Region: New York State Performers, Programmers & Related Resources for Public Libraries & Groups


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Performer	Program	Category	Description	Fee
Beltrani, Susan	Dead Men do Tell Tales	Science	Learn how forensic specialists read bones to uncover clues. Understand the scientific principles relating to the study of the human skeleton and become a forensic archaeologist! Using real human bones, students are introduced to the science of forensic archaeology. As teams of forensic specialists, they are challenged to examine the bones for clues. Students hypothesize about the person's age, gender and possible demise.	$101- $200
Sears, Susan	Magnets: Underground Forces	Science, Visual Arts- Crafts	The students discover some of the science behind magnets by experimenting with them. The first magnet was discovered in rocks by an elderly shepherd. Hear the story and then become a Magnetician! Discover how the world around us pushes, pulls and has its ups and downs with a variety of hands on activities.	$101- $200
Science, Wondergy	SoundScience	Disability Awareness, Music, Science	Experience music and sound as you’ve never seen or felt it before! Turn your voice into a giant laser show. Play with unique instruments, including a Laser Harp and a PVC Xylophone, and get tickled with sound with a huggable speaker. Learn about hearing loss and other ways Deaf people can still experience sounds. TOPICS: Waves, pitch, volume, sound in air, harmony, adding waves, filtering waves, human speech. A hands-on activity making working speakers can finish-up this show!	$351- $500
Sears, Susan	Going Bats	Nature- Animals, Science, Visual Arts- Crafts	What's life like when you hang(and fly) around after dark? Play games, listen to a story and make a bat to take home.	$101- $200
Sears, Susan	Science Fair Help for Parents and Students	Science	Is your child doing a science fair project this year? Are you unsure of how to provide support? This session will explain the scientific method and show how you can help your child work through the stages of the experiment, produce a result and conclusion, and present it in an attractive way. Learn how to make this an enjoyable learning experience for all! A hands-on-workshop; we will be doing an experiment from start to finish. A hands on workshop, we will be doing an experiment from start to finish.	$101- $200
Sears, Susan	Jungle Quicksand	Science	Ever get a Sinking Feeling? Come learn about quicksand, that strange "solid ground" that isn't. Make your own ooey, gooey quicksand and test it out on some unlucky jungle critters. How can we escape from quicksand? Do you know the trick of making a liquid into a solid just by tapping it? Take home your own quicksand sample... if you escape!	$101- $200
DINOSAURS, ROCK	DINOSAURS ROCK Dig Into Reading Adventure	Nature- Animals, Science, Visual Arts- Crafts	We bring the museum to you! Giant exhibits & interactive, entertaining performance - 50+ life-size & genuine museum-quality fossils, 5-500 million years old. Students create original dinosaur art - 50 foot mural & interact with exhibit pieces. Topics: extinction theory, plant vs. meat-eaters, fossil formation..Act as paleontologist during fossil dig...take home genuine specimens like dinosaur bone, shark teeth... Ninth year. Seen by 1MM+. Clients include Bronx Zoo, National Geographic. Gems Rock Mineral Adventures, too. Dig into Reading!	$351- $500
Mad Science, Mad Science of Long Island	Where's the Air? (Hands-On Workshop)	Other, Science	Where's the Air Learn about the air all around us and discover its amazing strength. This dynamic class explores the concepts of air pressure through thought provoking demonstrations. Mad Science Enrichment Programs are fun explorations into science and technology, and they encourage informal learning through hands-on experience. All Mad Science workshops include a lot of fascinating equipment, supplies, and take-home materials which the children build themselves. The Mad Science mission is to spark the imagination and curiosity of children everywhere by providing them with fun, entertaining, and educational activities which instill a clear understanding of what science really is, and how it affects the world around them.	$101- $200
Outreaches & School Visits, Long Island Children's Museum	How Things Work--School Visit	Science	Science and engineering combine in this fun visit as children experiment with the challenges of “how things work” here at the museum. Students explore simple machines and investigate the world around them as they discover the answers to questions through hands-on experiences. Recommended for grades 1-5. Exhibits: Tool Box and Communication Station Theater Presentation: Simple Machines, Please!	Up to $100
Beltrani, Susan	CSI: Who Done It?	Science	From Sherlock Holmes to the OJ Simpson trial, people have been plagued by the question, "Who done it?" Explore the science of crime scene investigation techniques: Fingerprints, chromatography & shoe print analysis. Applying these techniques with deductive reasoning, participants examine the evidence & try to figure out Who done it?	$201- $350

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