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The Randolph College Society of Physics Students is proud to bring
you the Fourth Annual Randolph College Science Festival. Begun as a
Science Day for kids in 2005, we are joined by science, humanities
and arts departments across the campus, and by numerous presenters
to bring a weekend of activities for all. All activities are free
and open to the public, and are for all ages. Only the Science Day
activity on Saturday afternoon requires pre-registration, please
feel free to drop in on any of the other events. All Science Day
participants receive a t-shirt, and the first 100 people who attend
other Science Festival events will receive a t-shirt.
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Admission to all events is FREE and open to the public!
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No registration required (EXCEPT for
Science Day, on Saturday afternoon)
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All events are open to ALL ages EXCEPT Science Day which is for 3-6
graders
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Have lunch or dinner in our dining hall either day, or snack at our
coffee shop Click for more information
Randolph College Science Festival is paid for by sponsorships
from local companies and donations from individuals - if you would
like to help keep this event going, please consider making a
donation by clicking on
this link,
and be sure to choose to direct your donation to the Science
Festival by choosing that designation in the drop-down box on the
second page. Donations of any amount are welcome, thank you!
If you are interested in a sponsorship, please contact Peter Sheldon
psheldon@randolphcollege.edu.
Schedule for Randolph College 2012 Science
Festival
All Events are Free and Open to the Public
A limited number of free t-shirts will be given at each event
Like the
Facebook page to stay updated on added events
and for the opportunity to win prizes (to be announced later in the
spring)!
Thursday, 3/22
Michael Shermer Class
10:50-12:05 Open to the
public, but space is limited.
Please
contact Peter Sheldon at
psheldon@randolphcollege.edu or 434-947-8488
Edison 2 - The Very Light Car - Winner
of the Automotive X-Car - Display
6:15-7:15 pm, Wimberly Recital Hall
People from
Edison 2,
the innovative car company, will be on hand with a display, models
of their cars, and perhaps the actual
winning car (subject to conditions) to talk
about and demonstrate the science of their design!
Michael Shermer
Public Lecture: "Why People Believe Weird Things"
7:30 pm, Wimberly Recital Hall
Dr.
Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of
Skeptic
magazine, the Executive Director of the Skeptics Society, a monthly
columnist for
Scientific American,
and the host of the Skeptics Distinguished Science Lecture Series at
Caltech. Click on the green text
for interesting links! Free and open to the public, no tickets
required.
Friday, 3/23
Poetry Competition/Reading -
printable brochure
7:00-8:00 pm, Smith Banquet
Hall (refreshments served starting at 6:30 pm)
FINALISTS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED, PLEASE
FOLLOW THIS LINK
A list of winners can be found
here. Congratulations! information on the book for all finalists is
forthcoming!
We are proud and honored
to have received over 700 entries in our competition for all K-12 students
to write poetry with a science or mathematics theme. We will announce 13
finalists in each of the grade ranges K-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Of those 13
finalists, the top three in each grade range will win prizes (gift cards of
$100, $50, and $25). If the poem was written in association with a class,
the teachers of the winning poems will win the same prize.
We will do our best to announce finalists by Friday, March
16. Finalists will be announced by email, on the Science Festival website (www.randolphscience.org)
and on the Science Festival Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/randolph.college.science.festival).
All finalists will be invited to the public reading and
awards ceremony on Friday, March 23 at 7:30 pm in Smith Memorial Building
banquet hall on the Randolph College campus. This event is free and open to
the public, and will include a reception with light refreshments. All
finalists will be invited to read their own poem, or else one of the
College’s creative writing faculty or students will read the poem. All 39
finalists will be read, and then the winners will be announced.
All 39 finalists will be published in an electronic book,
which we will also likely print in limited quantities.
Instructions were: All K-12 students are invited to submit a poem
with a science or math theme (any form, e.g. Haiku, limerick, free
form, etc.). 39 finalists will be chosen and awarded certificates.
Finalists will be read by Randolph College students and faculty, and
prize winners will be awarded at this catered reception open to the
public. Three prizes of $100, $50, and $25 gift cards will be given
in each category of elementary, middle and high school. If done in a
class, the teacher of the winner will get the same prize.
