Family Friday Night

On the last Friday of every month, COSI stays open late from 5:00pm to 9:00pm. Enjoy all of COSI with reduced admission, an Extreme Screen movie, and special theme events!

Every month there's something new to discover at Family Friday Night! more info...

Presenting Sponsor: PNC National City
Promotional Partner: ThisWeek Newspapers

Free Science & Religion Panel Discussion

The Intersection of Faith & Evolution: Defining Science & Religion

Join us on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 7:00pm to 9:00pm in the WOSU@COSI studios for In the Beginning: Explanations From Science & Religion, a lively panel discussion about the tangled intersection of faith and evolution.

This year's highly distinguished panel includes:

- Moderator Neal Conan, host of NPR's Talk of the Nation

- Francisco Ayala, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Irvine and author of Darwin's Gift to Science and Religion

- Denis Lamoureux, Professor of Science and Religion at St. Joseph's College in the University of Alberta, Canada, author of Evolutionary Creation and co-author of Darwinism Defeated? The Johnson-Lamoureux Debate on Biological Origins

- Eugenie Scott, American physical anthropologist and executive director of the National Center for Science Education and author of Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction

COSI Backyard Science Day

Saturday, October 17, 2009
11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Learn how to explore your backyard like a scientist with the help of experts from COSI and the Ohio State University. Explore central Ohio's own natural wonders with fun hands-on activities for all ages:

- Bring in your mysterious backyard finds of fossils and rocks for identification and exploration with Ohio State University geologist Dale Gnidovec

- Be one of the first 100 guests and take home a free replica arrowhead "artifact"

- Try your hand at flint-knapping (the ancient art of making stone tools) with Ohio State University archaeologist Kevin Nolan

- Explore COSI's recreation of a native Ohio prairie and the newly-completed Rain Garden with a COSI Master Educator

- Use a microscope to explore the world of microscopic pond life, seeds, flowers, and soils

- Enter a drawing for one of the Ohio Division of Wildlife's popular wildlife field guides and audio tapes identifying sounds of Ohio birds.

- At 1:30 pm, participate in COSI's You Try It Weather LIVE family workshop! Experience COSI's Weather LIVE show, then participate with your family in an exclusive 45-minute hands-on weather workshop that includes a take-home experiment and a scientific ice cream treat. Suitable for families with children ages 6-12; $5 per person. Please call 614.228.2674 to register in advance or inquire at the COSI Box Office on arrival. Total program time is 1.5 hours.

Promotional Partner: Time Warner Cable

Summit on Sustainability and the Environment

The Summit on Sustainability and the Environment has been developed over the past two years to aid community leaders in going green. Now its third year, the event has become highly anticipated. The Summit provides a gathering place to gain support for the ongoing challenges experienced in going green, educational programming, and the opportunity to network with people with similar interests. Please direct questions and comments to Leslie at 614-233-4124. more info...

Brew Science

Don't miss COSI's Brew Science Event on Thursday, October 22nd from 6-8PM. Soak up the science of fermentation and the art of home brewing. Then taste test Columbus' best home brewed beers, and vote for your favorites! It's a Home Brew Beer Contest, and you're the judge! Test free samples of pale ales, wheat beers, porters, stouts, and more. Home Brew champions will be crowned in each category, plus a Best in Show. Brew Science at COSI is for adults 21 and up. Tickets are $20 each and include light hors d'oeuvres, an 8 oz sample of Barley's Scottish Ale and fabulous programming. Cash bar and parking additional. Event made possible by Barley's and the SODZ home brewers club, with media support from CD101. Please click below to purchase your tickets online. more info...

Spooky Science Weekend

Come in costume on October 30th during Family Friday Night from 6-8pm or on Saturday, October 31st from 11am-1pm and explore the spooky science of Halloween with COSI's "Pumpkin Patch" Science Show, "Pumpkin Patch You Try It" Family Workshops (workshops $5 additional), trick-or-treat stations, spooky cart activities, face painting and magicians. more info...

Presenting Sponsor: PNC National City
Promotional Partner: ThisWeek Newspapers

LEGO Education WeDo Robotics Road Show (For Grades 3-5 Teachers)

Create LEGO models featuring working motors and sensors, using the new LEGO Education WeDo Robotics system. Program motors to experience cross-curricular, theme-based activities. Develop skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, as well as language and literacy. This course will prepare you to use the WeDo Robotics system to introduce your elementary students to robotics while addressing national and state standards. The audience for this course is educators and teachers of Grades 3, 4, and 5. Win a free WeDo set, software, and curriculum! 4-7 pm. To register, please call 614.228.2674. * Due to the popularity of this workshop, payment is required before attending. more info...

