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This year, the MSU Science Festival is back live and in person! Check each individual event title for more information including location, age recommendations, and pre-registration information.

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Don't miss our STEAM Expo Days April 1 & 2: Enjoy a weekend full of dazzling demonstrations and hands-on activities that will be sure to awe and inspire. Event map and visitor guide coming soon!

  • BioBlitz Locations

    Visit a participating park or nature center near you and join in on a community-led biodiversity survey throughout the month of April

    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Harris Nature Center
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Michigan Audubon Capital City Bird Sanctuary
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: MSU Kellogg Bird Sanctuary
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Ann Arbor Parks
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Woldumar Nature Center
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Seney National Wildlife Refuge
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Grand Traverse Natural Education Reserve
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Crosswinds Marsh
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Fenner Nature Center
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Blandford Nature Center
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Corey Marsh Ecological Research Center
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Indian Springs Metropark
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Nan Weston Nature Preserve at Sharon Hollow
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Potter Park Zoo Lansing River Trail
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Michigan Nature Association
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Belle Isle Nature Center
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Riverview Natural Area
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Michigan & Beyond
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Rose Lake State Game Area
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
    • BioBlitz Featured Location: Rogue River State Game Area
      • BioBlitz!
      Ongoing throughout April
  • Saturday, April 1

    STEAM Expo Day (MSU Campus)
    • All Events

      • Explore Medical Laboratory Science!

        At North Kedzie Hall Main Entrance, Indoors

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        10:00 - 11:00 AM
      • Food Processing at MSU

        At Trout Food Science and Human Nutrition Building Room 124

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        10:00 - 11:00 AM
      • A Smashing Time with Nuclei

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Algorithmic Bias in Artificial Intelligence

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • All Water is Connected and Ours to Protect

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Aquatic Adventures

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Are You the Next Olympic Athlete? Measuring Movement in Health and Disease

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Batteries in Your Life

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Beal Botanical Garden - Blooming Early for our 150th Birthday

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Bird "Egg"stravaganza

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Cell City: The Diversity of Cellular Life

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Chemistry of the Human Senses

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Create Your Own Light Show with Electrical Circuits and Arduino Board

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Digging The Past: Learning through Artifacts with MSU’s Campus Archaeology Program

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility First Floor South Wing

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Earth Science in the Montessori Classroom

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Exercise is Medicine

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Explore Static Electricity with WKAR's Curious Crew

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • FIRST Robotics!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Fish You Well: Using Zebrafish to Study Development and Disease

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Geometrical Shapes and Physics: How to Observe Them in Your Backyard

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Go with the Flow: Exploring the Movement of Water!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Greater Lansing’s Saginaw Aquifer in a Cup

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Hands on Pathology: Hosted by the MSU CHM-COM Pathology Interest Group

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Hands-On Molecular Simulations to Discover How Plants Communicate

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Harnessing the Power of Stem Cells for Discovery and Therapy

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility First Floor South Wing

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Hidden Water

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • How do Beaches Change Along the Great Lakes? Mapping Coastal Erosion with Drones, iPads, and Remote-Controlled Boats

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Infinity Room

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility First Floor Lobby

        • Dazzling Demos
        • STEAM Expo Days
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Interactive Simulation of Parallel Processing for Supercomputers

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Just a “Dose” of Therapeutic Discovery

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Laser Tweezers: Reach Out and Grab Bacteria! Tour

        At Biomedical and Physical Sciences Room B148

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Lasers, Photons, and Superposition: Harnessing the Power of Light to Build Future Quantum Computers

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Let’s Grow Bismuth Crystals!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Lithography: How Chemistry Makes Tiny Computer Chips

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Peaty Bogs and Mucky Swamps: Michigan's Amazing Organic Soils!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Photosynthesis in Dynamic Environments

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Physician Assistant Science

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Plant Pathogens: Match Plant Diseases to Their Microorganisms!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Plastic Recycling: The Art of Separation of Plastics by Floatation Method

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Play in the Sand and Make it Rain to Create Landforms and Study Watersheds Using an Augmented Reality Sandbox

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2101

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Polymers and the Future

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility First Floor South Wing

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Polymers: Breaking Down Nature’s Building Blocks

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Potter Park Zoo Presents: Amazing Animal Adaptations

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Radioactive!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Reptiles Alive: MSU Herpetology Society

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Robot Bowling with East Lansing Public Library

