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Scavenger Quest: The activities below marked with a magnifying glass have Scavenger Quest Challenges associated with them. Look for the special Scavenger Quest Challenge signs at activity tables. Complete at least 10 of these challenges to earn stickers for your Quest card, then present your card at one of our Information Tents or the Biology Welcome Table to win one of our big commemorative Science Fest stickers!
Photo Booth: Strike a pose at our photo booth! Pick your favorite props and make a Science Fest memory. You might even spot Hoosier the Bison in his new lab coat!
Activities for All Ages
Build a Neuron Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior Biology Building, South Hall Are you curious about how you think and move? If so, stop by to learn about motor neurons as you build a neuron using pipe cleaners and pony beads.
The Migration Game Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior Biology Building, South Hall Ever wonder what a bird’s migration journey is like? Then stop in and take on the role of a bird and play the migration game. This life-size board game walks you through the potential challenges birds face as they migrate.
Bee Keeping Biology Dept Biology Building, Room A106 Explore the honey bee life cycle and microbiome.
Birds, Bees, Bats, and Beetles—The Many Pollinators of Plants Biology Dept Biology Building, South Lawn Pollinators have been visiting flowers for a very long time, and plants have evolved interesting flower colors, shapes, and smells to attract these insect visitors both during the day and night. At this exhibit, you will help different types of pollinators from bats and birds to bees find their favorite flowers.
Bloomington Urban Woodlands Project Biology Dept Biology Building, Atrium Learn about BUWP’s education and community science initiative to investigate the connections between deer, invasive plants, and native plants in local woodlands.
Build a Bateriophage Biology Dept Biology Building, East Hall Do bacteria ever get sick? Meet the bacteriophage, a type of virus that infects bacteria! Check out 3D printed models of bacteriophages, learn how we study these viruses, and even take home your own kooky phage made out of pipecleaners!
Circadian Rhythms Biology Dept Biology Building, West Hall Ever wonder why you feel hungry at certain times or get sleepy at night? Our brains have built-in clocks, a group of special cells called 'clock neurons'. Come see glowing neurons under the microscope and learn how fruit flies help us understand how the brain controls daily rhythms.
Colorful Coral—Science Under the Sea Biology Dept Biology Building, West Hall Come learn about corals - colorful creatures that live under the sea! Learn about how the power of friendship (symbiosis) gives corals their color! View the living, colorful coral with your eyes and then get a closer look through a microscope! When corals lose their color (coral bleaching), it affects thousands of organisms - including humans! We will also show you colorless coral - and you can even take one home with you to remind you of the importance of COLOR under the sea!
Frog Ecology, Evolution, and Development Biology Dept Biology Building, Atrium Learn about the life cylce and the impacts in the ecosystem that frogs posses, you may not realize how important they are!
Fruity DNA Extraction Biology Dept Biology Building, South Lawn DNA is present in all organisms; however, you can’t normally see it. Come learn about DNA and extract some from a strawberry before learning how the Wang lab studies how DNA interacts with other DNA in bacteria.
Greenhouse Tours Biology Dept Biology Building, Greenhouse Guided tours of IU’s collection of beautiful living plants from around the world, including spectacular rainforest, desert, and carnivorous species!
Human Biology Biology Dept Biology Building, Room 122 Skulls! Bones! Skeletons! Join IU Human Biology students to learn how the human body works, look at fossil skulls of our early human ancestors, and compare yourself to a human skeleton.
Interactive Nestbox: Life as a Baby Bird Biology Dept Biology Building, South Hall Take a peek inside the hidden lives of baby birds. Don your wings and explore a life-sized nestbox to experience how nestlings live and grow within these tiny worlds. Create an origami bird beak while you learn about bird behavior, and how animals adapt to challenges in their environment.
Killer Worms and Germs Biology Dept Biology Building, Atrium Be amazed by the cooperation and warfare that IU researchers have discovered in our local soils and the dangers that lurk within for insects.
Know Your Soil Biology Dept Biology Building, South Lawn Uncover the secrets that lie beneath our feet! Learn the importance of soil and see how soils can differ in composition!
Mammal Skulls Biology Dept Biology Building, East Hall Explore the skulls of over 40 species of mammals, including humans! Play detective to discover what an animal ate, whether it was a predator, a prey, or both, whether it lived on land or in the water, who is it most closely related to, and perhaps how it died.
