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Cambridge Science Festival 2012 Event Index
Continuously updated with new events, details, and changes!

Events
(see all below, or skip to a date by clicking on the calendar)

Recurring Events
Exhibits

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Events
Friday, April 20, 2012
Science Carnival   12-4pm   Bring curious minds of all ages!
10:00am-12:00pm Caution: This Game is Under Construction Making a video...
10:00am-4:00pm Squeaks, Squeals and Songs   Curious about how marine...
10:00am-5:00pm Free Day at the MIT Museum   Participate in hands-on...
10:30am-11:30am Everything You Wanted to Know About Slide Rules   ...
6:00pm-9:00pm Level Up: Gambit Game Night Come celebrate the 5 year...
7:00pm-9:00pm   What if...?: Alternative Histories of Science    Imagine that...
7:00pm-10:00pm Awesome Foundation Mega Event   Come hear recent...
7:30pm-9:00pm 16.7 Million Colors on the Greenway! Come to the Rose...
8:00pm-11:00pm Urban Astronomy   In spite of bright lights and restricted...

Saturday, April 21, 2012
12:00pm-1:30pm Sketching the Blurr: images of vision loss and blindness
12:30pm-4:00pm Math and Origami (but mostly origami) Less it more when...
1:00pm-5:00pm Robots Gone Wild   Bugs, birds, and cheetahs, oh my! Take...
1:00pm-4:00pm Earth Day Recycling Program Tour the warehouse...
1:00pm-5:00pm Artisan's Asylum Open House   Come and check out the...
2:00pm-3:30pm The Race for What's Left: The Global Scramble for the...
2:00pm-3:30pm Lifetime: Songs of Life and Evolution RESCHEDULED 4/28
2:00pm-4:00pm NuVu Studio Exhibit The NuVu team will be hosting...
4:00pm-6:00pm Rivers of Ice: What's Your Question? Glaciers in the high...

Sunday, April 22, 2012
12:30pm-4:30pm Workshop: Knots for Novices 3 sessions: 12:30 for teens...
1:00pm-4:00pm   Underwater Exploration with Sea Perch Come join MIT Sea...
1:00pm-4:00pm Science of Sports Dive into workshops, demonstrations...
3:00pm-5:30pm   Making Science Toys III   Make and take home clever...
4:00pm-Sunday, April 29 6:00pm Artisan's Asylum Trebuchet Design Challenge
5:00pm-7:00pm Lifetime: Songs of Life and Evolution "Lifetime" by British...

Monday, April 23, 2012
12:00pm-1:00pm Culinary Chemistry: (Chick)peas on Earth   Have some fun...
3:00pm-4:00pm MIT Museum Revealed: Snapshots, Circuits, and Robots
4:00pm-6:00pm   Leveling Up with EdGE @ TERC   EdGE @ TERC is back...
5:30pm-7:30pm Science of Eating Local Please join us at Catalyst...
6:00pm-7:30pm Mentor-Mentee Partnerships: How seasoned and early...
6:00pm-7:30pm   Cambridge Water Department Tour   Tour the water...
6:00pm-8:00pm   Chemistry of Food   Explore the science of food and drink...
6:30pm - 8:00pm   Growing Science: How out-of-school time programs...
6:30pm-8:30pm Science Trivia Night at Tommy Doyle's   Come by for a fun...
7:00pm-8:30pm Reception for To Extremes: Public Art in a Changing World
7:00pm-8:30pm Syrup, Seeds, and Bees: Exploring Links in Maple Ecology
7:00pm-9:00pm Emerson Science-Art-Media Showcase Join us at Emerson...

