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April 1 – 30, 2021


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All expo day events (April 3, 10, 17) take place on the MSU Easy Virtual Fair Platform.

Only one registration is required to attend all events for all expo days. Click here to register once for all expo events

Additional events that take place weekdays and Saturday, April 24th have individual webinar links. The webinar links can be found in each presentation event listing.

Self-guided events are activities to do at your leisure.

  • Self-Guided Events

    • April 2021 Bioblitz
      • Bees & Bugs
      • Birds
      • Citizen Science
      • Explore Outside
      • Michigan Science
      • Plants
    • What Do You Know About Water and Health?
      • Games & Trivia
      • Environment
    • How Much Water is ‘Hidden’ in your Everyday Life?
      • Science & Society
      • Environment
    • Tour the Birth Site Home of Liberty Hyde Bailey, Jr., the Father of Modern Horticulture
      • Everyday STEAM
    • Finding the Missing Specimen: An MSU Herbarium Scavenger Hunt
      • Michigan Science
      • Plants
    • Michigan Trees: Specimen Coloring Pages by the MSU Herbarium
      • Michigan Science
      • Plants
    • Explore the Diversity of Southeast Michigan’s Ecosystems at Indian Springs Metropark: A Self-guided Hike
      • Explore Outside
      • Environment
    • STEM on Sidewalks
      • Hands-on STEAM
    • MSU Teaches, Talks and Walks Trees: The Spartan Tree Campus Legacy
      • Michigan Science
      • Plants
    • Infection Defense!
      • Everyday STEAM
      • Games & Trivia
    • Michigan State Park Centennial GeoTour
      • Explore Outside

  • Thursday, April 1, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • Michigan's Butterflies and Their Habitat Needs
        • Bees & Bugs
        • Michigan Science
        6:00 - 6:45 PM
      • World's Weirdest Bees
        • Bees & Bugs
        7:00 - 7:20 PM
      • Nature in the City
        • Plants
        • Environment
        7:35 - 8:00 PM
      • The Great Lakes Mystery: Are Invasive Fish a Food Source for Great Lakes Predators?
        • Michigan Science
        • Amazing Animals
        8:15 - 8:35 PM

