Bring the Kids to Fermilab: Sunday, 19 February
From Fermilab Today:
Education Office Offers Family Open House, Feb. 19
This year's Education Office Family Open House will take place on Sunday, Feb. 19. The event offers free family-style hands-on activities and exhibits, make-and-take projects, science shows and tours. New this year will be a reprisal of Leon Lederman's "Late Show with Leon," which first appeared as a Web cast in the fall. Lederman will interview three young Fermilab physicists during a live show in Ramsey Auditorium. Also new this year will be a number of science shows adapted from the World Year of Physics classroom presentations.
The Ask-a-Scientist group will return to the 15th floor, back by popular demand. "I remember being impressed last year when I walked onto the 15th floor and saw how engaged everyone was," said Spencer Pasero, an education specialist at Fermilab. "There were good, lively discussions going on and the scientists were really getting into it." Other returning popular events from last year's Family Open House include Mr. Freeze's cryogenics show, the Gravity Accelerator exhibit, and tours of the Linear Accelerator gallery and Main Control Room gallery. Plans for tours to additional sites are now being finalized.
The Family Open House will take place on Sunday, Feb. 19, from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. The event is free but registration is required. All ages are welcome, but the open house is most appropriate for children in grade 3 and up. Tours are restricted to ages 10 and up. Participants can register online. Contact Nancy Lanning at edreg@fnal.gov or 630-840-5588 for more information.
-Dawn Stanton
Education Office Offers Family Open House, Feb. 19
This year's Education Office Family Open House will take place on Sunday, Feb. 19. The event offers free family-style hands-on activities and exhibits, make-and-take projects, science shows and tours. New this year will be a reprisal of Leon Lederman's "Late Show with Leon," which first appeared as a Web cast in the fall. Lederman will interview three young Fermilab physicists during a live show in Ramsey Auditorium. Also new this year will be a number of science shows adapted from the World Year of Physics classroom presentations.
The Ask-a-Scientist group will return to the 15th floor, back by popular demand. "I remember being impressed last year when I walked onto the 15th floor and saw how engaged everyone was," said Spencer Pasero, an education specialist at Fermilab. "There were good, lively discussions going on and the scientists were really getting into it." Other returning popular events from last year's Family Open House include Mr. Freeze's cryogenics show, the Gravity Accelerator exhibit, and tours of the Linear Accelerator gallery and Main Control Room gallery. Plans for tours to additional sites are now being finalized.
The Family Open House will take place on Sunday, Feb. 19, from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. The event is free but registration is required. All ages are welcome, but the open house is most appropriate for children in grade 3 and up. Tours are restricted to ages 10 and up. Participants can register online. Contact Nancy Lanning at edreg@fnal.gov or 630-840-5588 for more information.
-Dawn Stanton