For anyone who wonders what goes on at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, this will be your weekend to find out. Fermilab will open its doors to visitors of all ages for its fifth annual Family Open House on Saturday, Jan. 17.
The Fermilab Open House gives kids a chance to explore science.
The party begins at 1 p.m. at Wilson Hall and will include hands-on science activities and science shows--including an especially cool cryogenics demonstration by the ever-popular Mr. Freeze. Visitors aged 10 and up will go behind the scenes on tours of the Linear Accelerator, the Main Control Room and some experimental areas. And future physicists and the inquisitive alike can bring their most burning physics questions to a Q & A with a view at the Ask-a-Scientist session on the 15th floor.
Those interested in attending can register free at http://ed.fnal.gov/ffse/openhouse/.
This year the open house is part of Science Chicago, the world's largest science celebration. Over the course of the year-long program, Chicagoans will have the opportunity to learn about subjects ranging from dark matter and dark energy to organ transplants to human attraction to the chemistry of cooking.
The program aims to promote science education, highlight scientific and technological achievements, and encourage a city-wide discussion of science and technology. Hundreds of the Chicago area's leading academic, scientific, corporate, and non-profit institutions will host thousands of Science Chicago events, many of them offered free of charge, between September 2008 and August 2009. For more information, see http://www.sciencechicago.com/.
