8:30 am - 4:30 pm 
Do you Know Reptiles
Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N Cannon Dr
Learn from zookeepers and reptile experts about the life history and special adaptations of these unique reptiles. Make learning about reptiles fun for your students.
$120 |
10:00am – 2:00 pm 
Neighborhood Science Carnival
North Park Village, 5801 N. Pulaski Rd.
Participate in hands-on science and technology activities at the City´s first neighborhood science carnivals. Witness an interactive robotics competition; learn about science activities that you can do at home; and listen to specialists in the fields of science and technology.
Free |
10:00 am -12:00 pm & 1:00 - 3:00 pm 
Science Fairs Made Easy
Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N Cannon Dr
What is the difference between a demonstration and an experiment? What are the steps to the scientific method?
Through hands-on activities, learn to guide your child in developing a great science fair project.
$6 adults and children $4 members |
9:00 am -11:00 pm
Tour of Argonne National Laboratory
9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL
Argonne National Laboratory, 25 miles southwest of Chicago, will host a tour of its research facilities. The first national laboratory, Argonne is one of the nation’s leading centers of federally funded research and development. Registration required: call (630) 252-5562 by 10/1.Ages 16 and over.
free |
10:30 am - Noon 
Lego Engineering
Lederman Science Education Center, Pine Street and South Kirk Road, Batavia, IL 60510
Learn mechanical and architectural principles building with Legos. Then test your structures. Instructors will demonstrate principles and help you to try new strategies based upon what you learn. This event is geared to 4th and 5th graders. Advanced registration and payment are required. Please call Nancy Lanning at (630) 840-8258 to register.
$25 |
9:00 am - 4:00 pm 
Learn Nuclear Science with Marbles
JINA - The Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics
Notre Dame, Michigan State University, University of Chicago
Build models of nuclei using magnetic marbles! There will also be a CNO Cycle Card Game mini-Tournament, and the JINA computer games - take a fun and informative tour of various nucleosynthesis processes!
free |
11:00 am 
Mad Science Chicago! Hands On Science Fun
Chicago Public Library-Roosevelt Branch Library
1101 S. Taylor St
Join Mad Science for fun, hands-on, interactive science!
Our spectacular show will allow the audience to particiapte in a high-energy, fast-paced presentaiton which will spark imaginative learning in children of all ages.
See amazing demonstrations of chemical reactions, fantastic forces, bubbling potions, and much more!
Free |
11:00am – 3:00 pm
Southside Science Super Saturday at CSU
Chicago State University, Williams Science Ctr - 1st Floor, 9501 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL
Chicago State University is hosting an interactive laboratory and campus tour. Students, parents, and teachers that attend will participate in hands-on science activities, will tour CSU´s research facilities, enjoy a science demonstration put on by CSU undergrads, and will be able to discuss careers in chemistry, physics, biology, pharmacy, and engineering.
Free |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
DI-livered with Care! A DI eXtreme Tournament
Museum of Science and Industry West Pavillion 57 Street and Lake Shore Drive
Move it… or you may lose it! The audience enjoys the fun as college and high school teams compete in a DI eXtremeTM Tournament. Science meets imagination as their creative limits are tested to create a customized transport system with a dash of performance pizzazz! Try your hand at mini-challenges to see if you can build it, move it, balance it or&hellip
Free with Museum Admission |
11:15 am - 12:30 pm 
The University of Chicago: Celiac Disease Center Free Screening and Expert Panel Discussion
5758 S Maryland Ave., 4th Floor
The University of Chicago: The Celiac Disease Center is expanding their annual screening program to include a panel discussion, Q&A, exhibits, gluten-free food samples, and more. Registration is needed for the free screening: (773) 702-7593
Free |
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Invent Cool Gliders
Chicago Children's Museum
700 East Grand Ave Suite 127
Will it fly? Will it soar? Will it glide? Find out when you combine strips of paper to explore the principals of aerodynamics.
Work with CCM staff to create your own glider and test it by launching it off our 50- foot tower.
Free with Museum Admission |
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Family Science Fair Workshop
Chicago Public Library-Harold Washington Library Center/Business, Science & Technology
400 S State St - 4 North
Join us to discover all about how to create a successful Science Fair project.
From research to resources, the Chicago Public Library has tools to help young scientists create effective projects every time!
Geared for students in Grades 6-10 and their parents.
Free |
2:00 –3:30 pm
The Doomsday Clock: Why we are at five minutes to midnight?
Borders Hyde Park 1539 E 53rd St.
For more than 60 years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Doomsday Clock has charted how close the world stands to nuclear peril. In January, the Bulletin's Board of Directors, in consultation with its Board of Sponsors, which includes 18 Nobel laureates, moved the hands of the Clock forward two minutes to five minutes to midnight. Find out why these experts fear the world may be entering a second "nuclear age" from the Bulletin's editor and web editor.
Free |
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Science Fair Central - Appointment with a Scientist
Northeastern Illinois Univestiy S102 (Lecture Hall 2), Science Building, NEIU
5500 N St Louis Ave
Workshop for Teachers/Students Parents interested in learning how to do good Science Fair projects & aimed in particular at CPS students. NEIU faculty and staff will be available to assist participants and provide direction in various disciplines.
This week has an open format, to allow maximum contact between students, and NEIU faculty & staff from the various disciplines. No preregistration required.
Free |
2:00 – 4:00 pm
CSI: Chicago-Forensic Science Overview
Chicago Cultural Center, Randolph and Michigan Aves., Garland Room
Janet Girten, Deputy Laboratory Director of the Forensic Science Center at Chicago, will present the real facts about forensics evidence versus how Hollywood portrays it. Ken Alder, PhD, Director of Science in Human Culture Program at Northwestern University, will discuss his recent book "The Lie Detectors: The History of an American Obsession." Linda Klepinger, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, will explain how forensic anthropologists extract information from skeletons for medical, legal and mass disaster investigations.
Free |
11:00am – 4:00 pm
Fruit & Vegetable Garden Family Drop In Program: Super Seeds
Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe, IL
Fun, hands-on activities for children and families to discover seeds! Dissect a seed, set up a seed race experiment to finish at home, match seeds to their future plant, explore the textures of different seeds at the seed table, read books, and put together puzzles.
Free |
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Art & Science Family Make & Take : Take Home Totems
Garfield Park Conservatory 300 N Central Park Ave, Chicago,IL
Explore geography, geology, and gems (semi-precious) as visitors design a special miniature totem to take home and watch over their families, in honor of Niki de Saint Phalle's spectacular life-sized spirit animal versions watching over our back City Garden . Drop in anytime between 1:00pm and 3:00pm in the Elizabeth Morse Genius Children˘s Garden (no registration required)
Free children / $5 suggested donation Adults |
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Sidewalk Astronomy
North Ave & Wells St. by Starbucks
See Jupiter's moons through a telescope.--if skies are clear. Call 312-659-0004 for more information.
Free |