Science of Smells Biology Dept Biology Building, South Lawn “What’s that smell?” Insects make and release chemicals that they use to communicate - just like you might talk or send a text. Try to match the smell to the insect message using the clues to help you. Let’s see how quickly you can finish.
Sorting the Rainbow: A Flow Cytometry Adventure Biology Dept Biology Building, South Lawn Learn about a powerful and colorful laser-based technology—flow cytometry—and how it is used in the life sciences.
Sticky Business: Biological Glues at the Macroscopic and Microscopic Scale Biology Dept Biology Building, South Hall Using glues and popsicle sticks come see how biologically adhesive organsims operate including a micro-scale adhesion!
The Rainbow of Photosynthesis Biology Dept Biology Building, Room A100 Explore the colors of photosynthesis with Microbiology Graduate Students. Learn about the awesome ways microbes use the sun for energy. Get your eyes on the prize and use our microscopes to observe to mighty microbes in action. When you’re done learning and observing, use your newfound knowledge to make your own petri plate of slime!!
Tortoises Biology Dept Biology Building, Room A105 Meet a group of live tortoises and learn about their biology.
Can you be a Limnologist? Biology Dept Biology Building, Atrium Determine which of the samples is lake water using real, working sampling equipment from the IU Limnology Lab, like multiparameter sondes, pH meters, turbidity meters, etc. Clues will be given to help those unfamiliar with typical water quality measurements.
Basic First Aid Intra Collegiate Emergency Medical Service at IU Lindley Hall We will have multiple stations set up with differing first aid/EMS tools and practices, and we will show demonstrations and allow people to try on their own at age-appropriate levels.
LUNGevity: Breathing Colors IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Lindley Hall, Room 025 See how your breath affects the color of liquid!
Explore healthy living activities School of Nursing Lindley Hall, Room 125 Experience a selection of hands-on activities related to health: exercise dice, sugary drink, blood pressure, and infant safety.
Can water change what you see? School of Optometry Lindley Hall, Room 135 Understand the fundamental process behind vision. Understand why a stirring rod is visible in air and water, but not in glycerol.
Optical Illusions School of Optometry Lindley Hall, Room 135 What we see is built on brain experience and memory. Your brain can be confused if information available is not enough to match a single experience.
Polarized Sunglasses School of Optometry Lindley Hall, Room 135 How cool will it be to work on your monitor without people seeing what is going on on your screen? Use the principle behind sunglasses to hide information on your monitor. Wear your cool sunglasses to “un-encrypt” your information.
Which is better, 1 or 2? School of Optometry Lindley Hall, Room 135 Come learn why some people need to wear eyeglasses, and why eyeglasses help some people and not others. Plus, learn the answer to the age-old question optometrists always ask, “which is better, 1 or 2?”.
The Science of Hearing, Sound and Swallowing Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Lindley Hall, West Lawn Activity #1: Components of the ear puzzle. Activity #2: How we swallow safely, what happens when it doesn't work, and how different thickening agents can help people swallow better. Activity #3: Our voice can draw a picture: Using PRAAT technology, a person's voice is turned into speech signal/waveform."
Astronomy Coloring Astronomy Dept Kirkwood Observatory Unleash your creative side by coloring your way through the universe. Learn space facts while taking your time to have fun and relax!
Astronomy Trivia Astronomy Dept Kirkwood Observatory Test your astronomy knowledge by spinning our prize wheel. Everyone's a winner when you're learning!
Kirkwood Observatory Tour Astronomy Dept Kirkwood Observatory Tour our historic 12" refracting telescope! Built in 1901, it is no longer used for research, but it is still regularly used to view planets during open house nights. Now is your chance to see it in the daylight!
Solar System Bracelets Astronomy Dept Kirkwood Observatory We're making Solar Systems portable AND fashionable. Learn about the planets in our Solar System as you make a wearable model!
Scuba Diving Science Center for Underwater Science Student Building, South Lawn Experience the underwater environment through virtual reality scuba diving and learn the science behind real-life scuba diving gear!
Underwater Archaeology Artifacts Center for Underwater Science Student Building, South Lawn Get an up-close look at real artifacts recovered from Caribbean shipwrecks! See if you can identify an artifact pulled from the bottom of the ocean and spy important ancient marks on shipwreck artifacts!
