While it is not required, we’ve recently switched to asking people to pre-register for the Expo. It greatly helps us ensure that our magical day of celebrating science goes smoothly for everyone! Thanks for your help!
WHAT TO SEE AND DO
100+ STEM Activities & Exhibitors
2026 Exhibitors (sponsors in bold)!
80 Acres Farms
Rooted in Farming
Academy for Innovation in Medicine
Be a Healthcare Hero!
Agnes Scott College – Neuroscience
Adaptogenic Mushrooms & Stress
Amphibian Foundation
Why Are Amphibians Important?
ATF Forensic Science Laboratory
Forensic Science
AtkinsRéalis
Engineering A Better Future for our Planet and its people.
Beat the Bomb Atlanta
What is the science behind slime?
Burns & McDonnell
Build. Create. Innovate.
Camp Invention
Hydrophobic Sand
Centennial Academy & Georgia Natural Gas
Energy Turns the World
Chattahoochee Nature Center
Why Are Wetlands Worth Protecting?
Cox Fleet, part of the Cox Enterprises family of businesses
Big Trucks, Big Science — Cox Fleet Keeps America Moving
D.E.L.T.A. STEAM Academy
The DSA Sound Lab: Waves, Brains & Beats!
Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines – Insight into Aviation
Delta Community Credit Union
Can You Keep Your Digital Money Safe?
ECF Engineering Consultants
How Does A Circuit Power My Life?
Emory Immunology Graduate Group, NPRC, EVC
How Do Vaccines Protect Us?
Emory University – Biochemistry
RNA Adventure Zone
Emory University – Biomedical Informatics
What Can AI Learn About Your Body?
Emory University – CHART Center
How Does Extreme Heat Impact My Health?
Emory University – Chemistry
Protein Crystallography: Become a Protein Detective!
Emory University – Chemistry
Can Tiny Forces Shape Big Outcomes?
Emory University – ChEmory
Fun with Funky Fluids
Emory University – Child Study Center
How does brain development influence short-term memory?
Emory University – Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology
If Brains Are So Similar, Why Are We so Different?
Emory University – Perceptual Illusion Lab
Can You Believe Your Eyes…and Hands?
Emory University – Physics
Where Does Physics Hide in Everyday Life?
Emory University – Saikawa Lab
Soil Lead Testing
Emory University – School of Nursing
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Experience Booth: Life-Saving Technology in Action
Emory University – Science.Art.Wonder
What Happens When Art and Science Collide?
Emory University – SPIRAL Lab
Body Clocks: Why Are Light & Sleep Important for Health?
Emory University – Atlanta Vision Research Community
Visual Impairments: Awareness Through Experience
Emory University – Chemistry Graduate Organizations
Chemistry Hidden in Plain Sight
Emory University – HERCULES Exposome Research Center
How Do Household Chemicals Impact My Health?
Emory University Herbarium
Can Your Nose Identify the Plant?
Emory/UGA CHARTER Center
Environmental Health Through Virtual Reality
Fernbank Museum
Fernbank on the Go!
Field of Dreams Academy Inc.
Innovators and Inventors
Fulton County Public Library
Library card drive & library information accompanied by STEAM offerings
Georgia Aquarium
Aquanaut Express
Georgia College and State University
Bobcats Science Den: Explore, Create, Discover!
Georgia CORE & Northside Hospital Cancer Institute
Could Weird Looking Stools be a sign of colon cancer?
Georgia Gwinnett College – Technology Ambassadors Program
Let’s Make Learning Technology Fun and Inspiring!
Georgia Power
What is Electricity and How does it work
Georgia Psychological Foundation
What does psychology do for you?
Georgia State University – Chemistry
How Many Colors Can You Find in Kool-Aid?
Georgia State University – Chemistry
How do plants get their green color?
Georgia State University – Chemistry
Optics Playground: Laser Focused Fun
Georgia State University – Geosciences
Explore Our Environment
Georgia State University – Nanoelectrochemistry
Colorful Chemistry by Electricity
Georgia State University – Physics & Astronomy
How Are Auroras, Cosmic Rays, and Radioactivity Connected?
