POST-FESTIVAL EVENT: KidWind Educator Workshop – Menomonie, WI

The Wisconsin Energy Institute and Wisconsin’s K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP) are excited to bring the KidWind Educator Workshop to Menomonie as a post Wisconsin Science Fest event! Join us in Fulton’s Workshop, Dunn County Historical Society’s exciting Makerspace, and learn how to explore the power of wind and solar with your students! Workshop Description: … Continued

Science to Street Art Mural Celebration

Celebrate the Unveiling of the 2024 Science to Street Art Mural! Join us at State Line Distillery for the debut of this year’s stunning mural, Regenerative Coexistence, brought to life through a collaboration between Exact Sciences and the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery’s Illuminating Discovery Hub. Meet artists Sonya Sankaran and Richie Morales as they share … Continued

Rain Barrels: How to Save You Money and Help the Environment

Would you like to learn how rain barrels can save you money and energy, as well as help the environment? Join us on October 19th at 9:30 am in the Ten Chimneys Program Center. You’ll learn how diverting water from downspouts keeps that water from becoming runoff, carrying pollutants to the groundwater and water bodies. … Continued

Badgers on Tap: Wisconsin Agriculture at Delta Beer Lab

Join for a pint and a night of learning, activities, and good cheer at Delta Beer Lab on October 18 at 7:00 PM! Listen to engaging 15-minute flash talks, and participate in trivia, bingo, and more! This event is in-person, and no registration is necessary. Adam Borger: Food Microbiology: The Good Microbes, The Bad Microbes … Continued

Turtles of Wisconsin

Join Waukesha County Land Conservancy’s Land Management Director, Helen Holtz, to learn about turtles of Wisconsin and how we can best help them. In Wisconsin, we are lucky to have 11 species of turtles. However, due to habitat loss and other human impacts, turtle populations across the state are in decline. During the event, you … Continued

Words with Nerds: SPOOKY EDITION

Join us on Thursday, October 17 for Words with Nerds, a great show for information sponges who love to laugh! Words with Nerds mixes TED Talks with stand-up by bringing together local specialists and comedians to present on a topic of their choice. Come for the laughs and walk away with strange new knowledge – … Continued

How Did This Happen? From Urban Nerd to Steward of the Land

Join us for this extra special Wisconsin Science Festival program! How does a “picked last in gym” nerd become a sought-after exercise physiologist? What do endangered lizards from the Solomon Islands have to do with dairy goats on a farm in the Midwest? And why would a born-and-raised Chicago girl, with no farming experience whatsoever, … Continued

Walking the Great Wisconsin Glacier

Celebrate the Wisconsin Science Festival with the library and the Ice Age Trail! The Ice Age National Scenic Trail is a thousand-mile footpath highlighting the landscape features left behind by the Great Wisconsin Glacier as it traveled through some of the state’s most scenic wildlands. The trail is entirely within Wisconsin and is one of … Continued

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