Just a few weeks of summer vacation left! Make the most of it but checking these events and activities off your bucket list! 

Night at the Museum at Tellus Science Museum

Kill Speed Save/Lives Initiative

Funk Heritage Center of Reinhardt University

Atlanta Public Art Self-Guided Tours

Craft: Blobs in a Bottle 

Night at the Museum at Tellus Science Museum

If you have ever wanted to ask Dr. Who about his travels, or Marie Curie about her discoveries, here is your chance!

Actors portraying historical figures like Albert Einstein and Leonardo da Vinci will impress you with their scientific discoveries, while fictional science characters like the Flintstones and Iron Man will explain how science was important in their “lives.”

At Night at the Museum on August 8 from 6 -10 p.m., each child will receive an autograph book to commemorate this special night of time travel. Children 12 and under are also encouraged to dress up as their favorite science or science fiction character.

If you want even more excitement, head into the Theater for a crowd-pleasing show by the Tellus Madd Scientists! The beloved Tellus Madd Scientists will entertain you with demonstrations that explode with fun. Advance purchase is recommended as the event may sell out.  $20 per person.  100 Tellus Dr., Cartersville. 770-606-5700. tellusmuseum.org

Kill Speed Save/Lives Initiative

Atlanta’s local shoe store, Abbadabba’s Cool Shoes, has teamed up with PEDS Atlanta to launch the 2015 Kill Speed/Save Lives Initiative. The goal of the initiative is to encourage Atlanta area drivers to slow down in order to keep pedestrians safer.

To help accomplish the campaign goal of a safer community for pedestrians, Abbadabba’s has sponsored the printing of 4,000 “Slow Down” yard signs that are available to the community free of charge.

Individuals as well as representatives from neighborhood associations, parent-teacher associations, and civic organizations may pick up their free yard signs at any of the 4 Abbadabba’s locations including:

Buckhead: 4389 Roswell Road, Atlanta

Little 5 Points: 421-B Moreland Avenue N.E., Atlanta

East Cobb: 1255 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta

Kennesaw: 2615 George Busbee Parkway, Kennesaw

For more details on store locations, visit http://www.coolshoes.com/locations

Funk Heritage Center of Reinhardt University

Visitors will see a 15 minute film on the Southeastern Indians before going into the Hall of the Ancients where. There they will see Native American dioramas, an enormous petroglyph, and visit a hands-on children’s area where they can touch a variety of animal skins. There is a gallery of Native American art and also a gallery with historic hand tools older children will like in the museum. Weather permitting, guests can walk to an Appalachian Settlement to see historic log cabins and a syrup mill. The cabins are only open for special events. 7300 Reinhardt Circle, Waleska.Contact: heritagecenter@reinhardt.edu or 770-720-5970. Tuesday-Friday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday: 1p.m. – 5 p.m. Closed Monday . Adults $6.00, children $4.00.

The Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Public Art Self-Guided Tours

The Public Art Self-Guided Tours consist of walking and audio tours. OCA’s Public Art app launched in January 2015 allows patrons to access the information and history behind 22 unique artworks in downtown Atlanta. Beginning at Andrew Young Plaza, hugging the corners of Centennial and Woodruff parks, the Atlanta downtown tour and the Streetcar tour gives visitors an opportunity to experience Downtown in a unique, informative and exciting way.

The Atlanta Public Art Tour app, allows users to discover firsthand, the rich and vibrant history of Atlanta’s Public Art collection.

The easy to navigate app uses GPS to pinpoint the user’s location, features vibrant color images of the collection, while providing in-depth text and audio on the history and artists of each unique piece.  Users can download the Atlanta Public Art Tour app for free in the app stores of Mac and Android by entering Atlanta Public Art Tour in the search menu.

Audio tours are available through the host phone number (404) 260-5532. Just follow the prompts. You can download the audio tour map by clicking here.

Blobs in a Bottle
(The world’s easiest lava lamp)

What you will need:

1 liter clear soda bottle

3/4 cup of water

Vegetable Oil

 Fizzing tablets (such as Alka Seltzer)

 Food coloring

Pour the water into the bottle.

Use a measuring cup or funnel to slowly pour the vegetable oil into the bottle until it's almost full. You may have to wait a few minutes for the oil and water separate.

Add 10 drops of food coloring to the bottle. The drops will pass through the oil and then mix with the water below.

Break a seltzer tablet in half and drop the half tablet into the bottle. Watch it sink to the bottom and let the blobby greatness begin! To keep the effect going, just add another tablet piece. For a true lava lamp effect, shine a flashlight through the bottom of the bottle.

From www.sciencebob.com

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