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Enjoy our 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄, all-day event showcasing how STEM concepts, innovation, play, and creativity all go together! Meet, work, and play alongside artists, authors, innovators, STEM experts, creatives, and entrepreneurs. Get involved and engage your own creativity and bright ideas.Check out these free activities, creative opportunities, and more!
• Fold and take-home origami creations
• Submarine science and technology
• Print making and yarn spinning
• Brain games and activities
• STEM and St Louis Blues Hockey
• Biomedical engineering and chemistry demos
• Aviation and rocket science
• Painting and 3D printing demos
• Weather observation activities and equipment
• Fishing and fly tying
• Biomanufacturing and plastic recycling
• Creative circuit building
• Rocket League play and competition
• Robotics demos and activities
• Board games and more
Special Presentations at Energy Stage
10:15 AM – Storytime Science
- Join us for a story for our youngest learners.
11:15 AM – TBD
- Vanessica Jawahir, Plant researcher, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
12:15 PM – Costume Building and Technology
- See how technology can be applied to creative costume building.
- Rich Heffernan, Garrison Commander, 501st Legion
1:15 PM – Helping Hearts and Hips—Biomedical Engineering Basics
- Explore the science of medical implants and biomedical engineering
- Chris Lau, President, SLU SSE Biomedical Engineering Society
2:15 PM – Turning CO2 and Waste into Fertilizer, Food and Fuels
- Find out how you can use microbes and proteins to make wine and fuel out of plastic waste, water, and air.
- Yinjie Tang, Professor, Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St Louis
3:15 PM – Connecting Cranes
- See the art and creativity of origami in new ways (and visit the 2nd floor to fold your own origami creation)
- Adonis Bernardo, Bernardo’s Crane
SciFest: Play and Creativity Expo Partners and Activities:
FIRST FLOOR:
- Try out weather observing gear and hands-on activities with 15 Operational Weather Squadron—U.S. Air Force
- Build, roll, press, and print a unique LEGO Dot print with Louis Artists’ Guild
- Guess soap scents with Ashling & Co
- Discover innovations in plant science and technology with Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
- View a creative painting process with ArtMonkeyWorld
- Explore ways genomics are used in everyday life with McDonnell Genome Institute
- See yarn spinning demos with Amy Chapleau-Lane
- Learn how to grow plants without soil with Garden in Glass
BOEING HALL SOUTH:
- Experience drone cage flight with Saint Louis University AirCRAFT Lab
- Explore submarine and aviation science with technicians, specialists, and a flight officer (Commander) from the S. Navy
- Get a close-up look at medical implants and how they work in the body with SLU SSE Biomedical Engineering Society
LIFE SCIENCE LAB:
- Create art with light and explore light and wave science through play with Washington University SPECTRA
- Discover carbon dioxide capture and biomanufacturing processes for sustainability with Energy, Environment, and Chemical Engineering—Wash U
GAMEXP:
- Try out a variety of board games and find a new favorite with Game Nite
LOWER LEVEL:
- Create and take home a World’s Fair button with 1904 World’s Fair Society
- Explore the science behind hockey with St Louis Blues
- Make a rope using a hand-operated rope machine with Make Rope
- Dice bags, jewelry, creativity and STEM? Oh yes! See it all come together with Dark Sky Creations
- Solve brain hieroglyphics and play games with color and smell with Commander of the Central Nervous System- Parkway Central High School
- Engage in creative hands-on activities and experiments all about chemistry with American Chemical Society
- Participate in flight and aircraft activities with Greater St Louis Flight Instructors Association (GSLFIA)
- See how airborne weather radar systems work in aircraft with Southwestern Illinois College Aviation
- Participate in Rocket League open play and competition with SLSC Esports
MAY HALL/FIRST Robotics Hall:
- Visit with robotics teams, get creative with LEGO blocks and coding, and engage in robotics activities and demonstrations for all ages with FIRST in MO
SECOND FLOOR:
- Fold and take home an origami paper creation with Bernardo’s Crane
- Explore new applications for 3D printing with Saint Louis University’s Center for Additive Manufacturing
- Visit with the 501st, Rebel, and Mando Mercs Star Wars Legions while getting a close-up look at props, materials, and methods of costume design and construction
PLANETARIUM:
- Play a round of inflatable mini-golf courtesy of SLSC Membership Department
- Use a simple circuit to create art with Challenger Learning Center
- Tie a take-home fishing fly and meet working service dogs Crestone and Broly with Bass Pro Shops CLUB
- Test different shapes of aircraft in a wind table demonstration with Washington University Rocketry Team
- See how meteorological data is collected above ground with SEAMLESS project-Dept of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences-Saint Louis University
OMNIMAX® THEATER:
- Experience the creativity and innovation of Cities of the Future
- 11am, 1:15pm, 3:45pm (Tickets required. Member benefits apply)
EXPERIENCE FLIGHT:
- Get creative and choose your adventure as you play in one of our three simulators (Tickets required)
SLSC Membership Special: Purchase a Family and Friends Membership or above, and save $10 during today’s SciFest event!
UPCOMING SCIFEST EVENTS:
11.9.2024 —> Sci-FEAST
2.22.2025 —> SciFest - Engineering Expo
4.5.2025 —> SciFest - The Great Outdoors Expo
Learn More: https://www.slsc.org/event/scifest-play-and-creativity-expo/
𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 #𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐒𝐓𝐋
SciFest: Connect with Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) professionals gathered exclusively for a series of day-long science and technology themed events. Meet local scientists, engineers and other experts for a personal, close-up look at cutting-edge, creative STEM applications. Learn more about our other SciFest events.
Parking: Regular price at the Oakland Lot. Parking at the McDonnell Planetarium is FREE.
Location: Entire Science Center Campus
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Saint Louis Science Center, 5050 Oakland Ave, St Louis, MO 63110-1404, United States,St. Louis, Missouri
