Discovery Expo – Community Day, Presented by Morgridge Institute for Research
Discovery Expo – Community Day, Presented by Morgridge Institute for Research
Saturday | 10/19/24 |
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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The Discovery Expo – Community Day invites learners of all ages to the Discovery Building on UW-Madison’s campus to experience dozens of interactive, hands-on exploration stations that feature STEM activities ranging from virtual reality to health and medicine, chemistry, physics demonstrations and more! Explore the hands-on activities at your own pace and interact with scientists, STEM professionals and students from UW-Madison and beyond. The Discovery Expo in the Discovery Building is a great opportunity for families and visitors of all ages to discover something new and exciting about science!
The Expo event will conclude with a special edition of Science is Fun: Celebrating the Joy of Science and the Arts with Bassam Shakhashiri and Friends at 1pm in the Discovery Building Forum (LEARN MORE HERE).
This event will be live-streamed. The link to join the virtual experience will be available here.
Expo presented by the Morgridge Institute for Research Community Engagement Team.
Be sure to check out our additional opportunities to explore during your visit to UW-Madison’s campus:
- Wisconsin Weather Festival (10a-1p)
- UW Geology Museum Open House (9a-1p)
- L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum Open House (10a-1p)
- Marmosets in Our Midst (11a-4p)
- Wisconsin Science Museum
- Allen Centennial Garden (all day)
- Chazen Museum of Art (11a-5p)
- Babcock Dairy Store (11a-4p)
- Wisconsin Book Festival Author Talks (10:30a-4p)
- Biotechnology Center (10a-3p)
- What is a BioBlitz at the Lakeshore Nature Preserve (1:30p-3p)
Parking: The closest parking ramps to the Discovery building are Lot 80 (Union South), lot 20 (Medical Science Center), and Lot 17 (Engineering/Camp Randall). Additional surface lots are also available. Please see the campus parking and transportation map for complete options.
Bus: The closest bus stop westbound is University & North Orchard (A, C, D, F, J, O, R), and eastbound is Campus at Babcock (A, C, F J, R). Free campus route 80 also stops at University & North Orchard
- Event Type:
- Hands-On, Open House/Tour, Expo
Venue:
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UW-Madison (Discovery Building)
330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States https://discovery.wisc.edu