UH Institute for Astronomy hosts Open House
University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaWHAT: The University of Hawaiʻi’s Institute for Astronomy (IfA) hosts its annual Open House for the public.
WHEN: Sunday April 7, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
WHERE: 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Mānoa
DETAILS:
The event attracts many families with children for more than two dozen hands on exhibits and activities. Activities include telescopes to look at the sun, hands-on with physics and optics, sky surveys, infrared camera, Lego and demonstrations of liquid nitrogen. The open house annually brings more than 1,200 people. Children are given the hands-on opportunity to learn more about STEM fields—science, technology, engineering and math. They have examples to see and touch STEM beyond the pages of their textbooks.
More information: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/open-house/open-house.shtml