Make Your Own Earthquake! Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Dept Student Building, Room 005 Join IU geophysics students and faculty to learn about earthquakes and volcanoes! Make your own earthquake by jumping next to an active seismometer. See the inside of a seismometer to understand how it works. Stop by our interactive display of earthquakes and volcanoes throughout history and around the globe.
Make Your Own River Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Dept Student Building, South Lawn Talk to IU students and faculty and learn how rivers work. Use our stream table to build and remove dams, alter river banks, input sediment, and see how the river responds. Watch demonstrations in our sediment flume to get an up close view of how water and sediment interact. Why do ripples form on the beach? Why are river cobbles rounded? How much sand and gravel do rivers actually move? This unique view of a river will help to answer all of these questions and more!
Pressure, Clouds, and Tornadoes Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Dept Student Building, Building 138 Learn how clouds form and how tornadoes develop with these tabletop experiments.
The Rock, Mineral, and Fossil Show Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Dept Student Building, Room 005 Come check out a wide range of rocks, minerals, and fossils or ask our geologists and paleontologists questions about your rock, mineral, and fossil finds!
Tree Time Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Dept Student Building, Room 138 Learn about dendrochronology (telling time with trees) by exploring slices of tree trunks. Place a flag on the tree ring from the year you were born! (This activity is best suited for participants under age 15.)
Volcanic Eruption-circle at Maxwell Hall Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Dept Student Building, Circle East of Building Come see a volcanic eruption at the sundial circle between Maxwell Hall and the Student Building! Eruptions will take place at 11:00, 12:30, 1:30, 1:30, 2:30, and 3:30.
Bloomington Native Wildlife & Urban Conservation Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Dept Student Building, Room 131 Participants to walk away knowing a few native species of plants/animals and understanding how urban areas and individuals living in them can conserve their native wildlife.
A Musical Introduction to Your Brain Psychological and Brain Sciences Dept Student Building, Room 150 Guitars, singing, and... neuroscience! Shows will happen at 11:30 and 3:00.
Acoustics Physics Dept Swain Hall West, Room 113 Discover the marvelous properties of sound in this room. Learn all about how oscillatory motion becomes sound and music. Play with standing waves on strings and a Chladni plate. See the waveform of your voice on a computer.
Challenge Room Physics Dept Swain Hall West, Room 103 Challenge your brainpower! Pit your skills against others by solving electronic puzzles, performing experiments with gravity, and testing your skill at boat building. Great fun will be had by all!
Electricity & Magnetism Physics Dept Swain Hall West, Room 108 Explore the powerful forces of electricity and magnetism in this demo room. Our Tesla coil, Van de Graff Generator, and Jacob’s ladder are just a few of the shockingly exciting toys-for-physicists you’ll find.
Light & Color Physics Dept Swain Hall West, Room 150 Ever gazed in awe at a rainbow in the sky or wondered at the marvelous effects of a prism? Through holograms, mirrors, lasers, fiber, and optical illusions you’ll discover the astonishing properties of light and color and how our brains process them.
Low Temperature Physics Show Physics Dept Swain Hall West, Room 007 Come and explore the wonders of Low Temperature physics. Thermal, electric, and magnetic properties of many materials are well understood around room temperature. At low temperature the material properties undergo exciting and unique changes. This behavior may even appear to be strange when it is compared to properties of common materials like air and water. Let's take a journey into this extraordinary new world! Shows will start at 11:30 and 2:00.
Mechanics Physics Dept Swain Hall West, Room 109 The field of mechanics is rich with fun and engaging ways to explore linear and rotational motion. Be awed by the astonishing and counter-intuitive properties of ordinary objects when they’re moving, rotating, and oscillating!
Monsters, Magic, and Motion Physics Dept Swain Hall West, Room 119 Monsters are spreading chaos this Halloween, stealing candy and scaring the kids! But witches and wizards wield cosmic magic, turning physics into powerful spells. Join the spooky showdown where candy, chaos, and science collide! Shows will start at 10:30 and 1:00.
Outdoor Physics Physics Dept Swain Hall West, South Lawn Come play outside in the beautiful fall weather where we’ve located the extremely hands-on demos which are too big to stay indoors! Learn about friction on the dry-ice bowling lane! Defy gravity with the Bernoulli Blower! Test your skill with the table-cloth pull! Launch water-powered rockets! And much more!