Georgia Tech
Be a Data Point!
Georgia Tech – Astrobiology
How Big is the Solar System, Really?
Georgia Tech – Beekeeping @ GT
To bee, or not to bee?
Georgia Tech – Biological Sciences
What Are Insect Societies?
Georgia Tech – BME HealthReach
Science for EveryBODY – Exploring the Cells in your Blood!
Georgia Tech – Graduate Association of Physicists
Physics Transformations: How Do Changes Affect Motion and Matter?
Georgia Tech – School of Biological Sciences
What Plankton Live In our Lakes?
Georgia Tech – School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Playing Mother Nature & Observing the Wonders of Earth Science
Georgia Tech – Student Polymer Network
Bye-Bye Water
Georgia Tech and Emory – Neural Engineering Center
How Does the Brain Control Movement?
Georgia Tech Research Institute
STEM at the Georgia Tech Research Institute
Georgia Tech, KSU, UNG – Neuroscience
What Do Brains & Computers Have in Common?
Georgia Tech/Emory – Laboratory for Synthetic Immunity
Exploring Cells Under the Microscope
German Consulate – Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior
Squishy Brain Activity
GGC – Chemistry, Environmental Science & Sustainability
Exploring Chemistry & Environmental Science
Grady Health System & STEM Compass
Inside the Human Body: A Hands-On Healthcare Experience
GSU – Center for Behavioral Neuroscience
Why Does the Brain Create Feelings?
Guerilla Haiku
Will you Hone the Art of Science Haiku?
IEEE-Atlanta & IEEE Region 3
The Engineer’s Workshop
IEEE-Atlanta & IEEE Region 3
Recharging Power and Potential
INPO – Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
Nuclear Science: Fuel Your Curiosity
International Society of Arboriculture
Who takes care of trees?
ITEACH Educational Consultants
Future Builders Lab: Code the Future with Ozobots
Johns Creek Environmental Campus
The Journey of our Water
Kaiser Permanente
Life Lines: The Science of Body Defense
Kennesaw Motorsports
How fast can you change a formula SAE tire?
KSU – Aerial Robotics
ARCT Flight Zone
KSU – Coles College of Business
Coles College Decision Lab: Smart Choices for Community Impact
KSU – College of Architecture & Construction Management
Design the Built Environment
KSU – College of Computing & Software Engineering
Empowering Society through Computing
KSU – College of Science & Mathematics
What Does Science and Mathematics Look Like in 3D?
KSU – College of Science & Mathematics
What Do You Know About Life, Death, and Parasites?
KSU – Geer College of the Arts
Banana Piano and AI Music lab
KSU – Geography & Anthropology
Biological Anthropology in Action: Solve these Bone Puzzles
KSU – Psychology
Can You Uncover the Science of Psychology?
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
What can you do with a STEM education?
Mercer University
How Does Science Impact Your Everyday Life?
Murata Electronics
The Murata STEM Experience
Nature Time
Nature Within Reach
NCR Atleos Foundation
Banking on Technology – How Money Moves
NSF | SpectrumX Center for Wireless Innovation
Radio spectrum: What is it, who owns it, & why should we care?
PCOM Georgia
How Do Your Lungs Work?
PCOM Georgia
What Do You Know About Sugar?
PCOM Georgia
What is your blood pressure number?
Southwire
Play-Well TEKnologies
Can you LEGO® Atlanta’s Legends and Landmarks?
Produce’d
How Can Plants Grow Without Soil?
Qcells
Clean Power in Action
Science Akadémeia, The Atlanta Preschool of Science
What Happens When Kids Think Like Scientists?
SETI Institute
What Would you Say to Aliens?
Stand Up for Science
Use your voice – push back against political interference
STE(A)M Truck
How Do Tools Turn Ideas Into Reality?
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Innovation Nation STEM Sparks
TurboTax
UL Research Institutes’ Chemical Insights
Pop the Myths: See How Vaping Deflates Cell Health
UPS
Using technology to deliver world-class service!