Tuesday, April 24, 2012
8:00am-9:15am Urban Wild Ecosystems Join Friends of Alewife Reservation...
10:00am-4:30pm   Standing Up for Science Media Workshop   Are you...
12:00pm-1:00pm Culinary Chemistry: Rising to the Occasion Have some fun...
3:00pm-4:00pm MIT Museum Revealed: Spotlight on Holography   The MIT...
3:30pm-5:00pm   Park Life - Swimming, Crawling & Flying   What organisms...
3:45pm-5:30pm 6th Annual Vertex Networking and Industry Session We...
4:00pm-6:00pm   Sixth Grade Solar Adventure What is solar energy? How...
4:00pm-6:00pm STEAM: Where Art and Science Meet Come explore the...
4:30pm-7:00pm   Draper Prize Lecture    Imagine your day without LCDS!...
6:00pm-8:30pm   Careers in Science: Speed Networking Event The...
6:00pm-9:00pm Swissnex Boston Science Cafe featuring the Giant Cell
6:30pm-7:30pm The Clean Energy Future: Opportunity or Train Wreck?
6:30pm-8:00pm Multiple Sclerosis: Moving Towards a Cure   Come learn...
7:00pm-8:30pm   Charles Duhigg, and the Power of Habit Charles Duhigg is...
7:00pm-9:00pm   Story Collider The Story Collider is a live show featuring...
7:30pm-9:00pm 16.7 Million Colors on the Greenway! Come to the Rose...

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
12:00pm-1:00pm Culinary Chemistry: Pop and Fizz   Have some fun with...
3:00pm-4:00pm MIT Museum Revealed: Sampling Innovation The MIT...
3:00pm-5:30pm TaleBlazer Location Based Augmented Reality Game Use...
3:15pm-5:30pm Vertex Community Labs   Students will conduct real...
4:00pm-6:00pm DIYDS!! Jr. Film Screening DIYDS Jr. is a screening of films...
5:00pm-7:30pm The Science of Illusion   Can you imagine the science behind...
6:00pm-9:00pm   Science Trivia Challenge   Take on a live team trivia quiz...
7:00pm-9:00pm   Dangerous Encounters: The Hunt for Asteroids   Near-Earth...
7:00pm-9:00pm   Science in the News Seminar - Re-scheduled see here.
7:30pm-9:30pm Remembering HM   At the age of 27, Henry Molaison...

Thursday, April 26, 2012
8:30am-10:00am Engineering is Elementary   Explore designs and creations...
9:00am-12:00pm Inspiring Minds: Meet Women in Science What are the...
12:00pm-1:00pm Culinary Chemistry: Adventures in Chocolate Have some...
12:00pm-1:00pm Biology Flash Mob Come be a part of our giant-scale...
3:00pm-4:00pm MIT Museum Revealed: Explore the Himalayas The MIT...
3:00pm-8:00pm   Venture Cafe   Join us for a night of innovation at the...
3:15pm-5:30pm   Vertex Community Lab   Students will conduct real...
4:00pm-5:00pm   Medical Simulation@MGH   Learn how realistic robot...
5:00pm-7:00pm Group Intelligence A science and public art experiment...
5:00pm-7:00pm Akamai Open House   If you use the internet for anything...
6:00pm-8:00pm Improbable Readings from the Ig Nobel Prizes Dramatic...
6:00pm-9:00pm Science for Sinners   Explore the science of sin in this "speed...
6:30pm-9:00pm Cloud Computing: A Plain English Intro to the Cloud   What...
7:00pm-8:30pm Health: What's Race got to do with it? Historically, human...
7:30pm-9:30pm Remembering HM   At the age of 27, Henry Molaison became...

Friday, April 27, 2012
9:00am-12:00pm Inspiring Minds: Meet Women in Science What are the...
9:00am-12:00pm Career Invigoration: Best Practices for Writing a Resume
10:00am-11:00am Medical Simulation@MGH Learn how realistic robot...
12:00pm-1:00pm Culinary Chemistry: The Clover Food Lab The MIT Museum...
1:00pm-5:00pm Career Invigoration: Interviewing for Your Next Technical Job
2:00pm-5:00pm   Center for Ultracold Atoms Kids Day   The MIT/Harvard...
3:00pm-4:00pm MIT Museum Revealed: Undersea Robotics   The MIT...
4:30pm-6:30pm DIYDS!! After School Screening The After School screening...
7:30pm-9:30pm   Big Ideas for Busy People   Our standing-room only...
8:00pm-10:00pm Remembering HM   At the age of 27, Henry Molaison...
All Day    Green Streets Initiative Walk/Ride Day What do the words "seven...

