At the authors' school, as in many places, she struggles with making science a meaningful part of her students' lives. The teachers are working under state mandates to prepare students for reading and mathematics tests in third, fourth, and fifth grades. Often, this relegates science and social studies to a distant back burner. In an effort to bring science into everyday lives, the science team decided to bring in real people with science-related jobs or hobbies to the school to show students science is more than a textbook subject or an occasional entertaining experiment. What began five years ago has grown into a marvelous experience of learning by doing, having new experiences, and seeing how components come together to form the whole and how science is part of real life. Though it occurs only one day a year, Science Alive! has truly brought science alive for the authors' school community! This program is briefly described in this article.