MSU Science Festival

April 5 – 20, 2019

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  • Friday, April 5, 2019

    • All Events

      • Signature Events
        Unraveling the Mysteries of the Flint Water Crisis: A Talk with Pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
        • MSU Campus
        7:00 - 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, April 6, 2019

    • Expo Zone Events

      • MSU Expo Zone
        The Chemistry of the Human Senses
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Why are Plants so Smelly? They Just Make Scents!
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        A Day on the Front Line with Doctors Without Borders
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        A Smashing Time with Nuclei
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • Early Childhood Zone
        AH NUTS! The Things We Get from Trees
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Amazing Animal Adaptations
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Are You the Next Olympic Athlete? Measuring Motor Skill in Health and Disease
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Art and Science Intersections
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Bacterial Migration Under the Microscope
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Become a Diagnostic Detective!
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Bedrock Groundwater Simulator
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Biology of the Spotted Hyena: 30+ Years of Research
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Bird "Egg"stravaganza
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Birds, Poo, and You!
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Build the Building Blocks of Matter with Actual Blocks
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Catching High Energy Gamma-Rays
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        CIGLR: Great Lakes Science for Society
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Computational Science: Robots, Supercomputers, and Virtual Reality, Oh My!
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • Early Childhood Zone
        Creepy, Crawly, and Cuddly? Using Stuffed Microbes to Visualize the Microscopic World
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • Early Childhood Zone
        Delta Dental Presents "Rethink Your Drink"
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Dogs, Cats, Horses and Beyond: The Many Facets of Veterinary Medicine
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • Early Childhood Zone
        Dueling Magic Wands
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Evolution in Action
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Groundwater Adventure
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        How Can a Computer Game Help Us Understand Diabetes?
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • Early Childhood Zone
        How Can Humans Have a Positive Impact on Local Wildlife?
        • Lansing Area
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        How Much Medicine Should I Take?
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        How Much Water is ‘Hidden’ in Your Everyday Life?
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        How Plants Provide Oxygen and Interact with Their Environment
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        ITEC TechTronics Bus
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        K12 Interactive Lesson
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Laser Tweezers: Reach Out and Grab Bacteria!
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        LCC Youth Program Presents: What do Robots, Reptiles, 3D Printers, and Science Projects Have in Common? The LCC Youth Program!
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • Early Childhood Zone
        Learning About Science the Montessori Way!
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Looking at Invisible Nuclei!
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • Early Childhood Zone
        Magic of Monarchs
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Make Rare Isotopes from the Comfort of Your Couch
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Make Your Own Pulsar!
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        MDEQ Interactive Display for Youth
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Michigan Frogs by Sight and Sound
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Michigan Meteorites and Beyond
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Michigan's Beautiful Butterflies (And Some Marvelous Moths)
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Microbe Magic
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Molecule Mania
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        MSU Campus Archaeology Program
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        MSU Community Music School Instrument Petting Zoo
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        MSU Federal Credit Union Financial Education for Every Age
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Nursing 101: Health Promotion, Skills, Assessment, and Simulation
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • Early Childhood Zone
        On The Banks of the Red Cedar...
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Open-Source 3D Printing
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        pH Rainbow
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Physics and Astronomy Experiments with WAMPS (Women and Minorities in the Physical Sciences)
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Plant Picasso from the IQhub
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Plants, Patterns, and Parastichies
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Rocks: Stories from the Earth
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • Science Theatre: Hands-On
        Expo Hours
      • Early Childhood Zone
        Sensory Stations: Sifting Sand and Bouncing Bubbles
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        STEM for All
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        The Buzz About Bees
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        The Fungus Among Us
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        The Snares to Wares Initiative
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Time for Quantum
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Ultimate Convenience: Virtual Shopping Experience
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • Early Childhood Zone
        Unraveling the Brain
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Unraveling the Brain
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Unraveling the Universe
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • Early Childhood Zone
        Unraveling the Wonders of Nature's Design
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        UNWRINKLING the Mysteries: Surface Instabilities in Nanocrystal/Polymer Structures
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Way More Than Books: STEM @ the Library
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • Early Childhood Zone
        We are the Scientists
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Weird Water: A Study of Non-Newtonian Fluids
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        What's a Watershed? Rain, Drains, and Surface Water Quality
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Where Does Our Drinking Water Come From? A Window into Its Origins
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        Wild Wacky Water Critters
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
      • MSU Expo Zone
        What's Up in the Night Sky
        • MSU Campus
        Expo Hours
    • Demos, Talks, and All Other Events