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Robotics at Your Fingertips

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Scanning Electron Microscopy

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2004

        • Dazzling Demos
        • STEAM Expo Days
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Science of Crystals

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility First Floor South Wing

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Searching for Treasure: Using Multi-Fidelity Modeling to Find Deep Sea Gems

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • See Your Potential: Neuroanatomy from Single Cells to the Entire Brain

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Sensory Stations: Sifting Sand and Bouncing Bubbles

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Solar Racing Team Project Showcase

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility North Entrance

        • Dazzling Demos
        • STEAM Expo Days
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • STEM Media: A New Way to Engage

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Stop the Reef Thief!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Studying the Spotted Hyena

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Subatomic Particles from Deep Space

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Supercomputing in 360 Degrees: Explore the Nuts and Bolts!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Superhero Alka-Seltzer Rockets!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility West Entrance

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • The Buzz on Bees!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • The Day in the Life of a Veterinary Nurse

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • The Invisible: Don't Just See It, Play With It. May the Force Be With You.

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • The MI Diaries Project

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Rooms 3106 and 3107

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • The Science of Origami

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • The Story of Supercomputing and Silicon Petting Zoo!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Tips for Voice Care in School Settings

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Transforming Grass to Gas

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Visualizing Proteins

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility First Floor South Wing

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • What Can Speech Signals Tell Us About Neurological Disease?

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • What's in the Box? A Hands-on Investigation of Scientific Practice

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • At-Home Science with Tommy Technetium

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1130

        • Dazzling Demos
        • STEAM Expo Days
        10:30 - 11:15 AM
      • Explore Medical Laboratory Science!

        At North Kedzie Hall Main Entrance, Indoors

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM): Demonstration and Practice

        At Fee Hall East, Room E106

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Beaumont Tower Tours

        At Beaumont Tower Main Entrance

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
      • Explore the Science of Music with the MSU Community Music School

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2130

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
      • Rainforests to the Rescue!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1130

        • Talks with Experts
        • STEAM Expo Days
        11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Exploring the Rachana Rajendra Bird Sanctuary

        At Baker Woodlot Bogue Street Entrance

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        12:00 - 3:00 PM
      • Eureka!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1130

        • Dazzling Demos
        • STEAM Expo Days
        12:15 - 1:00 PM
      • Abrams Planetarium Shows

        At Abrams Planetarium

        • Dazzling Demos
        • STEAM Expo Days
        12:30 - 4:00 PM
      • Explore Medical Laboratory Science!

        At North Kedzie Hall Main Entrance, Indoors

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 2:00 PM
      • On the Banks of the Red Cedar: Restoring the Riverbank

        At Beal Botanical Garden Beal Pond & Shed

        Pre-register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-banks-of-the-red-cedar-restoring-the-riverbank-tickets-567031003997

        Requires pre-registration
        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 2:00 PM
      • MSU Museum Collaborative Art Workshop

        At MSU Museum Auditorium

        Pre-register at https://bit.ly/Art_MSUM

        Requires pre-registration
        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 2:30 PM
      • Blood, Bones, and Brains: Inside the Body with the Anatomage 3D Table at MSU Libraries

        At Main Library 2nd Floor West, Digital Scholarship Lab

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        1:00 - 3:00 PM
      • History of STEM at MSU Pop-up Exhibit at MSU Libraries

        At Main Library First Floor West, Reading Room

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 3:00 PM
      • Makerspace Open House at MSU Libraries

        At Main Library 2nd Floor West, Makerspace

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 3:00 PM
      • Media Breakdown: Tales of Deterioration on Audiovisual Collections and Their Historical Comebacks at MSU Libraries

        At Main Library Third Floor West, Beal Instruction Room W326

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 3:00 PM
      • Print Your Own Butterfly Postcard at MSU Libraries

        At Main Library First Floor, South Lobby

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 3:00 PM
      • Rare Books on Butterflies and Dragonflies at MSU Libraries

        At Main Library First Floor, West Lobby Special Collections Classroom

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 3:00 PM
      • Seeing is Believing: Using Multispectral Imaging to Reveal the Unseeable in Art and Cultural Heritage at MSU Libraries

        At Main Library Second Floor West, Digital Scholarship Lab

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 3:00 PM
      • What Are We Made Of?

        At Main Library 2nd Floor West, Digital Scholarship Lab 360 Room

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 3:00 PM
      • Explore the Amazing World of Insects at the MSU Bug House!

