Making ice cream! Dissecting a cow's eye! Spinning glasses of water without spilling a drop! Investigating fingerprints! These are just samples of what elementary children did at the Jersey City Public Schools very first districtwide "Family Science Night." Although there was some stress in preparing for the evening, it turned out to be a wonderful, carnival-like atmosphere, complete with food, face painting, and the fun of inquiry-based science! It was the authors' district's first "Family Science Night," and they succeeded in their goals of generating enthusiasm across all groups in the schools. As a district science supervisor and school-level science coordinator, the authors found that creating a districtwide Family Science Night was their chance to highlight science and help parents channel their children's natural curiosity by exploring science together. During the next few years, they expanded the event to include "Super Science Saturday," "Spring into Science," and other school-level family science events. Best of all, the excitement "trickled down" and family science events became part of the culture at individual schools.