Celebra la Ciencia will bring a day of family fun, natural wonders and experimentation to budding astronomers, physicists, naturalists, engineers and others on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2004, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the EXPO New Mexico State Fair.
Celebra la Ciencia’s coalition of museums and educational institutions will engage children and families in a variety of hands-on, informal science activities. It is all part of Celebra la Ciencia’s goal to generate greater interest in the sciences among youth.
Celebra la Ciencia’s coalition of museums and educational institutions will engage children and families in a variety of hands-on, informal science activities. It is all part of Celebra la Ciencia’s goal to generate greater interest in the sciences among youth.
With funding from the National Science Foundation, Celebra la Ciencia works to provide students and their parents with access to resources and activities in English and Spanish to help them develop a strong interest in science to inspire a love of learning that is crucial to success in school and to entering careers in the sciences.
“All organizations involved in the Celebra la Ciencia initiative are committed to reaching out to children and families from our many communities to provide them a glimpse of how much fun science can be and inform them of ongoing opportunities for science-learning experiences,” said Maddie Correa Zeigler, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.
The event will include activities from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Lodestar Astronomy Center, Explora Science Center and Children’s Museum, National Atomic Museum, Albuquerque BioPark, Rio Grande Nature Center, De Colores Inc., Balloon Explorium, NM MESA, UNM and others.
Some of the highlights will include exhibits that provide youth with information about science including planting and experimenting with seeds, building and exploding your own volcano, and experimenting with a solar oven.
UNM participants include Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Chemistry Department, College Enrichment Program, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Family Development Program, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Multicultural Engineering Program, KNME-TV, Lobo Motor Sports, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, Recruitment Services, School of Medicine, Sevilleta LTER and STEM Education Outreach Programs.
For additional information on Celebra la Ciencia and activities for children, visit the program website at: www.celebralaciencia.org.
Contacts: Lawrence Roybal, (505) 277-1804; Eleanor Sanchez, (505) 277-1813; and Maddie Correa Zeigler, (505) 841-2822