        At Natural Science Building Room 147

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 4:00 PM
      • The Power of Echoes: Using Soundwaves to See Inside the Body

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1130

        • Talks with Experts
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:15 - 1:45 PM
      • MSU Geography Trivia Challenge

        At Geography Building North Outdoor Sidewalk

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:30 - 2:00 PM
      • Bubbly Bath Bomb Baking

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Workshop Stage

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        2:00 - 2:30 PM
      • When Art & Science Collide: How Dance Met Nuclear Science in “Of Equal Place: Isotopes in Motion”

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1130

        • Dazzling Demos
        • STEAM Expo Days
        2:00 - 2:30 PM
      • Why are Big Trees Special?

        At McLane Baseball Stadium Outside South End

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        2:00 - 2:30 PM
      • Explore Medical Laboratory Science!

        At North Kedzie Hall Main Entrance, Indoors

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        2:00 - 3:00 PM
      • Why are Big Trees Special?

        At McLane Baseball Stadium Outside South End

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        2:30 - 3:00 PM
      • Magnetic Levitation

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1130

        • Dazzling Demos
        • STEAM Expo Days
        2:45 - 3:15 PM
      • Bubbly Bath Bomb Baking

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Workshop Stage

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        3:00 - 3:30 PM
      • Why are Big Trees Special?

        At McLane Baseball Stadium Outside South End

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        3:00 - 3:30 PM
      • Explore Medical Laboratory Science!

        At North Kedzie Hall Main Entrance, Indoors

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        3:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Edible Water Bottles! Economic & Ecofriendly Alternatives to Plastic Bottles

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1130

        • Dazzling Demos
        • STEAM Expo Days
        3:30 - 4:00 PM
      • Why are Big Trees Special?

        At McLane Baseball Stadium Outside South End

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        3:30 - 4:00 PM
  • Sunday, April 2

    STEAM Expo Day (MSU Campus)
    • All Events

      • Behind the Scenes at the Beal Garden Greenhouse

        At Landscape Services Beaumont Nursery Main Lobby

        Pre-register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/behind-the-scenes-at-the-beal-garden-greenhouse-tickets-530713296757

        Requires pre-registration
        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        8:30 - 9:15 AM
      • Behind the Scenes at the Beal Garden Greenhouse

        At Landscape Services Beaumont Nursery Main Lobby

        Pre-register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/behind-the-scenes-at-the-beal-garden-greenhouse-tickets-530713296757

        Requires pre-registration
        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        10:00 - 10:45 AM
      • A Smashing Time with Nuclei

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • A Taste of Neuroscience

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • All in Favor of Good Flavor!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Aquatic Adventures

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Beal Botanical Garden - Blooming Early for our 150th Birthday

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Bird "Egg"stravaganza

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Cell City: The Diversity of Cellular Life

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Chemi-COOL Demonstrations!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Decision-Making in the Face of Uncertainty: An In-Depth Study of the Game Show 'Deal or No Deal'

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Earth Science in the Montessori Classroom

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Exercise is Medicine

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Exploring the Science of Light

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • FIRST Robotics!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Geometrical Shapes and Physics: How to Observe Them in Your Backyard

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Go with the Flow: Exploring the Movement of Water!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Hands on Pathology: Hosted by the MSU CHM-COM Pathology Interest Group

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Hands-On Molecular Simulations to Discover How Plants Communicate

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Hidden Water

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Infinity Room

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility First Floor Lobby

        • Dazzling Demos
        • STEAM Expo Days
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Interactive Simulation of Parallel Processing for Supercomputers

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Lasers, Photons, and Superposition: Harnessing the Power of Light to Build Future Quantum Computers

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Let’s Grow Bismuth Crystals!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Michigan State Bird Observatory

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Microbe Magic

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Need a Recharge? Build Your Own Battery!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Peaty Bogs and Mucky Swamps: Michigan's Amazing Organic Soils!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Photosynthesis in Dynamic Environments

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Play in the Sand and Make it Rain to Create Landforms and Study Watersheds Using an Augmented Reality Sandbox

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2101

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Reptiles Alive: MSU Herpetology Society

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Robot Bowling with East Lansing Public Library

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Solar Racing Team Project Showcase

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility North Entrance

        • Dazzling Demos
        • STEAM Expo Days
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • STEM Media: A New Way to Engage

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Stop the Reef Thief!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Stretch it! Squeeze it! Shape the Universe with Gravity!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Subatomic Particles from Deep Space

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Supercomputing in 360 Degrees: Explore the Nuts and Bolts!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Terrific Turtles

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • The Day in the Life of a Veterinary Nurse

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • The Invisible: Don't Just See It, Play With It. May the Force Be With You.

