USA Science & Engineering Festival

When: 
Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 10:00am to Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 4:00pm
Location: 
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.

The Space Foundation is once again participating in USA Science & Engineering Festival. The largest celebration of science in teh United States will feature over 2000 fun, interactive exhibits, more than 100 stage shows and 33 author presentations.

The Expo will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on April 28-29, 2012. Hours are 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. on Saturday and 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on Sunday.

New this year: the USA Science & Engineering Festival Book Fair and a Career Pavilion for high-school students that includes a College Fair, a Job Fair and a Meet the Scientist/Engineer Networking area.  Major Science Celebrities including Bill Nye the Science Guy and Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman from the hit TV Series the MythBusters will be performing. The event is open to all ages and free of charge.

Space Foundation Exhibit

The Space Foundation will give students of all grade levels and their parents the experience of training like astronauts. Using gloveboxes similar to the ones used in space to prevent experiments from floating away and to keep scientists and astronauts safe, the Space Foundation let attendees experience firsthand what it is like to conduct scientific studies using circuits, robotic arms and heavy space gloves.

For more about Space Foundation support of STEM education, see www.SpaceFoundation.org/education.