  • Saturday, April 3, 2021 Expo Day Register once for all expo events

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • Creating Community Within Science: How to Start an Educational Podcast
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Science & Society
        10:00 - 10:20 AM
      • ISTEM: Indigenous Science Technology Engineering Mathematics
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Science & Society
        10:00 - 10:20 AM
      • Learning Through Nature
        • Science & Society
        • Environment
        10:00 - 10:20 AM
      • AI School: An Introduction to Machine Learning
        • Technology & the Future
        • Hands-on STEAM
        10:30 - 10:50 AM
      • Anybody Can Be A Scientist: A Lifelong Adventure Exploring Your World
        • Citizen Science
        • Explore Outside
        • Michigan Science
        10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Cameraless Photography: Make a Pinhole Camera
        • Hands-on STEAM
        11:00 - 11:30 AM
      • STREAMS in the Field
        • Technology & the Future
        • Michigan Science
        11:30 - 11:50 AM
      • Meet our Great Lakes "Living Fossil"!
        • Michigan Science
        • Amazing Animals
        12:00 - 12:20 PM
      • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Creative Responses to Plastic Pollution
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Art & Science
        • Environment
        12:00 - 12:20 PM
      • Where Is Everybody? The Fermi Paradox
        • Universe
        12:00 - 12:40 PM
      • Anatomy of a Meat Label
        • Everyday STEAM
        12:30 - 12:50 PM
      • Microfossils: The Little Things that Count
        • Amazing Animals
        • Plants
        • Environment
        12:30 - 12:50 PM
      • Explore How to Make a Bird-Friendly Backyard, What’s Happening with Detroit’s Peregrine Falcons, and Save Rainwater in Your Yard or School
        • Birds
        • Michigan Science
        • Amazing Animals
        • Environment
        12:30 - 1:50 PM
      • Are You the Next Olympic Athlete? Measuring Movement in Health and Disease
        • Everyday STEAM
        1:00 - 1:20 PM
      • Introduction to Robots and Programming
        • Technology & the Future
        • Hands-on STEAM
        1:30 - 2:20 PM
      • Explore the Invisible World of Blood!
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Michigan Science
        1:30 - 2:30 PM
      • All About Bugs with the MSU Bug House
        • Bees & Bugs
        • Michigan Science
        2:00 - 2:20 PM
      • Geocaching and the Michigan State Parks GeoTour
        • Explore Outside
        • Michigan Science
        2:00 - 2:20 PM
      • Plastic Waste and the Role of Community
        • Science & Society
        • Environment
        2:30 - 2:50 PM
      • Guarding a Perimeter Against Multiple Mobile Intruders
        • Technology & the Future
        • Everyday STEAM
        3:00 - 3:20 PM
      • Plants Toxic to Our Pets
        • Science & Society
        • Plants
        3:00 - 3:20 PM
      • How Do People Pair Up?
        • Games & Trivia
        • Science & Society
        3:30 - 3:50 PM
      • Springtime in Michigan
        • Explore Outside
        • Plants
        3:30 - 3:50 PM
      • Let's Talk About Medical Racism
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Science & Society
        3:30 - 4:15 PM
      • Detecting Bacteria with Magnetic Nanoparticles
        • Technology & the Future
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        4:00 - 4:20 PM
      • Urban Honeybee Hive Tour with Bees in the D
        • Bees & Bugs
        • Environment
        4:00 - 5:00 PM
      • Cloud Chamber: Seeing Particles With Our Own Eyes
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Universe
        4:30 - 4:50 PM
      • Virtual Work and Your Health
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Science & Society
        4:30 - 4:50 PM

    • Experiment Along Virtual Demonstrations Events

      • Chemistry in Cosmetics: Make Your Own Lip Balm
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Hands-on STEAM
        10:00 - 10:30 AM
      • Evolve Your Own Dragon Species
        • Games & Trivia
        • Amazing Animals
        11:00 - 11:30 AM
      • Hands-On Tangram Challenges
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Hands-on STEAM
        11:30 - 11:50 AM
      • Science @ Home
        • Hands-on STEAM
        11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Shining Pennies and Dancing Kernels: Fun and Interactive Experiments to Share with Young Children
        • Hands-on STEAM
        1:00 - 1:30 PM
      • Be a Tree Detective!
        • Explore Outside
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Plants
        2:30 - 2:50 PM

    • Self-Guided Experiences Events

      • Exploring the Rachana Rajendra Bird Sanctuary
        • Birds
        • Michigan Science
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • Food Chains Investigation at the Belle Isle Aquarium
        • Amazing Animals
        • Environment
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • Michigan Tech Mind Trekkers Presents The Power of Air
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Everyday STEAM
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • The Surprising Benefit of Talking with Your Hands
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Science & Society
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • Walk, Run, and Ride for Sustainable MSU
        • Michigan Science
        • Environment
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • What's Under My Feet? Learning the Plants In My Neighborhood
        • Explore Outside
        • Plants
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • Would you use an App for depression or anxiety?
        • Technology & the Future
        • Science & Society
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • Tuesday, April 6, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • Astronomy on Tap
        • Universe
        7:00 - 9:00 PM

  • Wednesday, April 7, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • Science Storytime Capital Area District Libraries
        • Everyday STEAM
        10:30 - 11:00 AM
      • Catastrophe and Sustainability: Food Waste, the Covid 19 Crisis, and Social Justice
        • Science & Society
        • Environment
        6:00 - 7:00 PM
      • The Settling Down and Settling In Experiences of Latino Farmworkers in Michigan
        • Science & Society
        7:10 - 7:30 PM
      • Using Science Beyond the Lab: Science and Technology Policy
        • Science & Society
        7:40 - 8:00 PM
      • Protecting Your Intellectual Property and Other Legal Rights in STEM Projects
        • Science & Society
        8:10 - 8:30 PM

