Sciencepalooza street fair

All About Ancient Cultures
Hands-on activities 10am – 4pm

Join us for an unusual look at the ancient world. Go on an archaeological exploration, create our own mosaics, learn about hieroglyphics, and much more. Special guests: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan and the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments.

All About Ancient Cultures
Hands-on activities Noon – 4pm

Join us for an unusual look at the ancient world. Go on an archaeological exploration, create our own mosaics, learn about hieroglyphics, and much more. Special guests: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan and the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments.

Take Flight!
Hands-on activities 10am – 4pm

Explore all things that take flight, from butterflies and birds to boomerangs and paper airplanes! Maybe even some bugs, too.

Take Flight!
Hands-on activities Noon – 4pm

Explore all things that take flight, from butterflies and birds to boomerangs and paper airplanes! Maybe even some bugs, too.

Money Matters
Hands-on activities Noon – 4pm

Join Bank of Ann Arbor staff in hands-on learning about money and counting! See counterfeit money, design your own quarter, have fun with ratios and much more.

Our Earth
Hands-on activities 10am – 4pm

The Earth, our home, is in our focus this weekend. We’ll bring out our favorite rocks, discover what we can do to help keep our home green and beautiful, have fun with recycling and make some cool things from cast-offs.

Our Earth
Hands-on activities Noon – 4pm

The Earth, our home, is in our focus this weekend. We’ll bring out our favorite rocks, discover what we can do to help keep our home green and beautiful, have fun with recycling and make some cool things from cast-offs.

We’ve Got Chemistry
Hands-on activities 10am – 4pm

Chemistry delivers the big bang as we investigate explosive science delivered in a safe family friendly environment! Test our drinking and rain water for acidity, inflate balloons with unusual substances, extract DNA and more! Special guests: Eastern Michigan University Chemistry Club and chemists from National Sanitary Foundation in Ann Arbor.

We’ve Got Chemistry
Hands-on activities Noon – 4pm

Chemistry delivers the big bang as we investigate explosive science delivered in a safe family friendly environment! Test our drinking and rain water for acidity, inflate balloons with unusual substances, extract DNA and more! Special guests: Eastern Michigan University Chemistry Club and chemists from National Sanitary Foundation in Ann Arbor.

Of Stories and Books
Hands-on activities 10am – 4pm

We’re all about books this weekend! Meet some local children’s book authors who will read their stories. Learn how to engineer paper for a pop-up book and play with puppets from well-know stories. Storytellers will be here, too, so join us for a grand December special event.

Of Stories and Books
Hands-on activities Noon – 4pm

We’re all about books this weekend! Meet some local children’s book authors who will read their stories. Learn how to engineer paper for a pop-up book and play with puppets from well-know stories. Storytellers will be here, too, so join us for a grand December special event.

Crime, Codes and Culprits
Hands-on activities 10am – 4pm

Learn about cryptology, the mathematical study of codes and secret communications. How can you tell if someone’s lying or “whodunit?” We may have a crime for you to solve, too. You never know what you may find and who the culprit may be.

Crime, Codes and Culprits
Hands-on activities Noon – 4pm

Learn about cryptology, the mathematical study of codes and secret communications. How can you tell if someone’s lying or “whodunit?” We may have a crime for you to solve, too. You never know what you may find and who the culprit may be.

Nano Days
Hands-on activities 10am – 4pm

Ride the wave of the future with nano hands-on activities and demonstrations.

The Nano Days activities are brought to the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum through the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network which is supported by the National Science Foundation.

Nano Days
Hands-on activities Noon – 4pm

Ride the wave of the future with nano hands-on activities and demonstrations.

The Nano Days activities are brought to the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum through the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network which is supported by the National Science Foundation.

Physicspalooza
Hands-on activities 10am – 4pm

A fantastical, physical experience! Explore relativity, musical goblets, why the sky is blue and liquid nitrogen demonstrations with the University of Michigan’s Society of Physics students and researchers from the FOCUS Labs.

Physicspalooza
Hands-on activities Noon – 4pm

A fantastical, physical experience! Explore relativity, musical goblets, why the sky is blue and liquid nitrogen demonstrations with the University of Michigan’s Society of Physics students and researchers from the FOCUS Labs.

Car Carnival
Hands-on activities 10am – 4pm

Join us for a weekend all about cars and car safety. Make balloon-driven cars, change spark plugs on a cylinder heads, dent fenders and fix the damage they create and practice pin striping with Washtenaw Community College students and faculty.

Car Carnival
Hands-on activities Noon – 4pm

Join us for a weekend all about cars and car safety. Make balloon-driven cars, change spark plugs on a cylinder heads, dent fenders and fix the damage they create and practice pin striping with Washtenaw Community College students and faculty.