Wisconsin Science Festival Resources

Event host guide

Click on the images below to view our 2025 event host guide, FAQs, and tips for hosting a successful event!

Wisconsin Science Festival main logo
Wisconsin Science Festival main logo
Wisconsin Science Festival main logo

Wisconsin Science Festival Overview Documents

Click on the images below to view the 2024 Wisconsin Science Week proclamation from Gov. Evers, our 2024 #WiSciFest press release and our 2024 Prospectus.

Wisconsin Science Festival main logo
Wisconsin Science Festival main logo

Logos

To save an image, right click and choose “save image as…” or “save picture as…” Depending on what browser you use, it might say something different. The last image in the top row on the far right is a reversed out white logo.

Wisconsin Science Festival main logo
Wisconsin Science Festival black logo
Wisconsin Science Festival White logo

Graphics

To save an image, right click and choose “save image as…” or “save picture as…” Depending on what browser you use, it might say something different.

Wisconsin Science Festival Beesly Mascot
2024 Agriculture Feature Logo
Wisconsin Science Festival Circle Stamp
Wisconsin Science Festival Circle Stamp

Additional signage/graphics

Right click to select “save image as” or “save picture as”

Wisconsin Science Festival Circle Stamp

QR code to the #WiSciFest home page

Wisconsin Science Festival Beesly Mascot

2023 Wisconsin Science Festival Feature Logo: Time

2022 Wisconsin Science Festival Feature Logo: Glass 

2021 Wisconsin Science Festival Feature Logo: Fungi

Social graphics
To save an image, right click and choose “save image as…” or “save picture as…” Depending on what browser you use, it might say something different.

For Facebook/Twitter

For Facebook/Twitter ( room to add your image within the WSF branding)

For Facebook/Twitter ( with Beesly)

For Instagram (with Beesly)

For Instagram ( room to add your image within the WSF branding)

For Instagram

For Instagram – Official Event Partner

For Instagram – Official Event Partner

Social Info

Please tag the festival (@WiSciFest) in your posts. This helps us share your messages!

Suggested text: Celebrate science throughout Wisconsin at the Wisconsin Science Festival! #WiSciFest https://wiscifest.org

 

Key Message

Celebrate science throughout Wisconsin! Discover science behind the scenes in your community, take part in a statewide BioBlitz and enjoy the wonder and fun of science. Held throughout the state on October 14-20, 2024, the festival welcomes people of all ages for hands-on science, performances, demonstrations and conversations with leading researchers and creative thinkers. Unleash your curiosity!

 

Sample Tweets

  1. From conversations with leading researchers to behind-the-scenes tours, #WiSciFest has something for everyone. http://wiscifest.org
  2. Parents looking for more #WiSciFest ideas? Check out the great science-themed activities from a children’s museum or library near you. http://wiscifest.org
  3. Celebrate innovation at #WiSciFest! New ways of thinking, probing, working, learning, living. http://wiscifest.org
  4. Explore science throughout the state at #WiSciFest Oct. 14-20! http://wiscifest.org
  5. Explore science at home, hear from local experts and more at #WiSciFest. http://wiscifest.org
  6. Discover the wonders of the sciences, arts and more at events throughout Wisconsin. #WiSciFest http://wiscifest.org
  7. #WiSciFest 2024 will BEE amazing! Held virtually and in-person around the state Oct. 14-20, the festival has something for everyone. http://wiscifest.org
  8. Did you know? Honeybees communicate by dancing. Learn more about #Beesly and other honeybees at #WiSciFest, held throughout Wisconsin Oct. 14-20. http://wiscifest.org
  9. From the shores of Lake Michigan to the forests of the Northwoods, Wisconsin is teeming with life. We’re holding a statewide #WiSciFest #BioBlitz to learn more. http://wiscifest.org/bioblitz
  10. Science doesn’t just happen in a lab; it happens in our homes, parks, local businesses, libraries and more. Discover science all around you at #WiSciFest! http://wiscifest.org

Other Materials

See our #WiSciFest coloring pages

Wisconsin Science Festival Circle Stamp

Explore with Flat Beesly

Wisconsin Science Festival Beesly Mascot

Meet Beesly, the #WiSciFest mascot.

Design your own mini-mural

Click on the image below to view and download our mini-mural activity.

Wisconsin Science Festival main logo

The pdf includes directions for the design-your-own mini-mural activity.

  1. Pages 2-5 include fun information about the project and what to do.
  2. Print handout (optional): Print page 6 and 7 if you would like a hand-out version of the project information.
  3. Materials Needed: Coloring utensils (chalk, markers, crayons), paper or something to draw on (even a sidewalk!), and the attached signage with question prompts.

 

#Beesly scavenger hunt

Click on the image below to view and download our scavenger hunt.

Wisconsin Science Festival main logo

The pdf includes everything you need to do a Beesly scavenger hunt at your location during the festival.

  1. Print off the images included in the pdf; then hide them around your location. These images all contain tips to help keep bees happy!
  2. Print and post the instructions page for your participants to better understand the mission. They need to locate the hidden letters in each image to unscramble a word (the answer is “HONEYBEE” in case you need to provide hints).
  3. They can then go to wiscifest.org/HONEYBEE to see a special celebration with Beesly.

 

#WiSciFest style guide

Click on the image below to view our style guide.

Wisconsin Science Festival main logo

By participating in events held, sponsored, or promoted by Wisconsin Science Festival, you agree to assume all risks and release from liability the Wisconsin Science Festival and its affiliated partners and sponsors, as more fully set forth at WiSciFest.org/termsandconditions.  Learn more about the year-round community science programs at UW-Madison.

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