  • Thursday, April 8, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • Michigan in the Air with the Michigan History Center
        • Technology & the Future
        • Hands-on STEAM
        6:00 - 6:30 PM
      • Our Ancestors: The Evolution of Stars
        • Universe
        6:45 - 7:25 PM
      • Fantastic Nuclei and Where to Find Them
        • Michigan Science
        • Universe
        7:45 - 8:30 PM

  • Saturday, April 10, 2021 Expo Day Register once for all expo events

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • Will Working from Home Change our Cities?
        • Technology & the Future
        • Science & Society
        10:00 - 10:20 AM
      • Mapping Forests in 3D
        • Technology & the Future
        • Plants
        10:30 - 10:50 AM
      • LOT Bots: Coding with Robots and CADL's Library of Things
        • Technology & the Future
        • Michigan Science
        10:30 - 11:30 AM
      • The Gendered Reality of Climate Change
        • Science & Society
        • Environment
        11:00 - 11:20 AM
      • Maris and the Plastic Jellyfish
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Environment
        11:00 - 11:30 AM
      • Feeder Bird Banding with MSRW (Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch)
        • Birds
        • Michigan Science
        11:00 - 11:45 AM
      • Fins to Limbs: How Our Ancestors Left the Water
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Amazing Animals
        11:30 - 11:50 AM
      • Seeing Atoms!
        • Technology & the Future
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        11:30 - 11:50 AM
      • Frogging by Ear: Mid-Michigan Edition Presented by Nature Discovery
        • Michigan Science
        • Amazing Animals
        12:00 - 12:30 PM
      • How to Use Machine Learning Algorithms to Cluster Spotify Data - No Coding Experience Necessary
        • Technology & the Future
        • Hands-on STEAM
        12:30 - 12:50 PM
      • Sea Lamprey, the Vampires of the Great Lakes: Invasion and Control
        • Michigan Science
        • Amazing Animals
        1:00 - 1:20 PM
      • From Seaside to Bedside: How Marine Organisms and Insects Can Be Used for Diagnostics and Therapeutics
        • Technology & the Future
        • Amazing Animals
        1:00 - 1:50 PM
      • Virtual Tour of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
        • Michigan Science
        • Universe
        1:00 - 2:00 PM
      • Seven Things Smart People Avoid
        • Science & Society
        1:30 - 1:50 PM
      • Shades of Black and Green: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in the Environment
        • Science & Society
        • Environment
        1:30 - 2:15 PM
      • The Physics of Sports
        • Everyday STEAM
        1:30 - 2:15 PM
      • Shining a Light on Neuroscience
        • Everyday STEAM
        2:00 - 2:20 PM
      • Fire and Flame: Birthday Candles and Getting to Mars
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Everyday STEAM
        2:30 - 2:50 PM
      • Geometrical Shapes and Physics: How to Observe Them in Your Backyard
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Everyday STEAM
        2:30 - 2:50 PM
      • Parasite Safari
        • Everyday STEAM
        2:30 - 2:50 PM
      • No Bugs, No Birds!
        • Bees & Bugs
        • Birds
        • Michigan Science
        • Plants
        2:30 - 2:55 PM
      • Pioneering Biomedical Research with MSU IQ
        • Technology & the Future
        • Everyday STEAM
        3:00 - 3:20 PM
      • Milk: From Farm to Table
        • Everyday STEAM
        3:30 - 3:50 PM
      • Science Podcasts Panel with The Sci-Files
        • Everyday STEAM
        3:30 - 3:50 PM
      • Well Spotted! Using Natural Markings to Identify Individual Hyenas
        • Games & Trivia
        • Amazing Animals
        3:30 - 3:50 PM
      • Neutrinos In Your Home With IceCuBEAR
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Universe
        4:00 - 4:20 PM
      • Rhetoric, Media Consumption, and the Pandemic
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Science & Society
        4:00 - 4:20 PM
      • Your Dynamic Brain
        • Technology & the Future
        • Everyday STEAM
        4:00 - 5:15 PM
      • Música Michicana: Preserving a Mexican American Musical Community Through Oral and Visual History
        • Everyday STEAM
        4:30 - 4:50 PM