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • The MI Diaries Project

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Rooms 3106 and 3107

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • The Science of Origami

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • The Story of Supercomputing and Silicon Petting Zoo!

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Tips for Voice Care in School Settings

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 3202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Using Light to Make Sugars

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • What Can Speech Signals Tell Us About Neurological Disease?

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1201

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • What's in the Box? A Hands-on Investigation of Scientific Practice

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2202

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Michigan Space University: Astronaut 101

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1130

        • Dazzling Demos
        • STEAM Expo Days
        10:30 - 11:15 AM
      • Beaumont Tower Tours

        At Beaumont Tower Main Entrance

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
      • Explore the Science of Music with the MSU Community Music School

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 2130

        • STEAM Expo Days
        • Hands-on Science
        11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
      • Miniaturized Robots: Swimming, Climbing, and Flying

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1130

        • Talks with Experts
        • STEAM Expo Days
        11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Behind the Scenes at the Beal Garden Greenhouse

        At Landscape Services Beaumont Nursery Main Lobby

        Pre-register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/behind-the-scenes-at-the-beal-garden-greenhouse-tickets-530713296757

        Requires pre-registration
        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
      • Introduction to Robotics

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1130

        • Dazzling Demos
        • STEAM Expo Days
        12:15 - 12:45 PM
      • Behind the Scenes at the Beal Garden Greenhouse

        At Landscape Services Beaumont Nursery Main Lobby

        Pre-register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/behind-the-scenes-at-the-beal-garden-greenhouse-tickets-530713296757

        Requires pre-registration
        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 1:45 PM
      • Exploring Ethnobotany and our Relationships with Plants

        At Beal Botanical Garden Beal Pond & Shed

        Pre-register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/exploring-ethnobotany-and-our-relationships-with-plants-tickets-566928687967

        Requires pre-registration
        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 1:45 PM
      • Rocket Science 101: Inside a Rocket Engine

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1130

        • Dazzling Demos
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 1:45 PM
      • Beneath the Pines: MSU Native Tree Walk

        At Beal Botanical Garden Beal Pond & Shed

        Pre-register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beneath-the-pines-msu-native-tree-walk-tickets-566981836937

        Requires pre-registration
        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 2:00 PM
      • Don't Underestimate the Weather - How Weather and Climate Affect Agriculture

        At Enviroweather Field Office 4345 South Hagadorn Road Building F Okemos, MI 48864

        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 2:00 PM
      • AI Sonic Art Workshop

        At Main Library 2nd Floor West, Digital Scholarship Lab classroom

        Pre-register at https://bit.ly/Sound_AI

        Requires pre-registration
        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        1:00 - 3:00 PM
      • Edible Ice Cream Aquifers: What Can You Learn About Groundwater?

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Workshop Stage

        • Dazzling Demos
        • STEAM Expo Days
        2:00 - 2:30 PM
      • Exploring Ethnobotany and our Relationships with Plants

        At Beal Botanical Garden Beal Pond & Shed

        Pre-register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/exploring-ethnobotany-and-our-relationships-with-plants-tickets-566928687967

        Requires pre-registration
        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        2:00 - 2:45 PM
      • Fins to Limbs: How Our Ancestors Came Ashore

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1130

        • Talks with Experts
        • STEAM Expo Days
        2:00 - 2:45 PM
      • Inside the MSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory: Disease Detectives at Work

        At Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Lobby

        Pre-register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inside-the-msu-veterinary-diagnostic-laboratory-disease-detectives-at-work-tickets-538082979677

        Requires pre-registration
        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        2:00 - 3:30 PM
      • Edible Ice Cream Aquifers: What Can You Learn About Groundwater?

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Workshop Stage

        • Dazzling Demos
        • STEAM Expo Days
        3:00 - 3:30 PM
      • The Invisible Force that Binds Us (and Makes Us Heavy!)