Rocket Science Physics Dept Swain Hall West, West Lawn Do you want to learn the physics behind how rockets work? Join us on the lawn to the west of Swain Hall, where we will launch water rockets and explore what makes them fly both high and straight. Demonstrations will take place at 10:45, 11:45, 12:45, 1:45, 2:45, and 3:45, wind and weather conditions permitting. If the weather is not suitable, the activity will be cancelled.
Math Balloons Mathematics Dept Lindley Hall, East Lawn Build mathematical shapes using colorful balloons!
Maze and One-stroke drawing Mathematics Dept Lindley Hall, East Lawn Complete the printed activities: (1) Maze - Find the exit through the maze. (2) One-stroke drawing (Eulerian path) - Trace a path that travels along every edge exactly once without repetition.
Snowflake Making Mathematics Dept Lindley Hall, East Lawn Use symmetry to create snowflakes!
Spirographs Mathematics Dept Lindley Hall, East Lawn Use a spirograph to create drawings made with different curves.
Tower of Hanoi Mathematics Dept Lindley Hall, East Lawn Move all the disks from the first peg to the third peg following some rules! Only one disk can be moved at a time, each move consists of taking the top disk from one peg and placing it on another peg, and a larger disk can never be placed on top of a smaller disk.
Symbol Scavenger Search Chemistry Dept Chemistry Building, Welcome Tables You will find your task at the Welcome table. Find the symol of the assigned element or compound and find it carved on the exterior of the Chemistry Building. Snap a photo and show off your scavenger skills
Big Bangs on the Knoll Chemistry Dept Chemistry Building, Knoll South of Building Join us for the opening and closing of Science Fest 2025 as the Undergraduate Lab personnel make great big bangs on the knoll behind the Chemistry Building.
Chemistry Quest: Revealing the Unseen Chemistry Dept Chemistry Building, Room 041 Use acid-base chemistry to write an invisible secret message and then reveal the message to the world! Also, use chromatography to reveal the secret colors hidden within leaves and markers!
Freezy Fun Dots! Chemistry Dept Chemistry Building, Dennis Peters' Courtyard Join us in the Dennis Peters' Courtyard for some frozen fun as we help you make your very own frozen ice cream treat using liquid nitrogen! Make your own Frozen Dots!
Fun with Enzymes Chemistry Dept Chemistry Building, Room 046A Have you ever wondered how the food you eat gets digested within a couple of hours? And how do you get energy after eating?
Molecular Expressions Chemistry Dept Chemistry Building, Room 046 Iodine Room Join Hoosier Henna for a unique, interactive experience that blends science, art, and mental health awareness. Participants will learn about the brain's feel-good molecules, choose a meaningful henna tattoo design, and explore ways to support emotional well-being. Leave with a beautiful design - and a powerful reminder that feeling good starts from within.
The Musical Periodic Table: Listening to the Elements Chemistry Dept Chemistry Building, Room 033 Ever wondered what the elements of the periodic table SOUND like? Using the technique of data sonification, Stanford PhD student and Indiana University chemistry alumnus Walker Smith has converted the visible spectra of elements into sounds. His instrument, the Interactive Musical Periodic Table, converts the frequencies (or colors) of visible light waves emitted by elements into sound frequencies, creating unique "chemical chords" for each element. Join his rainbow-clad alter-ego "Roy G. Biv" for an exciting tour through the music of the periodic table. You can also play with his musical instrument yourself and come up with your own "elemental music!" Not best suited for pre-K ages.Shows will begin at 10:00 and 1:00.
Sweet As Sugar Chemistry Dept Chemistry Building, Room 045 Carbohydrates are more than food! They are key to life and are also involved in disease. See, taste, and learn about these key building blocks of our lives.
Symbol Scavenger Search Chemistry Dept Chemistry Building, Ground & First Floor Welcome Tables Check in at the welcome tables to get your task. Bring a cell phone to snap some photos of specific elements around the Chemistry Building!
The Beautiful and Hidden World of Crystal Structure Chemistry Dept Chemistry Building, Room 049 The beautiful rocks we describe as “crystals” emerge from incredibly tiny and hidden structures. Join CSENND volunteers as we peer into the small and fascinating world of crystal structure with magnification tools, artistic resources, and colorful demonstrations. As you zoom in, what will you find?
The Magic of Chemistry: Chemistry in Color Chemistry Dept Chemistry Building, Room 122 Come and witness the exciting Magic of Chemistry in full and living color! There will be colorful fire, big bangs, color changes, sassy puppets, and a visit by everyone's favorite green frog. Come make a chemistry connection! Shows begin at 11:00 and 2:00.