    • Citizen Science Projects Events

      • Meet Michigan's Newest Native Invasive: Asiatic Tearthumb
        • Michigan Science
        • Plants
        10:30 - 10:50 AM
      • You Can Help NASA Learn About Stellar Disks and Find Out How the Solar System Was Formed
        • Citizen Science
        • Universe
        12:00 - 12:20 PM
      • So You Want to Save the Bees? Community Science Projects to Get Involved
        • Bees & Bugs
        • Citizen Science
        4:30 - 4:50 PM

    • Experiment Along Virtual Demonstrations Events

      • CODE{313} Presents ExperiMental Science With Atomic Bob
        • Hands-on STEAM
        10:00 - 10:30 AM
      • Invisible Forces All Around You!
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Hands-on STEAM
        12:00 - 12:30 PM
      • What Can Happen to the Animals When the Environment Changes?
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Amazing Animals
        • Environment
        12:30 - 12:50 PM
      • Baking Rocks: Exploring Earth Science with Cake!
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Environment
        1:00 - 1:35 PM
      • Grass to Gas: A Fermentation Experiment
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Plants
        2:00 - 2:25 PM
      • How Potatoes are More than Just a Tasty Side Dish
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Art & Science
        • Plants
        3:00 - 3:25 PM

    • Self-Guided Experiences Events

      • Exploring the Rachana Rajendra Bird Sanctuary
        • Birds
        • Michigan Science
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • Food Chains Investigation at the Belle Isle Aquarium
        • Amazing Animals
        • Environment
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • Michigan Tech Mind Trekkers Presents The Power of Air
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Everyday STEAM
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • The Surprising Benefit of Talking with Your Hands
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Science & Society
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • Virtual Neuroscience Fair
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Hands-on STEAM
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • Walk, Run, and Ride for Sustainable MSU
        • Michigan Science
        • Environment
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • What's Under My Feet? Learning the Plants In My Neighborhood
        • Explore Outside
        • Plants
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • Would you use an App for depression or anxiety?
        • Technology & the Future
        • Science & Society
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • Tuesday, April 13, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • Changing the Face of Science: Adding Biographies of Women Scientists to Wikipedia
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Science & Society
        6:00 - 6:20 PM
      • The Cost of Information and Stock Market Anomalies
        • Science & Society
        8:10 - 8:30 PM

    • Experiment Along Virtual Demonstrations Events

      • The Collaborative Listener: Exploring Our Connection With Music Through Writing and Drawing
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Art & Science
        6:45 - 7:10 PM

  • Wednesday, April 14, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • Science Storytime Capital Area District Libraries
        • Everyday STEAM
        10:30 - 11:00 AM
      • Falcons Help Fruit Farmers in Michigan
        • Michigan Science
        • Amazing Animals
        6:40 - 7:00 PM
      • Michigan Snakes
        • Michigan Science
        • Amazing Animals
        7:15 - 7:45 PM
      • Biology on Tap - Lansing
        • Amazing Animals
        • Environment
        8:00 - 9:00 PM

    • Experiment Along Virtual Demonstrations Events

      • Disappearing Leaves and Moldy Bread: How Can We Make Sense of These (Yucky!) Natural Events?
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Environment
        6:00 - 6:20 PM