      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Amazing Memory: Tricks and Tips
        • MSU Campus
        10:00 - 10:30 AM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Seeing Stars: How Birds Use the Night Sky to Navigate During Migration
        • MSU Campus
        10:00 - 10:30 AM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Smartphone-Based Blood Pressure Monitoring Device
        • MSU Campus
        10:00 - 10:30 AM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        The Mystery of the Plant Microbiome
        • MSU Campus
        10:00 - 10:30 AM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Understanding Food
        • MSU Campus
        10:00 - 10:30 AM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Unraveling the Mysteries of Sleep and Sleep Deprivation
        • MSU Campus
        10:00 - 10:30 AM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        What Can Your DNA Say About You?
        • MSU Campus
        10:00 - 10:30 AM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        All of the Science That You Can't Do at Home!
        • MSU Campus
        10:00 - 11:00 AM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        The Power of Blood: A History of Blood Transfusion
        • MSU Campus
        10:00 - 11:00 AM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Unraveling the Mysteries of Butterflies in the 4-H Children's Garden Open House
        • MSU Campus
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Avatar Psychology: Matters of Mediated Self-Representations, from Digital Characters to Automobiles
        • MSU Campus
        11:00 - 11:30 AM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Excellent Niobium and State-of-the-Art Accelerating Superconducting Radio Frequency Cavities
        • MSU Campus
        11:00 - 11:30 AM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        MSU Solar Racing: Unraveling Aurora!
        • MSU Campus
        11:00 - 11:30 AM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        The Mystery of the Plant Microbiome
        • MSU Campus
        11:00 - 11:30 AM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Unraveling the Mysteries of Sleep and Sleep Deprivation
        • MSU Campus
        11:00 - 11:30 AM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        What Can Your DNA Say About You?
        • MSU Campus
        11:00 - 11:30 AM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Four Simple Conservation Actions You Can Do to Create Bird-Friendly Communities
        • MSU Campus
        11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Science Theatre Presents: The Newtonian Physics Show!
        • MSU Campus
        11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Is Rapid Energy Decarbonization Possible at MSU?
        • MSU Campus
        12:00 - 12:30 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        MSU Solar Racing: Unraveling Aurora!
        • MSU Campus
        12:00 - 12:30 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Unraveling the Mysteries of Sleep and Sleep Deprivation
        • MSU Campus
        12:00 - 12:30 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Anatomy of the Human Brain
        • MSU Campus
        12:00 - 1:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        How to Catch a Criminal with DNA
        • MSU Campus
        12:00 - 1:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Science Spectacular!
        • MSU Campus
        12:00 - 1:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        So You Want To Be a Game Designer?
        • MSU Campus
        12:30 - 1:30 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Mesophication of Eastern Forests: A Problem as Big as the Word, with a Fiery Solution
        • MSU Campus
        1:00 - 1:30 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Safe Control of Self-Driving Cars
        • MSU Campus
        1:00 - 1:30 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Unraveling the Mysteries of Sleep and Sleep Deprivation
        • MSU Campus
        1:00 - 1:30 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Is it Chemistry or Magic?
        • MSU Campus
        1:00 - 2:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        FRIB: The Path to Scientific Discovery
        • MSU Campus
        1:30 - 2:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        What Does Chemistry Have to Do with Biology Anyway?
        • MSU Campus
        1:30 - 2:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Uncovering the Biology of Mental Illness
        • MSU Campus
        1:30 - 2:30 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Human-Wildfire Interactions Past, Present, and Future: A Hot Topic
        • MSU Campus
        2:00 - 2:30 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Mesophication of Eastern Forests: A Problem as Big as the Word, with a Fiery Solution
        • MSU Campus
        2:00 - 2:30 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Awesome Amazon: An Exploration of the Past, Present, and Future of the World’s Largest Rainforest
        • MSU Campus
        2:30 - 3:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Fascinating Physics
        • MSU Campus
        2:30 - 3:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Picnics, Pathogens, and Protection: Water Quality and How You Can Protect Yourself at the Beach
        • MSU Campus
        2:30 - 3:00 PM
      • Signature Events
        Humanity Needs Dreamers: A Visit With Marie Curie
        • MSU Campus
        2:30 - 4:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Studying the Way Trees Grow in Urban Areas
        • MSU Campus
        3:00 - 3:45 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Awesome Amazon: An Exploration of the Past, Present, and Future of the World’s Largest Rainforest
        • MSU Campus
        3:30 - 4:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        The Spartan Dischords Present: Pop and Circumstance
        • MSU Campus
        3:30 - 4:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Where Will Autonomous Vehicles Take Us?
        • MSU Campus
        3:30 - 4:00 PM
      • Signature Events
        The Improv Comedy of Science
        • MSU Campus
        4:30 - 5:30 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Exclusive WDIV-TV Studio Tours
        • Detroit Area
        5:00 - 6:30 PM
  • Sunday, April 7, 2019