Submissions (with student's name and grade, and teacher's name if
applicable) can be made any time (the contest is open now), only one
submission per student, and must be postmarked by Friday, February
17. Typed or scanned and emailed submission are due at this time
also. Submissions should be emailed to
psheldon@randolphcollege.edu,
or mailed to Peter Sheldon, Randolph College, 2500 Rivermont Avenue,
Lynchburg, VA 24503. Be sure to include a contact address, phone
number, or email. If you include an email address, we will send
confirmation of receipt.
A Scientist Goes to the Movies
8:00 pm - 10:30 pm, Smith
300
Environmental Scientist Karin Warren will screen and comment on the
movie Twister. Free popcorn! Free tornado tubes to the
first 25 who attend!
Saturday, 3/24
Science Day
for 3rd-6th graders and teachers
11:45 am - 4:30 pm,
Physical Education and Recreation (PER) Building
Participants will be led through a series of
30 minute, fun, hands-on activities. T-shirt, snack, and certificate
of completion are given to all participants.
This is the only event that
requires pre-registration:
http://physics.randolphcollege.edu/sps/sciday
Star Party
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm, Winfree Observatory
Come view
the heavens! Refreshments will be served.
Sunday, 3/25
Drop in Science Activities
1:00 – 3:00 pm, Martin
Science Building
This is two
hours no child or adult should miss! It will be packed with
activities that you can drop in and watch or participate in. We will
be drawing animal skeletons, playing with live animals, controlling
robots, testing our new wind tunnel, and of course we will have the
area's only Non-Newtonian Fluid pool that you have to see to
believe. Activities will include:
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Sound Demonstrations Room - come learn
some of the science
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Nature Zone
Lynchburg's own Nature Zone will be bringing some of your live
animal friends to meet and learn about.
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Non-Newtonian Fluid Pool
This is a pool of fluid (you might know it as goop or gack) that
you can submerge your hand in, but if you are quick enough, you
can run over the surface without sinking! You can watch and
touch, but if it is a cold day and you are brave enough to try
the run, you might want to bring a towel.
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AREVA Exhibit
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Amazement Square Exhibit
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Hatching/Baby Quail
These are pretty cute! It is really quite amazing to watch these
quail actually hatch. We are timing it so that some should be
just hatched, and some should be hatching on this day. Come and
see!
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Robots
Come and play with the LEGO and VEX robots. We might even have
some other robots out for you to try.
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Laser Demonstrations - come learn some of
the science
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Wind Tunnel Demonstration
Do you have a Pinewood Derby car or model airplane or anything
else that you would like to know the lift and drag properties
of? Bring it along, and we can test it in our new wind tunnel.
Planning to be finished building it by Scifest weekend, we do
not promise it will be working for sure. But come see it anyway,
it certainly blows a pretty mean wind right now!
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Electric Cars (life size!)
Dominion Electric Vehicles will be bringing a selection for you
to see, and they can tell you about the science behind the
wheel.
Art and Animals and Drawing
Contest
1:00-4:00pm, Martin Science Building
Do you like animals?
Do you want to draw animals?
Now is your chance!
Join us at the Randolph College Science
Festival, and hone your skills while drawing animals from the RC
Department of Biology Bird and Mammal Collection.
Art materials-and some really cool animal subjects-will
be provided. Bring an interest in animals and a desire to draw!
There will also be a drawing contest with a prize donated by the
Art Box!
Cub Scouts’
Pinewood Derby
1:00-5:00pm, Houston Chapel
Cub scouts race their cars in
competition, then tracks are open for the public to join in.
Women in Science Panel
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm, Martin
315
Learn how
our science alumnae have succeeded in their fields. Come if you are
interested to hear successful women scientists, but come especially if you
are considering going into a career related to science. Refreshments will be
served.
Panel Members:
--Genevieve G Neale
’93, major in Biology and Dance, is a
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and
runs Pawprints Mobile Medicine for Pets here in Lynchburg.
--Victoria Turgeon ’93, major in Biology, is a Professor of Biology at
Furman University.
--Laura Black ’08, major
in Environmental Studies and Political Science,
currently works for
a non-profit in Farmville for weatherization/conservation.
--Priyanka Uprety ’10, major in biology, is currently enrolled in Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for a PhD in immunology and
Masters in Public Health.
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