        At STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Room 1130

        • Talks with Experts
        • STEAM Expo Days
        3:00 - 3:30 PM
      • Exploring Ethnobotany and our Relationships with Plants

        At Beal Botanical Garden Beal Pond & Shed

        Pre-register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/exploring-ethnobotany-and-our-relationships-with-plants-tickets-566928687967

        Requires pre-registration
        • Tours and Open Houses
        • STEAM Expo Days
        3:00 - 3:45 PM
  • Thursday, April 6

    • All Events

      • Biology on Tap

        At Michigan Wildlife Conservancy 6380 Drumheller Road Bath Township, MI 48808

        • Science After Dark
        7:00 - 8:30 PM
  • Friday, April 7

    • All Events

      • Potter Park Zoo: An Evening of Awesome, Interactive Experiences at a Living Museum

        At Potter Park Zoo 1301 South Pennsylvania Avenue Lansing, MI 48912

        • Tours and Open Houses
        5:00 - 8:00 PM
      • Neon Fashion Show

        At MSU Museum

        • Dazzling Demos
        7:00 - 9:00 PM
  • Saturday, April 8

    • All Events

      • The Falling Tree Collaborative

        At Music Building Cook Recital Hall

        Pre-register at https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/4228680/falling-tree-collaborative-plant-biocomposition-east-lansing-cook-recital-hall

        Requires pre-registration
        • Dazzling Demos
        • The Sounds of Science
        8:00 - 9:00 PM
  • Friday, April 14

    • All Events

      • Skeletons, Jaws, and Jars: A Tour of the MSU Museum Vertebrate Collections

        At MSU Museum Lobby

        • Tours and Open Houses
        1:00 - 1:30 PM
      • Skeletons, Jaws, and Jars: A Tour of the MSU Museum Vertebrate Collections

        At MSU Museum Lobby

        • Tours and Open Houses
        1:45 - 2:15 PM
      • MSU Broad Art Museum: Night at the Museums

        At Broad Art Museum

        Pre-register at https://50807.blackbaudhosting.com/50807/Night-at-the-Museums

        Requires pre-registration
        • Nights at the Museums
        6:00 - 8:00 PM
      • MSU Museum: Night at the Museums

        At MSU Museum

        • Nights at the Museums
        6:00 - 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, April 15

    • All Events

      • From Seaside to Bedside: How Marine Organisms and Insects Can Be Used for Diagnostics and Therapeutics

        At MSU Museum Science on a Sphere

        Pre-register at https://113145.blackbaudhosting.com/113145/From-Seaside-To-Bedside

        Requires pre-registration
        • Talks with Experts
        11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Campfire Science

        At Woldumar Nature Center 5739 Old Lansing Road Lansing, MI 48917

        • Dazzling Demos
        6:00 - 9:00 PM
  • Sunday, April 16

    • All Events

      • SpARTan Wellness: CYANOTYPES

        At Broad Art Museum Main Entrance

        • Hands-on Science
        2:00 - 4:00 PM
  • Wednesday, April 19

    • All Events

      • Star Stuff Screening

        At Abrams Planetarium

        • Dazzling Demos
        7:00 - 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, April 22

    Statewide Earth Day Extravaganza

    • All Events

      • Potter Park Zoo BioBlitz Exploration

        At Potter Park Zoo Main Entrance 1301 South Pennsylvania Avenue Lansing, MI 48912

        • Statewide Earth Day Celebration
        9:00 - 11:30 AM
      • Detroit Community Tree Planting with the Greening of Detroit

        At The Greening of Detroit 13000 West McNichols Road Detroit, MI 48235

        Pre-register at https://www.greeningofdetroit.com/events/4/22treeplanting

        Requires pre-registration
        • Statewide Earth Day Celebration
        9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Fenner Nature Center's Earth Day Extravaganza

        At Fenner Nature Center 2020 East Mount Hope Avenue Lansing, MI 48910

        Pre-register at https://mynaturecenter.org/earth-day-extravaganza/

        Requires pre-registration
        • Statewide Earth Day Celebration
        9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
      • BioBlitz Hike at Nan Weston Nature Preserve at Sharon Hollow

        At Nan Weston Nature Preserve at Sharon Hollow Easudes Road Lat/Long: 42.1861198884138, -84.11053605879387 Manchester, MI 48158

        Pre-register at https://fs29.formsite.com/7DR5Va/kg84ioc87a/index

        Requires pre-registration
        • Statewide Earth Day Celebration
        10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Hunter Park GardenHouse Earth Day Service Event