    • All Events

      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Open House: Sustaining the Vision at W.K. Kellogg Manor House and Bird Sanctuary
        • Kalamazoo Area
        11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Science Cafes and Pubs
        Science Gallery Detroit: Collisions Between Science and Art
        • Lansing Area
        4:00 - 5:00 PM
      • Science Cafes and Pubs
        3 in 30: The Science of Effective Communication
        7:00 - 9:00 PM
  • Monday, April 8, 2019

    • All Events

      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Exclusive WILX Studio Tour
        • Lansing Area
        3:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Science Cafes and Pubs
        Plants, Propagation, and You!
        • Lansing Area
        7:00 - 8:30 PM
  • Tuesday, April 9, 2019

    • All Events

      • Nights at the Museums
        MSU Museum: Habitats and Homes Night at the Museums
        • MSU Campus
        5:30 - 8:00 PM
      • Nights at the Museums
        Night at the MSU Broad Art Museum
        • MSU Campus
        5:30 - 8:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Windows, Birds, and Museums
        • MSU Campus
        6:00 - 6:45 PM
  • Wednesday, April 10, 2019

    • All Events

      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Explore the Detroit Public Library a Gem of a Tour
        • Detroit Area
        6:30 - 7:30 PM
      • Science Cafes and Pubs
        Astronomy on Tap
        • Lansing Area
        7:30 - 10:00 PM
  • Thursday, April 11, 2019

    • All Events

      • Nights at the Museums
        Unraveling the Mysteries of Michigan's Past at the Michigan History Museum
        • Lansing Area
        5:00 - 8:00 PM
      • Science Cafes and Pubs
        Science on Tap Grand Rapids: The Science of Brewing
        • Grand Rapids Area
        8:00 - 10:00 PM
  • Friday, April 12, 2019

