Every Physics Dimension show is built the same way: one connected story, where each demonstration answers the question the one before it raised. No disconnected bag of tricks — just real science, escalating from first question to unforgettable finale.
All stage shows run 35–55 minutes and are performed by Beaker Ben (Benjamin Segal — licensed physics teacher and former Adler Planetarium educator).
Find your show
| Show | Runtime | Ages | Group size | Best for | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unseen Forces | 35–45 min | 3–8 | Small–medium | Birthdays, events for littles, children’s museums | Now booking |
| Sweet Science | ~45 min | 3–12 | Up to 30 kids | Birthdays, libraries | Now booking |
| All About Air ⭐ Our best all-around show | 45–55 min | 3–14 | Any size | Every event type | Now booking |
| Target Practice: Gong Showdown | 45–55 min | 5–14 | Any size | Birthdays, libraries, community events | Now booking |
| Surviving the Moon | 45–55 min | 8–14 | Any size | Libraries, schools, community events | Now booking |
| Chasing the Spark | 45–55 min | 8–14 | Any size | Libraries, schools · History of Science, Part 1 | Now booking |
| The Fall | 45–55 min | 8–14 | Any size | Libraries, schools · History of Science, Part 2 | Coming Aug 2026 |
| Blinded by the Light | 45–55 min | 8–14 | Any size | Libraries, schools · History of Science, Part 3 | Coming Sept 2026 |
| Spooky Science | 45–55 min | 5–14 | Any size | Birthdays, libraries, festivals, community events | Coming Oct 2026 |
| Frozen Frontiers | 45–55 min | 5–14 | Any size | Birthdays, libraries, community events | Coming Dec 2026 |
Wide age range at your event? Grandparents to preschoolers, All About Air is the show we recommend most — built to hold ages 3 to 14 (and the grown-ups beside them) in the same room.
Stage shows
⭐ All About Air
45–55 minutes · Ages 3–14 · Any group size · All event types
The air around us looks like nothing — so what can “nothing” really do? All About Air is a live, hands-on science show that answers that question one demonstration at a time, proving the invisible stuff we breathe is a very real something. We set it on fire, catch its shape as spinning rings of fog, and then pull the atmosphere apart piece by piece: carbon dioxide frozen solid and pouring like fog, the oxygen that every flame is hungry for, and liquid nitrogen so cold it was captured straight from the air itself — a piece of the sky in a cup. And none of it is a disconnected bag of tricks; every demonstration builds on the one before into a single, escalating story that ends with a floor-shaking, air-powered finale. Young scientists and the grown-ups beside them walk away having seen, heard, and felt that the “empty” space around them is anything but.
Our most-requested pick for mixed-age audiences.
Unseen Forces
35–45 minutes · Ages 3–8 · Small–medium groups · Birthdays, events for littles, children’s museums
In Unseen Forces, your youngest scientists take on a mission: prove the doubter wrong. One experiment at a time, they make the invisible impossible to deny — air that pushes, bops, and pours out in freezing fog; electricity that stands hair straight on end; and a finale that hits the air so hard it rings a gong. And because every demonstration is a piece of the same story, kids travel all the way from “there’s nothing there” to a room full of wonder.
Our most affordable show — a perfect fit for birthday parties, small events, and children’s-museum floors. For a full-gym school assembly, All About Air is the one we’d point you to instead.
Sweet Science
~45 minutes · Ages 3–12 · Up to 30 kids · Birthdays and libraries
What if a single spoonful of sugar could become a hard crystal jewel, a fluffy cloud, and a candy that explodes on your tongue? Sweet Science turns a table of candy into a hands-on materials-science adventure — cotton candy spun live, rock candy raced against the cloud, chocolate snapped, Pop Rocks set fizzing — where every demonstration answers a question the one before it raised. Piece by delicious piece, the audience uncovers the idea behind it all: a candy’s magic isn’t what it’s made of, it’s how it’s built. Equal parts mouth-watering and rigorous, Sweet Science is built to delight elementary students through curious adults — and to leave everyone tasting the world a little differently.
Sweet Science is an intimate, close-up show — we recommend it for groups of 30 kids or fewer, which makes it perfect for parties and library programs.
