Cool Science Carnival Day @ UCCS
Saturday, Oct 15th
It’s Carnival Time Again! - Come find out how much fun science, math and engineering really is. To kick of the 2011 CSCSF we’re once again taking over most of the UCCS campus and pulling together over 70 organizations and companies from across the Front Range region, to provide a day-long slew of fun, science related activities. We’ll be presenting a line-up of live science shows and performances, and providing over 80 hands-on science activity stations, over 10 of which will be presented by Cool Science. Most activities are intended for students ages 8-15, but there will be fun for all ages. (Scroll down for a full line-up of shows and activities… current as of Oct 9)
When – 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (some activities may not open until 9:30).
Where – University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (map here). Note: As the campus main parking lots fill up, we’ll have overflow parking on Nevada Ave. (across from the University Center Shopping Plaza) with shuttle bus service to and from the Main Campus.
Why – Because science is fun!
Please Register – Hit the “Festival Event Tickets Here” button (top right of this page) to speed up your entry into the Carnival Day. Make sure you bring your registration tickets with you!
Also – If you would like to volunteer to help with Carnival Day (or anytime throughout the CSCSF week), please go to our Volunteer page. Also, if you, someone you know, or your company, club or other organization is not participating but would like to, they can contact marc@coolscience.org
Show Schedule
Show tickets available at the festival registration desk.
10:00am — Science Matters in America — A fun interactive science show for all ages. (Science Auditorium, Centennial 203) 10:00am – USAFA Physics is Phun! — Cadets from the US Air Force Academy will amaze you with interactive demonstrations covering electricity, magnetism, heat, super cold and gyroscopic motion. (University Center Theater, UC302) 10:30am — Black’s Magic Productions — “The Science of Magic” Watch award-winning magician Bruce Black amaze and amuse you, then learn the science behind some simple tricks that you can perform yourself! (Dwire Auditorium, DWR121) 11:00am — Dr. Ron Furstenau (Cool Science) “It Looks Like Water, But it’s Not” — Come watch- and participate- in a fun chemistry magic show with Cool Science’s own co-founder, Prof. Ron Furstenau. (Centennial 186) 11:00am — Ormao Dance Company/Mathtastic! — Dancing with Mathematics – an exciting, participatory performance that investigates math concepts using music, movement and a curious collection of everyday objects. (University Center Upper Plaza) 11:45am — Black’s Magic Productions — “The Science of Magic” (Dwire Auditorium, DWR121) 12:00pm – USAFA Physics is Phun! (University Center Theater, UC302) 12:30pm — Ormao Dance Company/Mathtastics (University Center Upper Plaza) 1:00pm — Dr. Ron Furstenau (Cool Science) “It Looks Like Water, But it’s Not” (Centennial 186). 2:00pm – USAFA Physics is Phun! (University Center Theater, UC302) 2:00pm — Ormao Dance Company/Mathtastics (University Center Upper Plaza)Activity Station Line up
(Kids, pick up your Carnival Day Passports at the registration table. Get a stamp at each activity station. Keep track of all the activities that you do!)
For hyperlinks to all of the the organizations listed below, click here.
1) Forget boring store-bought ice cream- make your own sizzling, spitting and foggy cup of frozen delight by boiling a liquid at 321 degrees below zero! 2) Use simple household chemicals to launch your own rocket 20 feet in the air. 3) Did you know we can make waves in solid metal? See them for yourself and use them to splash water two feet into the air! 4) Make your very own boomerang out of paper and learn how to throw it so it comes right back to you. 5) Make ooey-gooey slime and learn how to turn it into real silly-putty. 6) Use the chemical properties of shaving cream to create beautiful colored patterns on paper. 7) Make a penny race around inside a balloon, then make the balloon scream! 8) The Force is strong with you- make a balloon your pet and race a pop can without touching it. 9) Mobius Strip 10) Investigate the bizarre world of gyroscopic motion with the coolest wheel ever! 11) Ever drop a ping-pong ball only to have it bounce back 15 feet into the air? Learn how to do this cool trick. Coronado HS FIRST Robotics Team 2996 Cougars Gone Wired — Drive a real robot and learn how you can join a team to build robots that compete each year in the FIRST robotics challenge. CSU Extension (4H) — Come explore the power of the wind and build a wind turbine of your own design. Delta Waves Sleep Disorders and Research Center — Explore the fascinating field of sleep (everyone needs it!) See what your brainwaves look like during different types of sleep and even when you can’t get to sleep. Denver Botanic Gardens — Come meet several sensory plants that you can touch, smell and