    • All Events

      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Tour of the Center for Advanced Microscopy
        • MSU Campus
        11:00 - 11:50 AM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections Open House
        • MSU Campus
        1:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Skeletons, Jaws, and Jars: A Tour of the MSU Museum Vertebrate Collections
        • MSU Campus
        2:00 - 2:30 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Skeletons, Jaws, and Jars: A Tour of the MSU Museum Vertebrate Collections
        • MSU Campus
        2:45 - 3:15 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night (SWAN)
        Statewide Astronomy Night at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum
        • Kalamazoo Area
        4:00 - 8:30 PM
      • Nights at the Museums
        WILX-TV Channel 10 Live Weather Forecast from Potter Park Zoo
        • Lansing Area
        5:00 - 5:30 PM
      • Nights at the Museums
        Potter Park Zoo: An Evening of Awesome, Interactive Experiences at a Living Museum
        • Lansing Area
        5:00 - 8:00 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night (SWAN)
        Statewide Astronomy Night at Kingman Museum
        • Kalamazoo Area
        5:00 - 8:00 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night (SWAN)
        Tour of the Spring Night Sky and Open House at Shiras Planetarium
        • Marquette Area
        6:00 - 8:00 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night (SWAN)
        Statewide Astronomy Night at the Wayne State University Planetarium
        • Detroit Area
        6:00 - 9:00 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night (SWAN)
        'Scopes in the City: Statewide Astronomy Night at the Michigan Science Center
        • Detroit Area
        6:00 - 10:00 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night (SWAN)
        The Hidden Solar System at Hurst Planetarium
        • Jackson Area
        6:30 - 8:30 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night (SWAN)
        Abrams Planetarium Show Premiere and Shoot the Moon: History of the Space Race
        • MSU Campus
        7:00 - 9:00 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night (SWAN)
        Statewide Astronomy Night at the MSU Observatory: Observing the Universe and More
        • MSU Campus
        7:00 - 10:00 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night (SWAN)
        Statewide Astronomy Night at Fox Park Observatory
        • Lansing Area
        7:00 - 11:00 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night (SWAN)
        Statewide Astronomy Night at Henry Ford College: Having Fun with Sound, Light, and Fire
        • Detroit Area
        7:00 - 11:00 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night (SWAN)
        Statewide Astronomy Night at Saginaw Bay Visitor Center
        • Bay City Area
        8:00 - 10:00 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night (SWAN)
        A Night at Sherzer Observatory
        • Ann Arbor Area
        8:00 - 11:00 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night (SWAN)
        Statewide Astronomy Night at the Veen Observatory
        • Grand Rapids Area
        8:30 - 11:30 PM
  • Saturday, April 13, 2019