The Science of Slime and Lava Lamp Chemistry Dept Chemistry Building, Room 047 Slime is made by mixing poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), found in glue, with borax solution, which produces borate ions that crosslink the PVA chains. The many OH groups on PVA allow hydrogen bonding and interaction with borate, resulting in the stretchy, fun slime texture. Lava lamps, on the other hand, rely on density differences between oil and water, which do not mix because their molecules aren’t attracted to each other. When an antacid tablet dissolves in water, it produces carbon dioxide bubbles that carry water through the oil, creating the rising and sinking “lava lamp” effect.
Pop-Up Library Sciences Library Chemistry Building, Sciences Library C002 Explore books from the IU Libraries' General Collections for all ages. This includes a wide range of content from the sciences to poetry, art, indigenous, folk, culture, and fiction. While browsing, you may obtain an IU Library borrower's card if you are an in-state resident (need an IN driver's license or state ID card) or use your IU Crimson Card, and check out our books!
Tinker with Tech Toys Center of Excellence for Women & Technology Franklin Hall, Commons Explore a variety of tech toys with The Center of Excellence for Women & Technology! Make a 3D doodle using our 3Doodler pen or try out the Turing Tumble: a marble-powered computer you can use to solve logic puzzles. You can even design and make your own binary bracelet!
Photo Booth College of Arts and Sciences Franklin Hall, Sample Gates Strike a pose at our photo booth! Pick your favorite props and make a Science Fest memory. You might even spot Hoosier the Bison in his new lab coat!
Brain Race Track Psychological and Brain Sciences Franklin Hall, Commons Race RC cars with your brainwaves!
Color Perception Psychological and Brain Sciences Franklin Hall, Commons What you see isn't always as it seems! Stop by for a chance to understand the mystery of color perception! (This activity is best suited for elementary school aged participants.)
Neuron Necklace Psychological and Brain Sciences Franklin Hall, Commons Color and craft a neuron necklace!
Activities for Little Participants (Under 10 Years)
LUNGevity: Breath Painting IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Lindley Hall, Room 025 Use your breath to create original lung art that you can keep.
Colorful Medieval Manuscripts Germanic Studies Student Building, Room 140 Learn about colorful medieval manuscripts. Illuminate (color) your own manuscript page.
Pop-Up Science Sparks Sciences Library Chemistry Building, Sciences Library C002 Pop-Up Science Sparks is designed for accessibility, mobility, and impact. The exhibit consists of 8 interactive science stations for kids to explore. The creator of Science Sparks will be on-site to answer questions and assist!
Block Pattern Game Psychological and Brain Sciences Franklin Hall, Commons Arrange blocks to make patterns!
Brain Caps Psychological and Brain Sciences Franklin Hall, Commons Create a paper brain and learn about its different areas!
Cube Challenge Psychological and Brain Sciences Franklin Hall, Commons Use colorful cubes to create as many different shapes as you can!
Neuron Psychological and Brain Sciences Franklin Hall, Commons Build your own neuron!
Activities for Older Participants (Over 10 Years)
Animal Behavior Trivia Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior Biology Building, South Hall Stop by to test your knowledge of animal behavior! Spin the wheel to receive a question. Try answering the question to win a prize.
Race Against the Chimpanzee Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior Biology Building, South Hall Are you good with remembering spatial sequences or patterns? Maybe you've wondered just how smart is a chimpanzee. If so stop by and try your memory skills against Ayumu the chimpanzee!
Cells and Cell Division Biology Dept Biology Building, South Hall Learn all about how cells divide, prepare your very own onion peel slides, and try to spot the different stages of cell division under a microscope!
Learn to Fly Biology Dept Biology Building, South Hall Learn about fruit flies as an important model organism and discover their diverse phenotypes across the globe.
Marvelous Moms: The Science of Maternal Care Biology Dept Biology Building, South Hall Observe types of parental care among animals, score a video of hamster maternal care as a scientist, and race against a mom to return your hamster pups to the nest.
Virology Biology Dept Biology Building, Room 122A Come explore the tiny world of viruses and bacteriophages! Get hands-on and craft your own to learn how these microscopic invaders work. Then, step up to see real cells—both healthy and infected. Science has never been this cool (or this small)!
