Chicago Science in the City

Wednesday, October 3

10 am

Mad Science Chicago! Hands-On Family Science Fun

Chicago Public Library-Daley Branch Library, 3400 S Halsted Ave.

Join Mad Science for fun, hands-on, interactive science! Our spectacular show will allow the audience to participate in a high-energy, fast-paced presentation which will spark imaginative learning in children of all ages. See amazing demonstrations of chemical reactions, fantastic forces, bubbling potions, and much more!

Free

10:30 – Noon

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Tour

Pine Street and South Kirk Road, 1st floor Wilson Hall, Batavia IL

Visitors interested in taking a look behind the scenes are welcome to join Fermilab docents for a guided tour of the Laboratory. The program will take visitors from the viewing area of Fermilab's Wilson Hall to the Linear Accelerator complex at Fermilab.

Free

6:30 pm

Mad Science Chicago! Hands-On Family Science Fun

Chicago Public Library-Edgebrook Branch Library 5331 W. Devon Ave.

Join Mad Science for fun, hands-on, interactive science! Our spectacular show will allow the audience to participate in a high-energy, fast-paced presentation which will spark imaginative learning in children of all ages. See amazing demonstrations of chemical reactions, fantastic forces, bubbling potions, and much more!

Free

6:00 - 7:30 pm

Cancer Causing Viruses

Uncommon Ground Restaurant 1215 W. Grace St.

Ken Alexander, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Chicago Comer Children´s Hospital, will explain how viruses are implicated in causing some cancers. How contagious are these virus? What can we do to protect ourselves? Dr. Alexander´s lab specializes in the study of the human papillomavirus (HPV) infections.

Free