: Thursday, February 16, 2023 from 6:00 - 8:00pm 

You've Never Seen Science Like This Before!

Family Science Night is an evening of entertaining and informative STEAM-filled sessions hosted by volunteer professionals in the community. Family Science Night sessions provide the entire family with hands-on exposure to science and we encourage all students (and their parents, caregivers, siblings) to attend!  We look forward to offering MES another fun night of diverse scientific explorations to engage budding learners of all types.  

Review the Family Science Night 2023 Session Line-Up.

Registration is now closed. But have no fear - walk-ins are welcome! If you want to participate but could not register during the registration period, arrive early (around 5:30pm) and receive a ticket with an ad hoc schedule.

For those who pre-registered, you will receive an email with your student's ticket and final session selections by February 10th, 2023.

Back This Year - The Spectacular Science Showcase!

To get everyone energized about everything science, we'll kick things off with a larger Spectacular Science Showcase in the auditorium featuring Jeff Knight and the Professor STEM Science Show. 

Each family will then attend three 20-minute, hands-on sessions, exposing family members to a deep-dive into various scientific topics. The whole event will run from 6:00 - 8:00pm each evening. Please plan to arrive by 5:30pm so the event can run on time.

Sign Up to Volunteer!

Volunteers are a key part of ensuring this event runs smoothly and is a wonderful experience. Please consider signing up for volunteer opportunities for one or both nights! Reach out to the FSN Committee for any questions.

Become a Business Sponsor & Family Patron

Is your business or family interested in making an in-kind contribution (presenter, goods, or services) or monetary donation to MES Family Science Night? Contact us at mesfamilysciencenight@gmail.com or visit our Dolphin Donor page to learn more.

Contacts

PTA Family Science Night Chairs: Alison Giannavola & Jorgelina Striedinger
PTA Family Science Night Speaker Coordinators: Melissa Kemp & Denise Lippert

More about Family Science Night

Family Science Night is an enrichment event held in February every year. This year we’ve brought it back in-person for a two-night event with age-appropriate content for grades K-2, held on Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 and grades 3-5 on Thursday, February 16th, 2023. Each evening consists of about 20-23 hands-on science presentations given by STEAM professionals and amateur enthusiasts in the community. Each family is able to attend three sessions.  

Can I get a robot to clean my room? Do I have a popular first name? How are big heavy airplanes able to stay up in the sky?  Find out the answers to all of these questions and more at MES’s Family Science Night!

Thank you 2022/23 Presenters & Sponsors

Check out all these presenters who are part of the MES Family!  These parents of MES students or grads, and even MES grads themselves bring their diverse professional backgrounds to make Family Science Night an inspiring event!

Special thank you to MES Family & Friends:

• Dan Margalit, Georgia Tech School of Mathematics

• Melissa Kemp - Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech

• Loren Williams - Georgia Tech School of Chemistry and Biochemistry

• Christina Fournier, Emory University

• Steve Glickauf, Forest Ecologist

• Pegah Zamani - Research Center for Sustainable Communities (RCSC), Kennesaw State University

• Hang Lu - The Lu Fluidics Lab, Georgia Tech School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

• Aimee Smith, Delta Air Lines

• Elaissa Hardy - BME HealthReach, Georgia Tech

• Stephanie Sherman - Department of Human Genetics at Emory University

• Brian Ferrell - Waymo

• Michelle Spady - Children’s Healthcare Of Atlanta (CHOA)

• Ryan Murphy - Solvay Materials

• Bryan Hampton - Atlanta Kick

• Charlie Kemp - Georgia Tech

• Madeleine Hackney - Emory School of Medicine

• Meredith Wells - Emory School of Medicine

• Matt Lamsey - Georgia Tech

• Rory McNaughton - Disney

• Kirsten Warnock - Children’s Hospital of Atlanta (CHOA), Orthopedics

• G3 Robotics

• Yuanzhi Tang - Georgia Tech

• Jonathan Low - Georgia Tech

• Ece Erdogmus - Georgia Tech School of Building Construction

• Derek Van Dam - CNN

• Mike Schoenfeld

• Anita Haynes-Ball - Piedmont Healthcare

• Emily Allen - Department of Human Genetics, Emory University

Thank you to these additional university organizations:

• Emory University Genetics

• Bioengineering and Bioscience Unified Graduate Students (BBUGS), Georgia Tech

• Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech

And thank you to these community businesses: 

• Morningside Pediatric Dentistry

• Children’s Orthopaedics of Atlanta

• Chattahoochee Nature Center

• Blue Heron Nature Preserve

• Fernbank Museum

• Atlanta Kick

2022/23 Dolphin Donors

We would like to thank all our Business Sponsors & Family Patrons.