URJ 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy
Why is Science Camp So Fun?
Women in Technology
Cryptography Bracelets
Zoo Atlanta
Do Birds Wear Backpacks?
Big Pink Ping-Pong Big-Bang!
At precisely 12:00pm, hundreds of pink ping-pong balls will launch into the skies, heralding the day’s science celebrations. Help us countdown to an explosion of science in The Meadow, sponsored by Emory University and performed by Dr. Doug Mulford and the ChEmory student group.
Create!
- Contribute to our live mural with Science.Art.Wonder!
- Express your love of science through haiku with Guerilla Sciku!
Food/Drink
Food and drink is available for purchase on site from a variety of food trucks and vendors. Complimentary drinking water is available at stations throughout the Expo – bring your own water bottle! Seating is available at tables throughout the park; we recommend bringing a refillable water bottle and a picnic blanket!
Savory: Genki’s Noodles and Sushi, Tacos Don Pancho, 6 Pack Subs, The Jazz Burger, Spice the Americas, Gyro Chef Mediterranean , Notcha Mama’s, Hungry Hippo, The Fry Factory, Spicey Desi
Sweet: Dreaming Sweets, The Funnel Cake Guys, Lisa’s Creperie, Sugar Spice & Everything Ice
Beverages: Travelin’ Toms, Urban Grind
HOW TO GET THERE
The Expo will take place in Piedmont Park near the intersection of 10th Street and Charles Allen Drive – see map. Past year’s events drew over 20,000 people, so it’s going to be crowded and parking will be limited.
- We STRONGLY urge you to use MARTA, taxi, carpool/rideshare, Beltline, etc.
- MARTA – use Midtown stop, and walk east along 10th Street into the Park.
- Parking Garage – Piedmont Park shares a parking deck with the Atlanta Botanical Garden and the rate is typically a flat event rate (probably $25-30). We have no control over the pricing. The garage is off of Monroe Drive on Worchester Drive – do not enter via Piedmont Avenue from the Atlanta Botanical Garden entrance, you will be refused entry. The park is accessed from the lowest floor. Address to Parking Garage: 1320 Monroe Drive, Atlanta, GA 30306
- Other nearby parking options are indicated on the Google Map below.
NO PETS
All pets, including dogs, cats, snakes, birds, pigs, etc., are prohibited in our festival area – leash or no leash, unless they are task trained service animals assisting persons with disabilities. This is for the pet’s protection as well as for the protection of festival patrons. See City of Atlanta’s guidelines.
You may enjoy the other parts of Piedmont Park with pets, per the Piedmont Park’s guidelines.
PHOTO NOTICE
Science ATL and its sponsors and partners will be taking photographs, videos, and audio recordings during the event. Please be aware that, by entering this event, you agree to be recorded and/or photographed. Your image/voice may be used for any purpose whatsoever by Science ATL and its partners without compensation, in any broadcast, print or electronic media (including but not limited to newspaper, internet, magazine, printed publications, radio, & television), now or hereafter known. You release Science ATL and its partners from any liability resulting from such usage.
If you do not wish to be subject to this notice, do not attend this event.
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IN CASE OF RAIN
This event is rain or shine, so bring your umbrellas and galoshes, and prepare to experience the joy of science while atmospheric water vapor condenses into liquid water droplets and falls under gravity.
In the case of severe weather (>30mph winds, lightning, tornado, etc.), stay tuned to our website and social media channels for event status updates.
ACCESSIBILITY
Piedmont Park is ADA compliant. The parking deck shared between Piedmont Park and the Atlanta Botanical Garden, has ADA spaces for parking. Wheelchairs are not provided and must be brought in by the park visitor. The Expo event is less than 0.2 miles from the parking deck along paved pathways.
Most Expo exhibits are located along a paved pathway and are wheelchair accessible. Some exhibits are located in The Meadow on the grass, which can be accessed via the paved walkway that runs the perimeter of The Meadow.
ADA-compliant portable restrooms are available in each of the three restroom locations within the Expo footprint.
