The Wisconsin Energy Institute and Wisconsin’s K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP) are excited to bring the KidWind Educator Workshop to Menomonie as a post Wisconsin Science Fest event! Join us in Fulton’s Workshop, Dunn County Historical Society’s exciting Makerspace, and learn how to explore the power of wind and solar with your students! Workshop Description: … Continued
Nature Explorers: Join the annual WiSciFest BioBlitz! Have you ever wondered how many species exist in our environment? From the shores of Lake Michigan to the forests of the Northwoods or the soil in your backyard, Wisconsin is teeming with life – and the Wisconsin Science Festival is launching a statewide BioBlitz project to learn … Continued
Join Welty Environmental Center and the Rock County Beekeepers Association for a free, family-friendly event! Learn all about bees and bee keeping by interacting with a demonstration hive while trying out the smoker in a beekeeper suit. There will also be bee crafts and honey samples to take home!
Learn why scientists do BioBlitzes to get a holistic picture of an area’s biodiversity and ecosystem health. We’ll scan for plants, critters & microbes, looking in the air, on the ground, in the soil, and in the water to get a feel for the variety of life living across the Lakeshore Nature Preserve of UW-Madison. … Continued
A family friendly event at Tri-Norse Ski Club in Rome to view the fall colors from the top of the K55 ski jump. Take a hike up the stairs or grab the shuttle, courtesy of Sand Valley. Shop a little with area vendors or stop inside the chalet for the first annual Tri-Norse chili cook … Continued
Meet at the library at 10am and join us for a BioBlitz! What is a BioBlitz? A BioBlitz is an event to observe, identify, and record as many different, non-domesticated species as possible in a given area over a set period of time. Definition from https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/librarybioblitz?usp=sharing To learn more about how to participate in a … Continued
Visit the Monona Public Library and learn about sustainability through hands-on experiments with Millipore Sigma’s Curiosity Cube! The Curiosity Cube is a retrofitted shipping container that has been transformed into a mobile science lab. Inside the Curiosity Cube visitors of all ages experience: *Hands-on science experiments *New technology *Interactions with real life scientists *Participation is … Continued
Hear cutting-edge science from UW-Madison around a bonfire at the Treinen Farm Corn Maze. StoryformScience.com trained each of these scientists on how to explain their work in short stories, making their research accessible to all. Come listen, learn, and give them feedback! Katie Barnes will talk about Toxoplasmosis and our love of cats; Cheng Ern … Continued
Come observe at one of the largest amateur observatories in the country, in New Berlin, WI. The Milwaukee Astronomical Society is nearly 100-years-old, and will feature a talk on citizen science, astrophotography, and an open house of our observatory with chances to see objects in the night sky if it’s clear. Volunteers will attend to … Continued
Join us for our spooky-ish celebration featuring Creatures of the Night! Fall Fest returns with a fun-filled night of spooky nature activities in not-so-scary style! With activity stations indoors and out, there is plenty of FREE fall fun for everyone to enjoy. Park your car at Ahuska Park and ride a FREE Shuttle* to ALNC. … Continued
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