Get Ready For Science Day!

(Note: re-posted due to erroneous day. He he.)

Rockville's Annual Science Day is coming this Saturday Sunday! You won't want to miss it.

The event, sponsored by City of Rockville, the Rockville
Consortium for Science and Montgomery College, will be held on the college's Rockville campus (at Mannakee and the Pike) from 12-5 pm on Sunday, April 27.

There's lots to do, including building and launching a model rocket (pictured, from last year's Science Day, from the Consortium's website), checking out robots, extracting real DNA, and watching the release of homing pigeons. Here is a list of all the exhibitors.

Here's what the press release says:

“Science is fun and there is much to explore at Rockville Science Day,” said Councilmember Phyllis Marcuccio. “Kids and their parents can get up close and personal with reptiles, robots, gems and minerals and the always popular rockets.”

Many exhibitors will be on hand at this year’s Rockville Science Day to help youths and families enjoy a day of learning and fun. Local scientists, historians, engineers, and technology experts will provide hands-on science and technology activities. Attendants can participate in the space shuttle simulator, reptile wonders, the Discover Genomics bus, and the ever-popular rocket building and launching workshop.

Other activities will include hands-on learning about animals, getting to know gems and minerals, learning how robots operate, and solving physics challenges and conducting chemistry experiments. In addition, astronomers and biologists will provide demonstrations to help increase the understanding of planet Earth and raise awareness about the environment.