  • Thursday, April 15, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum
        • Bees & Bugs
        • Birds
        • Technology & the Future
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Michigan Science
        • Art & Science
        • Science & Society
        • Plants
        • Environment
        • Universe
        8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
      • Champions of the Sky: How Birds of Prey Hunt
        • Birds
        • Hands-on STEAM
        6:00 - 6:30 PM
      • Educating Humans on Saving Wildlife with the Detroit Zoo
        • Michigan Science
        • Amazing Animals
        6:45 - 7:30 PM
      • Clicker Training: Using Positive Reinforcement to Train Animals
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Amazing Animals
        7:45 - 8:05 PM
      • Migratory Birds
        • Birds
        • Michigan Science
        8:15 - 8:45 PM

  • Friday, April 16, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum
        • Bees & Bugs
        • Birds
        • Technology & the Future
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Michigan Science
        • Art & Science
        • Science & Society
        • Plants
        • Environment
        • Universe
        8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
      • Big Astronomy: People, Places, Discoveries
        • Universe
        4:00 - 5:00 PM
      • How to See Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn in a Single Night
        • Universe
        5:30 - 5:50 PM
      • Earth's Place in Space with the Roger B Chaffee Planetarium
        • Universe
        6:15 - 6:45 PM
      • The Alvan Clark Telescope at Albion College and the People Who Used It
        • Michigan Science
        • Universe
        7:00 - 7:30 PM
      • Statewide Astronomy Night with the Kalamazoo Valley Museum
        • Michigan Science
        • Universe
        7:45 - 8:30 PM

  • Saturday, April 17, 2021 Expo Day Register once for all expo events

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum
        • Bees & Bugs
        • Birds
        • Technology & the Future
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Michigan Science
        • Art & Science
        • Science & Society
        • Plants
        • Environment
        • Universe
        8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
      • The Invisible Color Force That Binds Us (And Makes Us Heavy!)
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Universe
        10:00 - 10:20 AM
      • Time to Heal Broken Hearts
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Everyday STEAM
        10:00 - 10:20 AM
      • Eat a Burger: How the Food We’re Eating is Impacting the Health of Our Planet and Our People
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Environment
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • What Disney Didn't Tell You: The Spotted Hyena
        • Amazing Animals
        10:30 - 10:50 AM
      • Why the Amazon Is More ‘The Heart’ Than ‘The Lungs’ of the Earth and How We Can Preserve Its Life-sustaining Function
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Plants
        • Environment
        10:30 - 11:00 AM
      • Want to be a Future DOctor? Exploring Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Hands-on STEAM
        10:30 - 11:10 AM
      • Build Your Own Pandemic Model: A Look Back at the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Science & Society
        11:00 - 11:30 AM
      • Exo-lent Planets!
        • Universe
        11:00 - 11:30 AM
      • The Benefits of an Outdoor Natural Play Area: Tour the West Bloomfield Parks
        • Explore Outside
        • Environment
        11:30 - 11:50 AM
      • Birdwatching for Beginners
        • Birds
        • Citizen Science
        • Explore Outside
        11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
      • What's the Buzzz About Sleep?
        • Everyday STEAM
        11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Let’s Taco ‘Bout It: Science Communication
        • Science & Society
        12:00 - 12:20 PM
      • Science as Your Palette: Making Art Come Alive
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Art & Science
        12:00 - 12:20 PM
      • Tuning In to Einstein’s Universe
        • Michigan Science
        • Universe
        12:30 - 1:10 PM
      • Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research @ HOMES
        • Michigan Science
        • Environment
        12:30 - 2:20 PM
      • Butterflies in the Garden
        • Bees & Bugs
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Michigan Science
        1:00 - 1:20 PM
      • Getting Wet in the Woods Through Vernal Pools!
        • Explore Outside
        • Michigan Science
        • Environment
        1:00 - 1:30 PM
      • Dazzling Chemistry Demonstrations with Copper
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        1:00 - 1:45 PM
      • Entomophagy: The Wonderful World of Eating Insects
        • Bees & Bugs
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Environment
        1:30 - 1:50 PM
      • Chocolate is a Berry
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Plants
        1:30 - 2:00 PM
      • Climate Resilience Hub at the MSU Library
        • Science & Society
        • Environment
        2:00 - 2:20 PM
      • Crash Course in Hydroponics
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Plants
        2:00 - 2:30 PM
      • The Science Behind GMO's
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Plants
        2:30 - 2:50 PM
      • John Ball Zoo Virtual Safari
        • Michigan Science
        • Amazing Animals
        2:30 - 2:55 PM
      • MSU Libraries Presents: See a Gutenberg-style Press in Operation! Make Your Own Book! History of Science Through Scientific Illustrations
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Art & Science
        2:30 - 4:20 PM
      • Machine Consciousness Could Arrive with Autonomous Programming
        • Technology & the Future
        • Science & Society
        3:00 - 3:20 PM
      • The Science of Public Health Communication
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Michigan Science
        3:00 - 3:20 PM
      • Computer Vision Tools for Monitoring Farm Pigs
        • Technology & the Future
        • Amazing Animals
        3:30 - 3:50 PM
      • Discovering Plants and People: An Adventure in the MSU Herbarium
        • Michigan Science
        • Plants
        3:30 - 4:00 PM
      • Stay At Home Science with MSU Science Theatre
        • Hands-on STEAM
        3:30 - 4:10 PM
      • Fresh Greens Year-Round Inside Your Home: Learn How to Grow Your Own Leafy Greens Hydroponically
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Plants
        4:00 - 4:20 PM
      • Life Saving Early Introduction of Food Allergens
        4:00 - 4:20 PM
      • Twin Trivia
        • Games & Trivia
        4:30 - 4:50 PM
      • Visualizing Proteins
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        4:30 - 4:50 PM

