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Colorado Springs Cool Science Festival at UCCS 2010!
Visit the Official festival website for a full schedule of events, and information about the the upcoming 2011 CSCSF!
Due to the phenomenal success of last year's Cool Science Carnival at UCCS, we have decided to expand this annual fall event into a full-blown science festival like several others around the country. Our new partners in this endeavor are the Colorado Springs Science Center Project (CSSCP), the UCCS Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education (CSTEME), and Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS). Our long range vision is for a multi-day, multi-venue festival with a wide variety of exciting science and engineering events for all ages, but we'll build up to that gradually over the next couple of years.
For this year the festival will be primarily a one day event on Saturday September 18th from 9 AM to 4 PM, highlighted by Cool Science's ever-popular live science demonstration shows and Hands-on Science Carnival for kids (targeting 2nd-8th grades, but always fun for all). We will also add a speaker series, workshops, presentations, performances and laboratory tours mostly for the high school and older crowd. Most of the events will take place in (or around) the University Center and the new Science and Engineering Building. We are expecting more than 5,000 attendees for the day.
  *** Just announced ***
Our very special guest for the morning science demonstration show will be science guy Steve Spangler, the former Denver science teacher and Emmy award-winning TV personality best known for making the Diet Coke and Mentos Geyser a national craze, and for his regular appearances on the Ellen DeGeneres Show (check the festival website for the exact time and place.)
Also be sure to experience Cool Science one week earlier at What If: A Festival of Creativity & Innovation, where we will be hosting our own Colorado Springs CoOL Iron Science Teacher Competition. Come see your teacher create cool science demonstrations and activities using everyday household items. (if you are a teacher or other science professional and would like to participate in the fun, send an email to marc@coolscience.org).
*** We need volunteers to help with the carnival and other activities ***
Find out more about how you can help.
When: Saturday, September 18th, 9 AM to 4 PM
Where: UCCS (1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway), in and around the University Center, the Science & Engineering building, the Engineering & Applied Science building, and Centennial Hall (formerly the Science building) (Festival map, directions to UCCS) Parking is limited, so please consider sharing a ride!
Target Audience: Hands-on Science Carnival primarily for 2nd-8th grades, but plenty of activities for all ages!
Absolutely FREE and Lots of FUN for all!
Live Science Demonstration Shows starting at 10 AM and continuing throughout the day
Hands-on Science Carnival for kids with more than 50 Fun Hands-on Science Activity Stations!
Speakers, Demonstrations and Exhibits
Workshops and Laboratory Tours
Performances by the Ormao Dance Company (Mathtastic) and the Physics Classical Rock & Roll Orchestra
Hands-on Science Carnival Participating Organizations (so far):
Breathing Retraining
Catamount Institute
Cave of the Winds
CaveSim
Challenger Learning Center of Colorado Springs
Cheyenne Mountain HS (Science Olympiad)
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Colorado Critter Encounters
Colorado Neurological Institute- Neuro Health Center
Colorado Springs Astronomical Society
Colorado Springs Fire Department #14- Hazardous Materials Program
Colorado Springs Utilities
Colorado Springs Youth Symphony
Concrete Couch
Coronado HS Robotics
COSROCS (Colorado Springs Rocket Society)
Discovery Canyon Campus MS
Estes-Cox Corporation
Falcon HS Physics
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Galileo School of Math & Science
Imagination Celebration
Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy (w/ The Space Foundation)
Lockheed Martin Space Systems - NASA/JPL
Pikes Peak Soaring Society
Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center
Rocky Mountain Field Institute
Science Discovery (CU Boulder)
Science Matters
SECRES (Southeast CO Renewable Energy Society)
UCCS Math/SIAM Club
UCCS Physics/SPS Club
UCCS SWE (Society of Women Engineers)
USAFA Physics is Phun
and volunteers from UCCS SMACS (Student Members of the American Chemical Society), Colorado Springs Utilities and Colorado College Cool Science Club among others
If your organization would like to participate, contact marc@coolscience.org
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