"KIPAC + Friends" Community Day

We invite you to join a day of fun with STEM! At the "KIPAC + Friends" Community Day, you'll have the opportunity to explore a wide range of STEM topics with a special focus on space discoveries through hands-on activities, engaging demonstrations, and short lectures. Please see the detailed program below.

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.

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)

Additional event logistics (including directions, parking information, and food options) will be shared with registrants closer to the event date. We look forward to seeing many of you on April 19!

Host or Publisher KIPAC