Part of the Philadelphia Science Festival, these free, Be a Scientist! sessions allows visitors to explore a specific profession related to medicine, engineering, and more. Themes differ by location and times differ by site.

The cost is free and no registration is required.

Sessions are as follows:
Be a Watershed Scientist! 10 AM- 2 PM: Bartram's Garden
Be a Paleontologist! 10:30 AM- 12:30 PM: Rowan University Edleman Fossil Park
Be a Maker! 11 AM- 1 PM: Independence Seaport Museum
Be an 18th and 19th Century Doctor! 11 AM- 3 PM: Penn Medicine
Be a Zoologist! 11 AM- 2 PM: Philadelphia Zoo
Be an Engineer! 11 AM- 1 PM: Temple University
Be a River Ecologist! 12 PM- 3 PM: Glen Foerd on the Delaware
Be a Scientist at CHOP!  12 PM- 3 PM: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Be a Health Professional! 12 PM-4 PM: University of the Sciences
Be an Ornithologist! 12 PM- 4 PM: Wagner Free Institute of Science
Be an Entomologist! 12 PM- 3 PM: Wyck Historic House, Garden and Farm
Be an Arborist! 1 PM- 3 PM: Natural Lands
Be a Doctor! and Teddy Bear Clinic 1 PM- 4 PM: Thomas Jefferson University
Be a Doctor! Teddy Bear Clinics 1 PM- 3 PM: Abington Hospital- Jefferson Health
Be a Doctor! Teddy Bear Clinics 1 PM- 3 PM:  Jefferson Torresdale Hospital
Be a Doctor! Teddy Bear Clinics 1 PM- 3 PM: Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital
Be a Historian! 2 PM- 6PM: American Philosophical Society
Be an Explorer! 2 PM- 5 PM: Please Touch Museum