    • All Events

      • Take a Tour/Open House
        MSU SciComm Tours
        • MSU Campus
        9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Ecology (and More) Extravaganza Tour at Corey Marsh Ecological Research Center
        • MSU Campus
        9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        What Would It Take to Build an Android?
        • MSU Campus
        10:00 - 11:00 AM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Where Does Milk Come From?
        • MSU Campus
        10:00 - 11:30 AM
      • Nights at the Museums
        Discover, Explore, Take Flight! Science Fest at Yankee Air Museum
        • Ann Arbor Area
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Tour and Explore the World of Insects at the MSU Bug House
        • MSU Campus
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Nights at the Museums
        Unraveling Earth and Space Science Mysteries at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum
        • Kalamazoo Area
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Unraveling the Mysteries of Butterflies in the 4-H Children's Garden Open House
        • MSU Campus
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Sharks 101
        • MSU Campus
        11:00 - 11:45 AM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Why Was it Built That Way? Unraveling MSU's West Circle Architectural Mysteries
        • MSU Campus
        11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Molecules at the Movies
        • MSU Campus
        12:00 - 1:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Where Does Milk Come From?
        • MSU Campus
        12:00 - 1:30 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Neuroscience Fair
        • MSU Campus
        12:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Off to See the Wizard: I Need a Heart to Keep My Brain Alive!
        • MSU Campus
        12:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Part 1: Invasive Plant Species in Your Michigan Backyard
        • MSU Campus
        12:30 - 1:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        The Art and Science of Oral History
        • MSU Campus
        12:30 - 1:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Vernal Pools in MSU's Baker Woodlot: Our Spring Wake-up Call!
        • MSU Campus
        1:00 - 1:45 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        MSU Broad Art Museum: Water School Free Public Tours
        • MSU Campus
        1:00 - 2:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Data Privacy, Virtual Reality, and Immersive Visualization: Understanding Your World Better with a Tour of the Digital Scholarship Lab
        • MSU Campus
        1:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Make Your Own Book
        • MSU Campus
        1:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        MSU Library's Special Collections Open House: Print Your Own Science Festival Souvenir
        • MSU Campus
        1:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        MSU Main Library Open House: Make Your Own Map-Themed Book!
        • MSU Campus
        1:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Open House at MSU Library Makerspace: What's a Makerspace? Discover and Innovate!
        • MSU Campus
        1:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Special Collections Open House at the MSU Main Library: Rare Books from the History of Science
        • MSU Campus
        1:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        The Map Library Open House: Reading Paper Maps and Building Digital Maps
        • MSU Campus
        1:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Unraveling Science Writing in The Writing Center
        • MSU Campus
        1:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Part 2: Invasive Plant Species - Making Paper from Pesky Plants
        • MSU Campus
        1:30 - 2:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Dermatologically Important Plants Tour of Beal Botanical Garden: How to Save the Skin You're In
        • MSU Campus
        2:00 - 2:30 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Fantastic Forest: An Ecologist’s Tour of Baker Woodlot and Rajendra Sanctuary
        • MSU Campus
        2:00 - 2:30 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        MSU Broad Art Museum: Water School Tour with Matt Boyd
        • MSU Campus
        2:00 - 3:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Tour the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
        • MSU Campus
        2:00 - 3:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Nuclear Science from a Whole New Angle
        • MSU Campus
        2:15 - 2:45 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Dermatologically Important Plants Tour of Beal Botanical Garden: How to Save the Skin You're In
        • MSU Campus
        3:00 - 3:30 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Fantastic Forest: An Ecologist’s Tour of Baker Woodlot and Rajendra Sanctuary
        • MSU Campus
        3:00 - 3:30 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        MSU Broad Art Museum: Water School Free Public Tours
        • MSU Campus
        3:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        WKAR's Curious Crew: Making Candy!
        • MSU Campus
        3:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        MSU Observatory Open House
        • MSU Campus
        9:00 - 10:30 PM
  • Sunday, April 14, 2019

    • Expo Zone Events

      • Detroit Expo Day
        AccelerateKID®: Creating Future Creators
        • Detroit Area
        Expo Hours
      • Detroit Expo Day
        Apollo 50th
        • Detroit Area
        Expo Hours
      • Detroit Expo Day
        Be a Color Detective: Forensic Examination of Colors Through Chromatography
        • Detroit Area
        Expo Hours
      • Detroit Expo Day
        Free Radicals and Food: The Good, the Bad, and the Measurable
        • Detroit Area
        Expo Hours
      • Detroit Expo Day
        Fungi Freight Booth and DIY Cultivation
        • Detroit Area
        Expo Hours
      • Detroit Expo Day
        How are Sea Lamprey's Controlled?
        • Detroit Area
        Expo Hours
      • Detroit Expo Day
        ITEC TechTronics Bus
        • Detroit Area
        Expo Hours
      • Detroit Expo Day
        Launch Into Engineering!
        • Detroit Area
        Expo Hours
      • Detroit Expo Day
        Mystery STEM Design Challenge
        • Detroit Area
        Expo Hours
      • Detroit Expo Day
        The Secret Life of Trees
        • Detroit Area
        Expo Hours
      • Detroit Expo Day
        Tiedyeology!
        • Detroit Area
        Expo Hours
      • Detroit Expo Day
        Tuskegee Airmen National Museum Aviation and Aerospace Science Activities
        • Detroit Area
        Expo Hours
    • Demos, Talks, and All Other Events