        At Hunter Park 500 Clifford Street Lansing, MI 48912

        • Statewide Earth Day Celebration
        10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Brightmoor Artisans Collective Earth Day Community Clean Up

        At Brightmoor Artisans Collective 22735 Fenkell Street Detroit, MI 48223

        Pre-register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earth-day-community-clean-up-the-brightmoor-artisans-collective-tickets-399702239157

        Requires pre-registration
        • Statewide Earth Day Celebration
        10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
      • Detroit Historical Society & Dossin Great Lakes Museum Earth Day Celebration

        At Dossin Great Lakes Museum 100 The Strand Detroit, MI 48207

        • Statewide Earth Day Celebration
        10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
      • Great Lakes Sea Lampreys: From Crisis to Control

        At Dossin Great Lakes Museum 100 The Strand Detroit, MI 48207

        • Statewide Earth Day Celebration
        10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
      • Manistique Community Treehouse Center Creative Empowerment Garden Clean Up

        At Manistique Community Treehouse Center 259 Manistique Street Detroit, MI 48215

        • Statewide Earth Day Celebration
        10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
      • Belle Isle Nature Center Green Day

        At Belle Isle Nature Center 176 Lakeside Drive Detroit, MI 48207

        • Statewide Earth Day Celebration
        11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
      • Earth Day Celebration at Blandford Nature Center

        At Blandford Nature Center 1715 Hillburn Avenue Northwest Grand Rapids, MI 49504

        • Statewide Earth Day Celebration
        11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
      • MSU Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Open House

        At Farrall Agricultural Engineering Hall Machine Shop

        • Tours and Open Houses
        11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
      • Get Wet in the Woods with Vernal Pools!

        At Baker Woodlot Bogue Street Entrance

        • Statewide Earth Day Celebration
        1:00 - 3:00 PM
      • Prints and Poetry for Celebrating Species “Delisted” from Endangered Species Status

        At MSU Museum Science on a Sphere Gallery

        Pre-register at https://113145.blackbaudhosting.com/113145/Prints-and-Poetry-for-Celebrating-Species-Delisted-from-Endangered-Species-Status

        Requires pre-registration
        • Statewide Earth Day Celebration
        1:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Earth Day Bash at MSU Recycling

        At Surplus Store and Recycling Center Education Center and Material Recovery Facility

        • Statewide Earth Day Celebration
        2:00 - 6:00 PM
  • Wednesday, April 26

    • All Events

      • Space Craze: Understanding History and Fiction Using Artifacts

        At Abrams Planetarium

        7:00 - 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, April 29

    Science in the Gardens (MSU campus) and Statewide Astronomy Night

    • All Events

      • Butterflies in the Garden

        At MSU Horticulture Gardens Butterfly Flight House

        • Science in the Gardens
        • Tours and Open Houses
        10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
      • Plant Science Exploration!

        At MSU Horticulture Gardens

        • Science in the Gardens
        • Hands-on Science
        10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
      • Getting to the Root of Botany: Behind the Scenes in the MSU Herbarium

        At Plant Biology Laboratories Room 166

        • Science in the Gardens
        • Tours and Open Houses
        10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night: Kalamazoo

        At Kalamazoo Valley Museum 230 North Rose Street Kalamazoo, MI 49007

        • Statewide Astronomy Night
        5:00 - 8:30 PM
      • Big Astronomy: People Places Discoveries

        At Abrams Planetarium

        • Statewide Astronomy Night
        7:00 - 8:00 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night: Detroit

        At Belle Isle Nature Center 176 Lakeside Drive Detroit, MI 48207

        • Statewide Astronomy Night
        7:00 - 10:00 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night: MSU Observatory

        At MSU Observatory

        • Statewide Astronomy Night
        7:00 - 10:00 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night: Flint

        At Toboggan Hill 5178 North Washburn Road Davison, MI 48423

        • Statewide Astronomy Night
        8:00 - 10:00 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night Ann Arbor

        At Detroit Observatory at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor 1398 E Ann St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109

        Pre-register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/statewide-astronomy-night-ann-arbor-tickets-556897223587

        Requires pre-registration
        • Statewide Astronomy Night
        8:00 - 10:30 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night: Grand Rapids

        At James C. Veen Observatory 3308 Kissing Rock Ave SE Lowell, MI 49331

        • Statewide Astronomy Night
        8:30 - 10:30 PM

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