    • Experiment Along Virtual Demonstrations Events

      • Building the Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder
        • Birds
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Amazing Animals
        10:00 - 10:20 AM
      • Make Your Own Galaxy Slime!
        • Hands-on STEAM
        10:00 - 10:20 AM
      • The Chemistry of the Statue of Liberty
        • Hands-on STEAM
        11:00 - 11:30 AM
      • All About Light Pollution
        • Environment
        • Universe
        12:00 - 12:20 PM
      • Shadow Nuclei and Pennies are Protons Experiment Along Activities
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Universe
        12:30 - 1:50 PM
      • Edible Ice Cream Aquifers: What Can You Learn About Groundwater?
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Environment
        2:30 - 2:50 PM
      • Watching the Watershed
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Michigan Science
        • Environment
        3:00 - 3:30 PM
      • What's Inside An Egg? Hens, Chicks, and Embryology
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Amazing Animals
        4:00 - 4:30 PM

    • Self-Guided Experiences Events

      • Exploring the Rachana Rajendra Bird Sanctuary
        • Birds
        • Michigan Science
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • Food Chains Investigation at the Belle Isle Aquarium
        • Amazing Animals
        • Environment
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • Michigan Tech Mind Trekkers Presents The Power of Air
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Everyday STEAM
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • Symposium on Sleep
        • Everyday STEAM
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • The Surprising Benefit of Talking with Your Hands
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Science & Society
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • Walk, Run, and Ride for Sustainable MSU
        • Michigan Science
        • Environment
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • What's Under My Feet? Learning the Plants In My Neighborhood
        • Explore Outside
        • Plants
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • Will Machines Take Over the World?
        • Technology & the Future
        • Science & Society
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      • Would you use an App for depression or anxiety?
        • Technology & the Future
        • Science & Society
        10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • Sunday, April 18, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum
        • Bees & Bugs
        • Birds
        • Technology & the Future
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Michigan Science
        • Art & Science
        • Science & Society
        • Plants
        • Environment
        • Universe
        8:00 AM - 10:00 PM

  • Monday, April 19, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum
        • Bees & Bugs
        • Birds
        • Technology & the Future
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Michigan Science
        • Art & Science
        • Science & Society
        • Plants
        • Environment
        • Universe
        8:00 AM - 10:00 PM