      • Detroit Expo Day
        Open House of Belle Isle Aquarium: Secrets to Survival in a Watery World Presented by Belle Isle Conservancy
        • Detroit Area
        10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Detroit Expo Day
        Major vs. Career: Finding Your Life's Passion
        • Detroit Area
        12:00 - 12:30 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Explore Harris Nature Center Open House
        • Lansing Area
        12:00 - 4:00 PM
      • Detroit Expo Day
        Consumer Product Chemistry: The Science Behind the Stuff We Buy
        • Detroit Area
        12:30 - 1:00 PM
      • Detroit Expo Day
        Have You Ever Flown to South America? Some of Your Neighborhood Birds Have!
        • Detroit Area
        12:30 - 1:00 PM
      • Detroit Expo Day
        This is the Human Brain...On Music!
        • Detroit Area
        1:00 - 1:30 PM
      • Detroit Expo Day
        A City of Salt: Detroit's Salt Mines
        • Detroit Area
        1:30 - 2:00 PM
      • Detroit Expo Day
        Phantastic Physics Phenomena Demonstrations
        • Detroit Area
        1:30 - 2:00 PM
      • Detroit Expo Day
        Scaling in Science: How Nikola Tesla's Other Inventions May Help Solve Diseases
        • Detroit Area
        2:00 - 2:30 PM
      • Detroit Expo Day
        Have You Ever Flown to South America? Some of Your Neighborhood Birds Have!
        • Detroit Area
        2:30 - 3:00 PM
      • Detroit Expo Day
        Science Spectacular!
        • Detroit Area
        2:30 - 3:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        The Science of Sound: Third Man Pressing Tours
        • Detroit Area
        3:00 - 4:30 PM
      • Detroit Expo Day
        Phantastic Physics Phenomena Demonstrations
        • Detroit Area
        3:15 - 3:45 PM
      • Science Cafes and Pubs
        Atwater Brewery Tours
        • Detroit Area
        5:00 - 6:30 PM
      • Science Cafes and Pubs
        Science on Tap: Urban Agriculture & Food Security in Detroit
        • Detroit Area
        7:00 - 9:00 PM
  • Monday, April 15, 2019

    • All Events

      • Science Cafes and Pubs
        Fantastic Nuclei and Where to Find Them
        • Lansing Area
        7:00 - 8:00 PM
  • Tuesday, April 16, 2019

    • All Events

      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Relationships, History, Hip Hop, and Forestry: Integrating Diversity and Inclusion in Environmental Sciences
        • MSU Campus
        4:00 - 5:00 PM
      • Science Cafes and Pubs
        Biology on Tap!
        • Lansing Area
        7:30 - 9:30 PM
  • Wednesday, April 17, 2019

    • All Events

      • Nights at the Museums
        An Evening at the Air Zoo
        • Kalamazoo Area
        6:00 - 8:00 PM
      • Science Cafes and Pubs
        Comedy and the Brain
        • Lansing Area
        7:00 - 9:00 PM
  • Thursday, April 18, 2019

    • All Events

      • Nights at the Museums
        Night at Impression 5 Science Center: Science of Wonder
        • Lansing Area
        6:00 - 8:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Studio (in)Process: Science Festival Edition
        • Lansing Area
        6:00 - 9:00 PM
      • Science Cafes and Pubs
        Revealing the Mysteries of the Brain
        • Lansing Area
        7:00 - 8:00 PM
      • Nights at the Museums
        Earth Is Blue: A Closer Look at National Marine Sanctuaries in A Night at the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
        • Alpena Area
        7:00 - 9:00 PM
      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Shoot the Moon: History of the Space Race
        • MSU Campus
        7:30 - 8:30 PM
  • Friday, April 19, 2019

    • All Events

      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Campfire Science at Woldumar Nature Center
        • Lansing Area
        6:00 - 9:00 PM
  • Saturday, April 20, 2019

    • All Events

      • Talks, Demonstrations, Performances
        Molecules at the Movies
        • MSU Campus
        11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Nights at the Museums
        Technology and Science in Action at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
        • Detroit Area
        11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
      • Take a Tour/Open House
        Exclusive WDIV-TV Studio Tours
        • Detroit Area
        5:00 - 6:30 PM
      • Signature Events
        WKAR's Serving Up Science Podcast
        • MSU Campus
        7:00 - 8:00 PM

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