explore. You’ll even see what really goes on inside a plant. Destination Imagination Colorado — See if you can build a roller coaster with just paper and straws, then make a ping-pong ball do a loop to loop. Diabetes Community Center — Let’s play Diabetes Myth Busters- just how much sugar is there in many of the foods you eat every day? El Paso County Nature Centers (Bear Creek and Fountain Creek) — Get up close and personal with a black bear- it will make you think about the great outdoors in a whole new way. Engineers Without Borders — What if you lived someplace that had no clean water or electricity? Learn how to filter water so that you can drink it, and how simple electric generators work. Estes Rockets — Build your own model rockets to take home, then you can launch them next week at COSROCS’ sport launch day at Challenger Middle School. Falcon High School Honors Chemistry — Does polymer chemistry sound like fun to you? It is if it means instant worms, alien eyeballs, instant snow and elephant toothpaste! Friends of Cheyenne Canon — Examine some of the coolest rocks found in Colorado, then learn how to pan for gold. Garden of the Gods Park -- Touch and feel real animal pelts, skulls, antlers and horns, then learn to bark and howl like a coyote or gobble like a turkey. Heuser Chiropractic — Get a free chiropractic massage and learn about how your spine works. Homeschool Science Colorado — Estimate and measure length, mass and volume using the metric system to win prizes! IEEE — Perform some amazing experiments with electricity and magnetism, then build a real working electromagnetic motor. Imagination Celebration — Calling all inventors: we need you to create and draw a real scientific instrument, but you must only use common household objects or creatures. Could be challenging- definitely fun! Interfaith Hospitality Network — Design a House for Change, and learn about homelessness. KOAA TV — Explore a real satellite news van and learn how science is used to bring the news to your TV, you might even get to star in your own TV news report. Manitou Springs FIRST Robotics Team — Practice driving a real robot to play a game- there’s even a mini-bot inside that you can drive too. Millibo Art Theater — Make your own giant soap bubbles with master clown and bubble-ologist Jim Jackson. Mindstorms Maniacs — Come see robots made from real LEGO pieces, then build your own LEGO car. Palmer High School Chemistry Club — Get ready for Halloween with Boo Bubbles- real soap bubbles filled with creepy fog that you can even hold in your hand! Penrose/St Francis Hospitals — Learn how different types of helmets protect your brain and spinal cord while you play sports. Pike’s Peak RC Club — Check out lots of real radio-controlled model airplanes. Pikes Peak Soaring Society — Come get a close look at real radio-controlled electric airplanes and try your hand at flying one on a computer flight simulator. Pikes Peak Writers and Pikes Peak Library District — “Tune in to Writing” and use electricity flowing through the graphite from your pencil to create music from what you write! Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center — Skulls, claws and teeth- touch a real T-Rex tooth and look inside the skull of an Albertosaurus! Rocky Mountain Robotics — drive and interact with last year’s competitive robots SLAM Lab (Jeff Lewis) — Sound Laboratory and Audio MAYHEM with homemade instruments- need we say more? Southern Colorado Mountain Grotto — Come and do some simple experiments that show how caves are formed, learn why bats are getting sick and watch us light ice on fire before your very eyes! Space Foundation — How would you perform an experiment in space if everything just floats away? Train just like real astronauts do by performing some simple experiments inside a glove box. The Solution is Science — Just how much did a dinosaur weigh? Do your own experiment to measure the mass of a dinosaur. The Traveling Sea — The Traveling Sea brings the ocean to you- real sea creatures you can touch and feel. You’ll even learn how scientists map the ocean floor. UCCS Mathematics Center 1) Russian Finger Math – a kinesthetic way to learn and remember the multiplication tables 6′s through 10′s. 2) Origami – build a few simple origami animals and learn the math behind them 3) Rubik’s Cube Fun – learn some basic moves, race the math tutor for prizes 4) Mobius Bands – make mobius bracelets and learn the concepts behind “one-sidedness” and “orientablility.” University of Colorado School of Pharmacy — Fun activities to learn about food and good nutrition. USAFA Physics in Phun — Play with many of the science demonstrations used in their live show (see the show description above). USAFA STEM Club — Gliders, robots, satellites and more! Build your own balsa wood glider and learn to fly it. Western Museum of Mining & Industry — Did you know you eat rocks? Well, not exactly, but come and learn how the same elements in rocks are in the foods you eat, and a lot more things you use every day.