Target Practice: Gong Showdown
45–55 minutes · Ages 5–14 · Birthdays, libraries, community events
Target Practice is a celebration, and we mark the moment the loud way — by ringing a gong as hard as physics will let us. First we find out what we’re up against: we turn a decibel meter on the audience and let them roar, and whatever number they hit becomes the mark to beat. Then, launcher by launcher, we go after it — and each launcher raises the last one’s question in a new form. If your own muscle can drive a projectile into the gong, what happens when we load that energy into the elastic pull of a giant slingshot instead? Trade the slingshot for a blast of compressed air? Swap air pressure for the sudden push of heat? Every round lands louder than the one before, because every round puts more energy behind the shot — until a final, everything-we’ve-learned launch goes for the record. The whole show tunes itself on the fly to your group’s age and how far they want to take the science.
Surviving the Moon
45–55 minutes · Ages 8–14 · Libraries, schools, community events
NASA’s Artemis astronauts are going back to the Moon — and this time the goal is to stay. But building a place people can actually live on the lunar surface means beating an environment that’s hostile at every turn, and Surviving the Moon puts those real challenges on stage one at a time. What does a hard vacuum do to the everyday things we take for granted? How do you handle temperatures that swing hundreds of degrees from lunar day to night — cold enough to shatter ordinary materials in seconds? What holds back the radiation, the dust, and everything else the Moon throws at a crew? Working the problems alongside the audience, we put solution after solution to the test, and every obstacle we clear exposes the next one Artemis engineers have to solve — until the pieces come together into a design that could genuinely hold up out there. A real-world engineering showcase for upper elementary through middle school. Ask about adding liquid-nitrogen ice cream for your guests!
Chasing the Spark
45–55 minutes · Ages 8–14 · Libraries and schools · History of Science series, Part 1
Chasing the Spark tells 2,500 years of electricity and magnetism as a single connected story — one where every experiment is the answer to the question the experiment before it raised. It opens on a thousand-year-old mystery (why does a compass needle always point north?) and follows the real chain of discovery toward the answer: a Greek philosopher rubbing amber, a line of volunteers wired hand-to-hand to a spark generator, a working battery built from two metals and a cup of vinegar, a bare copper wire that spins itself into the world’s first electric motor, and — for the finale — a ceramic disk, cooled in liquid nitrogen, that locks in midair and glides frozen above a magnetic track. Built around big, visual demonstrations and the genuine human drama behind each breakthrough, the show is designed to hold elementary students, teens, and adults in the same room, and it ends not on a tidy conclusion but on the questions scientists are still chasing today.
Premiering this season — now booking
New shows premiere throughout the 2026–27 season. Premiere dates go fast — reserve yours early.
The Fall — premiering end of August 2026
45–55 minutes · Ages 8–14 · Libraries and schools · History of Science series, Part 2
The story of gravity. Full details coming soon.
Blinded by the Light — premiering end of September 2026
45–55 minutes · Ages 8–14 · Libraries and schools · History of Science series, Part 3
The story of light. Full details coming soon.
Spooky Science — premiering Halloween 2026
45–55 minutes · Ages 5–14 · Birthdays, libraries, celebrations, community events
Science’s creepy side: rolling fog, extreme cold, and slimes that ooze, stretch, and glow. Booking October dates now.
Frozen Frontiers — premiering December 2026
45–55 minutes · Ages 5–14 · Birthdays, libraries, celebrations, community events
Full details coming soon.
For schools: Chasing the Spark, The Fall, and Blinded by the Light form our three-part History of Science series, built for upper elementary and middle school assemblies — one show per trimester tells your students the connected story of how science actually happens. Multi-booking discounts apply.
For libraries: Ask about series programming — a season of monthly shows, with Spooky Science timed for October and Frozen Frontiers for your winter calendar.
Pricing
Pricing depends on your event — schools, libraries, and private parties each have their own rate, with shows starting at $360. Planning something else? Tell us your date, venue, and audience and we’ll send a quote, usually within one business day.
The Carousel of Science
Not every event wants an audience in seats. The Carousel of Science turns your venue into a floor of hands-on experiments and exhibits that guests explore at their own pace — our exploratory format for corporate and premium events. Starting at $1,500.