If you know kids between the ages of seven and 12, you know how hard it can be to get them excited about science from a textbook. Children love to be wowed, and to experience physical phenomena with eyes wide and jaws dropped at Explore the Wonders of Science starting at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 10 at Fermilab, Ramsey Auditorium, Wilson Hall in Batavia.
That’s the thinking behind the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory’s annual Wonders of Science show, which will take place Sunday, March 10 at 1 p.m.. The show, organized and performed by award-winning high school teachers, is celebrating its 32nd year at Fermilab. Tickets are $5 per person.
This year’s theme is detectors, and the show will feature Weird Science, a group of current and retired high school teachers who have been honored for their ability to engage young minds.
“There is nothing like seeing kids get excited about science,” said Amanda Early, an education program leader at Fermilab. “The look on the kids faces as they see science come to life in front of them is incredibly rewarding, and it is one of the many reasons this event is so popular.”
Weird Science includes Lee Marek of the University of Illinois Chicago, formerly of Naperville North High School, Karl Craddock of Fremd High School in Palatine, and Bill Grosser of Oak Park-River Forest High School. They will demonstrate eye-popping chemical and physical science experiments designed to be both fun and educational.
Each family will receive a science kit, which they can use to conduct their own experiments at home. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets may be ordered online at ed.fnal.gov/events/wos. For additional information, call 630-840-5588 or send to edreg@fnal.gov.
—Fermilab