KIPAC + Friends" Community Day

Join us for a fun-filled day of science! This event will take the form of a science festival, featuring numerous stations with live demonstrations, experiments, and hands-on activities. A series of mini science lectures will also run in parallel, introducing the latest discoveries in astronomy and other closely related STEM fields.

This event is free, open to all, and especially kids- and family-friendly! While walk-ins are also welcome, registration is strongly encouraged as we will be providing key event information to all registrants. 1pm-5pm.

SETI Institute scientists will be on hand to lead a solar art project and solar viewing.

Hands-on activities & live experiments:
 

• Aerospace Vehicles
• The Mysteries of Lights & Optics
• Particles to Plasmas
• Color Filters & Polarization
• Materials Gone Wrong!
• Cell Biophysics
• Fruit Batteries and Sensors
• Solar Art Project
• Exploring the Solar System
• Making Your Own Pulsar
• Cooking A Comet
• Gravity Simulator
• Galaxy Zoo
• Experimenting with UV-sensitive Beads
• IR Camera
• Astro Magnetism
• Solar S'mores
• Cloud Chamber
• Van der Graaff Generators
• Detecting Dark Matter Particles
• What Makes a Telescope?
• Solar Viewing
• Ask A Scientist Anything
• And more!

Mini Lectures (suitable for middle-school students and above):
 

• Program to be announced

This event will take place in the Science & Engineering Quad courtyards and the Hewlett Teaching Center (370 Jane Stanford Way) on the Stanford campus.
 

The closest visitor parking is in the Via Ortega Garage and the Roble Field Garage. All parking is free in spaces marked Visitor, A, or C during weekends unless indicated otherwise. Accessible parking is also available in the above garages.

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