CU Wizards Shows

Professor Katja Friedrich "The Tumultuous Life of Cumulus Clouds" Saturday, January 23, 2021 9:30-10:30 a.m. *** Have you ever asked yourself: How do clouds form? Why do they have different shapes? Why do some clouds rain and others just move on? What do I need to make a cloud? Can...

RSVP in advance: CUWizardsDec5.eventbrite.com CU Wizards invites you to meet Marie Curie! Special digital theater performance and interactive Q & A About this Event What if two-time Nobel Prize winning scientist Marie Skłodowska Curie could tell her story? CU Wizards lecture series invites you to take part in a digital...

CU Wizards Next Webinar Show “GRAVITY!” A free Family Webinar Show geared for ages 5-17, Saturday, NOVEMBER 14th ~ 9:30-10:30 a.m. on Zoom! Professor Alysia Marino and Gwen Eccles present an entertaining, lively Webinar full of demonstrations that will teach kids all about gravity! Sir Isaac Newton would approve of...

In this webinar, CU Professor Lew Harvey presents: “Illusion and Reality: The Science of Perception”. (Please click here to get the Show Slides for the Show.) Professor Harvey's show is good brain exercise! The brain constructs the experience of reality using sensory information from the outside world combined with internal...

Professor Micheal Dubson's "BOOM! The Physics of Sound and Music!" will both delight and inform kids of all ages!

We hope that you will be free to join an upcoming special CU WIZARDS 30th Anniversary Celebratory Webinar with special guest Professor John Taylor, the original "Mr. Wizard" and over two dozen CU Wizards from all of the program’s years attending. This very special webinar will launch the 2020-2021 regular...

CU Physiology Professor Moni Fleshner will introduce young students to the immune system and teach kids about some great “superheroes”, the cells and organs that fight germs! With the help of “Anatomy Bob” and examples from a mouse, a rat and a human, Dr. Fleshner’s show will highlight one very...

CU Boulder Geology Professor Brian Hynek has traveled the globe in search of rocks from outer space. These rocks tell fascinating stories...the geologic, hydrologic, and climatic histories of our neighboring planets. Meet at CU Planetarium for a memorable Saturday morning CU Wizards show presented by a real rock star who...

Join Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics David Nesbitt for "The Chemistry of Cooking!" You'll learn secrets to a perfect pie crust how to cook scrambled eggs without heat or how to reverse the entropy in your hot cocoa! Plus Professor Nesbitt will share with the audience tips he has...

Join University of Colorado Physics Professor James Thompson as he explains how superheroes' understanding of fundamental physics ensures truth and thwarts villains! Sparks, explosions and plenty of action will punctuate this free STEM show that's open to students of all ages! "Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attraction..."...