COPEC Financial Education Workshop for Teachers

Come learn about the financial Issues that affect teachers the most. This workshop is a review of current as well as retirement topics that can help you make better decisions on your Investments, Retirement Planning, Social Security, and Estate Planning. Each section will be conducted by either a COPEC Member or guest and will be provided without sales.

Lunch and afternoon drill-down sessions are optional. We also invite you to walk around COSI's exhibitions as well. Teachers with valid school ID are admitted free of charge to COSI's permanent exhibitions.

City parking lots are available as well as box lunches. COPEC / COSI Education Day is free of charge to all participants.

DATE: October 17th, 2009
TIME: 8:30am to 2:00pm
LOCATION: COSI, Center of Science and Industry
REGISTRATION: www.thecopecnetwork.org

Workshop Agenda

Session I - Presented as one program

8:30 to 9:00am - Registration Open
9:00 to 9:10am - Review of COPEC and Partners
9:00 to 9:50am - 457 Deferred Compensation Plans
Presented by Ohio Deferred Compensation

9:50 to 10:30am - Social Security Income
Presented by Department of Social Security

10:30 to 11:10am - Retirement Income Planning
Presented by Retirement Strategies

11:10 to 11:30am - Break

Session II - Drill-Down Sessions (Optional)
11:30 to 12:10pm - Review of a Sample Financial Independence Plan
Presented by Retirement Strategies

12:10 to 12:50pm - Investing Basics, Terminology & Asset Allocation Management
Presented by Retirement Strategies

12:50 to 1:30pm - Estate Planning Basics
Presented by Robert Hendrix, Esq.

1:30 to 2:00pm - Question and Answer Session

To learn more or to register, visit www.thecopecnetwork.org and click on events. more info...

Experience Columbus Days - 50% off admission

Experience Columbus Days is a chance for the community to experience the best of what is in our own backyard of Columbus, Ohio with a 50% off discount to over 15 area museums and attractions and 25% off on over 30 area restaurants. Visitors must present the Experience Columbus discount flyer to receive discounted admission, visit Experience Columbus' website to print the flyer and more information. more info...

Chocolate Milk: The Official Drink of Halloween Tour - 11am-1pm

Stop by the Atomicafe on Thursday, October 8th between 11am and 1pm to get FREE chocolate milk samples, your very own chocolate Milk Mustache photo, and participate in bone health trivia games for spook-tacular prizes, all courtesy of Chocolate Milk: The Official Drink of Halloween.

National Meet The Blind Month Celebration - 11am-3pm

October is National Meet the Blind month and COSI is partnering with the National Federation for the Blind to create a very special opportunity for visitors to meet blind scientists and learn more about the work they do and the tools they used to accomplish it. Meet a blind student studying to be a meteorologist who will be doing a demonstration, learn more about low vision aids such as a specialized cell phone for the blind and try a Braille writer to type your name in Braille to take home. Hear storyteller, Debbie Baker, a teacher of blind and disabled students, who will tell stories using popular children's books written in Braille and play familiar board games with Braille writing. All activities are included with admission and will be held in the Life Exhibition Area.

Halloween Parent's Night Out

COSI's Parent's Night Out programs provide children with a safe and fun environment while parents have a night out! Register now for COSI's Halloween Night Out, an evening program for children ages 5-14 filled with scientific activities, dinner, and light refreshments. Program time is 6pm to 10pm. Wrap-around care is available between 5-6pm and 10-11pm for an additional fee.

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

The Colorado River is the source of power and water for 25 million Americans, but it is at its lowest level since measurements began 85 years ago. Join river advocate Robert Kennedy, Jr., explorer Wade Davis, and their two teenage daughters as they compare the famous river today to the one of thirty years ago to highlight the importance of water conservation. "The environment is the very infrastructure of our communities...if we wish to create communities for our children that provide them with the same opportunities for dignity and enrichment and good health as the communities our parents gave us, then we've got to start protecting the air we breathe and the water we drink" said Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Experience the beauty and majesty of the Grand Canyon and discover the role each of us can play in protecting water resources for generations to come. Produced by the makers of Everest and Hurricane on the Bayou, Grand Canyon Adventure is narrated by Robert Redford and features the music of Dave Matthews Band. more info...

Presented By: Teva
Annual Presenting Media Sponsor: Time Warner
Film Sponsor: Peebles Creative Group

Animalopolis

Embark on a whimsical voyage to a magical world where animals sing and dance. This lighthearted film features 12 delightful segments, each with a different animal, and will stimulate your child's imagination and curiosity. Animalopolis is sure to make kids laugh! Perfect for children 3 years and up. Running time: 25 minutes. more info...

Coral Reef Adventure

Coral Reef Adventure follows the real-life expedition of two ocean explorers and underwater filmmakers, Howard and Michele Hall, on a daring 10-month journey to document some of the world's largest, most beautiful and most endangered coral reefs. more info...