Rockets, slime and a genie will all be at the Delaware County Fairgrounds this weekend when a Ball State University student organization has a Science Day for Muncie children.
Science Day will showcase more than 15 demonstrations, a miniature carnival and environmentally friendly activities. It will run 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Heartland Hall at the fairgrounds.
The event is designated for children in kindergarten through eighth grade, and admission and parking are free.
This year's event will incorporate a creation of miniature rockets, slime, rescuing a genie out of a bottle, a moon bounce and a kid's size pool of Oobleck - a green substance described in a Dr. Seuss book, Svetlana Pekovic, co-president of Ball State's student affiliates of the american chemical society, said.
There will also be a raffle for two $25 Olive Garden gift cards, donated by the Muncie Olive Garden.
Science Day was created to involve Muncie and neighboring communities' children in science, Jason Ribblett, faculty adviser for the student affiliates, said.
"The primary goal of this event is to get kids excited about science," Ribblett said. "Every scientist can recall an event from their childhood that triggered their passion for science. That is what we try to spark with Science Day."
This event is designated for the community's children, which is why it is not on campus.
"By going out we lose funding opportunities," Ribblett said, "but by doing so we are not asking the community to come to us. We take science and Science Day to the community, increasing the chances they will engage with science and Ball State in the future."
This is the sixth year the student group has organized the event, but the group did not work alone. The organization collaborated with the Society of Physics students, the math club, Storm Chasers, the genetics club and volunteers from the National Pan-Hellenic Council and Alpha Phi Omega International Service Fraternity.
Students interested in volunteering to work at Science Day can e-mail Svetlana Pekovic at spekovic@bsu.edu or Jason Ribblett at jwribblett@bsu.edu.
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