  • Tuesday, April 20, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • Fire, Water, and Ice: Michigan's Geological Story
        • Michigan Science
        • Environment
        6:00 - 6:40 PM
      • The Roc (Elephant Bird) at MSU: Flightlessness, Gigantism, and Extinction
        • Amazing Animals
        7:00 - 7:20 PM
      • The Archaeology of Children on Michigan State University's Campus
        • Michigan Science
        7:35 - 8:20 PM

  • Wednesday, April 21, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • Plants Important in Human History
        • Science & Society
        • Plants
        6:00 - 6:35 PM
      • Seeds of Resistance
        • Art & Science
        • Science & Society
        • Plants
        7:00 - 8:00 PM

    • Experiment Along Virtual Demonstrations Events

      • SpaceBox (Virtual Escape Room)
        • Technology & the Future
        • Science & Society
        8:10 - 9:00 PM

  • Thursday, April 22, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • Trebuchet Demo with Impression 5
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Hands-on STEAM
        6:00 - 6:20 PM
      • Waste Not: Conducting a Household Waste Audit--Demo and How-To Guide
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Environment
        7:00 - 7:50 PM
      • Studio (in)Conversation: Photographer Dornith Doherty
        • Art & Science
        8:00 - 8:40 PM

    • Citizen Science Projects Events

      • ApidCure: The Power of Sound Therapy Through Bees
        • Bees & Bugs
        • Citizen Science
        • Michigan Science
        • Science & Society
        6:30 - 6:50 PM

  • Saturday, April 24, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • Did You Know You Can Help Collect Weather Data to Help Ag and Natural Resources Management?
        • Technology & the Future
        • Citizen Science
        • Environment
        10:00 - 10:20 AM
      • Science Storytime with Capital Area District Libraries
        • Everyday STEAM
        10:30 - 10:50 AM
      • A Forest is Not A Tree: Student Interpretations of Ecology
        • Art & Science
        • Environment
        11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
      • Do Your Fish Get Sick?
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Amazing Animals
        12:00 - 12:20 PM
      • Who Will Solve the Problems? Careers in Science
        • Michigan Science
        • Universe
        12:30 - 1:20 PM
      • Mysteries in Physics Researched at the Large Hadron Collider
        • Technology & the Future
        • Universe
        2:00 - 3:00 PM
      • Celebrating Women in STEM: Women Untold Documentary Film Screening
        • Everyday STEAM
        • Science & Society
        3:15 - 4:00 PM

    • Experiment Along Virtual Demonstrations Events

      • Why Are "They" Like "That"? Understanding and Reaching Across the Political Divide
        • Science & Society
        11:00 - 11:20 AM
      • Night at the Museum with the MSU Broad Art Museum
        • Hands-on STEAM
        • Art & Science
        • Plants
        7:00 - 8:00 PM

  • Tuesday, April 27, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • A Day at Potter Park Zoo
        • Michigan Science
        • Amazing Animals
        6:00 - 6:30 PM
      • BeLEAF It or Not!
        • Games & Trivia
        • Plants
        • Environment
        6:45 - 7:15 PM
      • A Look Under Ground: Why Root Interactions Matter for Plants, Climate, and Humans
        • Plants
        • Environment
        7:30 - 8:00 PM

  • Wednesday, April 28, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • MSU Teaches, Talks, and Walks Trees: The Spartan Tree Campus Legacy
        • Michigan Science
        • Plants
        6:00 - 6:20 PM
      • Science or Magic: How do doctors see inside us?
        • Dazzling Demonstrations
        • Everyday STEAM
        7:10 - 7:30 PM
      • Decay is Okay
        • Environment
        7:45 - 8:15 PM

    • Experiment Along Virtual Demonstrations Events

      • 4-H Tech Wizards Presents: OOBLECK!
        • Hands-on STEAM
        6:30 - 7:00 PM

  • Thursday, April 29, 2021

    • Online Virtual Talk, Demo, Tour, or Performance Events

      • Gardening for Birds: Strategies for Optimizing Habitat
        • Birds
        • Plants
        7:00 - 8:30 PM

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