FRIB

Appropriate for: Kindergarten and Pre-K, Elementary school age, Middle school age, High school age, 18 years and above

Use magnetic marbles representing protons and neutrons to model a nucleus, then smash it to pieces just like scientists at MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams! FRIB is a world-leading laboratory for creating and studying rare isotopes that don’t exist on Earth. This is your chance to create exotic nuclei and discover more about FRIB research!

Learn more about A Smashing Time with Nuclei at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

Appropriate for: Kindergarten and Pre-K, Elementary school age, Middle school age, High school age, 18 years and above

Figuring out where something is from and where it has been are important questions for many different fields of science. Ecologists often study where different animals migrate and how their diet changes over time. Environmental scientists need to determine where pollution is coming from and who should be responsible for cleaning it up. Stable isotopes can provide key insights that help answer the “Where?”, “When?”, “Who?”, and “In what magnitude?” questions that different types of scientists ask.

Learn more about From Meals to Molecules: Solving Mysteries with Stable Isotopes

Appropriate for: Kindergarten and Pre-K, Elementary school age, Middle school age, High school age, 18 years and above

Uranium, plutonium, and radium, oh my! Come learn about radioactive material including many of the beneficial ways it is used in your day-to-day life!

This is an FRIB-affiliated presentation.

Learn more about Radioactive!

Appropriate for: Kindergarten and Pre-K, Elementary school age, Middle school age, High school age, 18 years and above

Join us for a popular quiz-style game show that asks questions like: “How are science skills useful?” and “What can I do in science careers?” The answers will surprise you! Of course, there will be fabulous prizes for our contestants!

Learn more about Game Show: So You Want to Be a Scientist!

Appropriate for: Kindergarten and Pre-K, Elementary school age, Middle school age, High school age, 18 years and above

Explore the world-class Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), where nuclei are smashed into a target at nearly half the speed of light! Our tour takes you behind the scenes where nuclei are accelerated, smashed, and studied. The secrets we learn could help explain what happens in supernovae and the origins of elements that make up the human body. Adults will need to complete a permission form for any minors in their party. This tour will be limited to the first 50 visitors in line; others will be invited to a virtual tour at Abrams Planetarium.

Learn more about Tour the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

Appropriate for: Kindergarten and Pre-K, Elementary school age, Middle school age, High school age, 18 years and above

Explore a world-class rare isotope laboratory where nuclei are smashed into a target at half the speed of light! Our new 1,500-foot-long linear accelerator and the research spaces inside MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) will be revealed with images, 3D models, and animations projected on the dome of the planetarium. Our “virtual tour” takes you to many locations that would normally be inaccessible!

Learn more about A Virtual Tour of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

Appropriate for: Kindergarten and Pre-K, Elementary school age, Middle school age, High school age, 18 years and above

This new show brings you inside the world-leading Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)! It was developed at Abrams Planetarium by MSU students and filmed inside of the laboratory. Featuring interviews with several scientists and staff, this is a great introduction to the record-breaking research done right on campus.

Learn more about The Nucleus Factory: Changing the World with the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

Appropriate for: Kindergarten and Pre-K, Elementary school age, Middle school age, High school age, 18 years and above

Join us for a free screening of "Secrets of the Universe," followed by a Q and A with researchers from the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at MSU.

"Secrets of the Universe" is a sweeping, 3D giant-screen adventure that immerses audiences in the greatest mysteries of our time. Travel with scientist Manuel Calderon de la Barca Sanchez as he journeys to the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most popwerful partical accelerator.

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