Saturday, April 28, 2012
9:00am-12:00pm Inspiring Minds: Meet Women in Science What are the...
10:00am-2:30pm Central Squared (C2) Challenge Come learn to "Do it your...
10:00am-3:00pm   Reaching Across Cultures and Ethnicities Day Celebrate...
10:00am-4:00pm   Splash@CSF   An exciting afternoon of classes of your...
10:00am-4:00pm   New England Workshop on Science and Social Change:...
10:00am-10:00pm CSF Star Party!!
   10am-4pm   Rocket Day   Three.. Two... One.. Liftoff!
   10am-4pm   Rocket Day - Solar Salvo! Come join Harvard...
   10am-4pm   Down To Earth Outer Space   Discover space research...
   12pm-4pm   Cambridge Explores the Universe   Become an...
   4pm-10pm   National Astronomy Day Celebration   The Clay Center...
11:00am-1:00pm Arnold Arboretum Drop-in Family Activity   Join us for the...
1:00pm-1:30pm Science of Music with Cambridge Symphony Orchestra
1:00pm-4:00pm   Introductory Scratch Workshop for Educators   ...
1:30pm-3:30pm Everybody Loves Science: Science Club for Girls Showcase...
2:00pm-3:00pm   Human Origins from a DNA Perspective Svante Paabo is a...
2:00pm-3:30pm Lifetime: Songs of Life and Evolution "Lifetime" by British...
2:00pm-4:00pm   Author Talk, Matthew Pearl's The Technologists Join New...
2:00pm-4:00pm   Engineering Adventures: To the Rescue!   Come design...
2:00pm-4:00pm Group Intelligence A science and public art experiment...
3:00pm-5:00pm Remembering HM   At the age of 27, Henry Molaison...
3:30pm-4:30pm   SoundScience Fun!   Ever wonder why your guitar gently...
6:00pm-9:00pm   Do It Yourself Game Design   Does your family game night...
7:00pm-9:00pm DIYDS!! Premiere Public Film Screening The Premiere...
8:00pm-10:00pm Remembering HM   At the age of 27, Henry Molaison...

Sunday, April 29, 2012
10:00am-11:30am Science and Spirituality Sunday Service First Church...
12:00pm-4:00pm   Paper-Based Electronic Art Come learn about materials...
1:00pm-1:30pm Science of Music with Cambridge Symphony Orchestra
1:00pm-4:00pm Interactive Ideas Fair   For the Festival's final day, the MIT...
1:00pm-5:00pm Fishing for Sustainability in New England Join us for...
2:00pm-4:00pm Remembering HM   At the age of 27, Henry Molaison...
3:00pm-3:30pm Science of Music with Cambridge Symphony Orchestra
3:00pm-5:00pm   Lifetime: Songs of Life and Evolution "Lifetime" by British...
3:00pm-5:30pm   Making Science Toys III   Make and take home clever...
3:00pm-6:00pm   Author Talk, How the Hippies Saved Physics   Join David...
4:00pm-6:00pm   Artisan's Asylum Trebuchet Design Challenge Competition

Recurring Events
Hands on Laboratory, Museum of Science
Lightning!, Museum of Science
Solar Lunch, Museum of Science
Trash Tales Discovery Room, Peabody Museum of Archeology & Ethnology

Exhibits
Annosphere, Cambridge Public Library
A Walk Through Geologic Time, MIT along Memorial Drive
To Extremes, Maseeh Hall
The Giant Cell, the Atrium at 100 Technology Square, Cambridge

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