LUNGevity: Lung Doctors IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Lindley Hall, Room 025 Learn about three diseases: lung cancer, asthma, and COPD with models and information about the diseases and how to prevent them
Eyeball Dissection School of Optometry Lindley Hall, Room 135 Cow, pig, and mouse dissected eyeballs will be on display. Walk through the anatomy while comparing it to the human model eye. Many of the structures and functions are the same; however, the scale is drastically different.
Eyeball Toss School of Optometry Lindley Hall, Room 135 Come play a fun game of ‘eyeball ball’ to see how many eyeballs you can put in the bucket while wearing refractive eyeglasses. Compete to get on our leader board. The leader at 3 pm wins a prize bag. Must be present to win.
Googly-Eyed Gauntlet (Obstacle Course) School of Optometry Lindley Hall, Room 135 Maneuver in, around, over, and under obstacles while wearing eyeglasses that restrict your field-of-view. Compete to get on our leader board. The leader at 3 pm wins a prize bag. Must be present to win.
Dysfunctional Morphology Anthropology Dept Student Building, Room 025 Do you ever wonder how accurate those spooky animal skeletons you see at Halloween are? Come to the zooarchaeology lab to compare Halloween skeletons to the real life counterparts.
Elephants and Ivory Anthropology Dept Student Building, Room 025 Visit the zooarchaeology lab and learn all about elephants and ivory made from their tusks. You can even see bones from extinct mammoths and mastadons!
Glow Bones Anthropology Dept Student Building, Room 025 Did you know that our campus squirrels have a secret that can only be seen in the dark? Come find out why fox squirrel bones glow under UV light!
Mock Archaeological Dig Anthropology Dept Student Building, South Lawn Come see what it's like to be an archaeologist as you search for artifacts in our mock dig!
Climate Comics Artists for Climate Awareness Student Building, Room 131 Come learn about the science of climate change and its' impacts through a zine making workshop and coloring book pages. Learn how to use nature as a medium of art and contribute to a participatory mural of our shared futures!
Where Did English Words Come From? Germanic Studies Student Building, Room 140 Compare an English word with words in other languages to determine if it is from the Germanic or Romance language family.
Cuneiform Tablets and the Mathematics of Ancient Babylonians History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine Student Building, Room 140 We will provide a peek at one of the oldest forms of mathematics and teach you how to do it. You can make your own multiplication tables, along with other fancier calculations in cuneiform numbers on clay tablets and take them with you.
Impossible Drawings Mathematics Dept Lindley Hall, East Lawn Create optical illusions using math!
Knot Puzzle Mathematics Dept Lindley Hall, East Lawn Move the beads from one rope to the other without cutting the rope.
Map Coloring Mathematics Dept Lindley Hall, East Lawn Can you color each map so that no two neighboring states are colored the same color?
Star Polyhedra Mathematics Dept Lindley Hall, Room 120 Using precut templates, build and explore your own colorful star shapes
Fun with Fluorescence! Chemistry Dept Chemistry Building, Room 046-B Put a SMILE on your face and join the Flood Group and Material Research Society at IU and learn about fluorescence in solid materials. We will have activities for all ages including a large game of operation, microscope viewing, and a photo opportunity!
Hands-On Mechanical Puzzles Lilly Library Chemistry Building, Sciences Library C002 Experience a selection of hands-on puzzles from the Jerry Slocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection. Try the different types of mechanical puzzles that you can find at IU’s Lilly Library. Mechanical puzzles are hand-held, three-dimensional objects whose pieces move to achieve the solution. These hands-on puzzles represent the many different types of mechanical puzzles that exist. What are hands-on puzzles? As IU’s rare books and materials library, The Lilly Library does not check out items, but patrons can visit our Reading Room to use our collections, even puzzles. IN addition, we have a hands-on puzzle cart in the Slocum Room gallery for any and all visitors to play with during their visit. The Slocum Room is free and open to the public during library hours. Our Curator of Puzzles will be on hand during Science Fest to answer questions about mechanical puzzles generally, the Slocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection, and maybe even offer a few hints.
Create Your Own Data Visualizations The Luddy School Franklin Hall, Commons Make your own networks and data charts. Explore many fun and colorful ways data can be presented!
have Scavenger Quest Challenges associated with them. Look for the special Scavenger Quest Challenge signs at activity tables. Complete at least 10 of these challenges to earn stickers for your Quest card, then present your card at one of our Information Tents or the Biology Welcome Table to win one of our big commemorative Science Fest stickers!