The first session of this year’s MIT Lincoln Labs’ Science on Saturday series, Hands-On Science, will be Saturday, December 7. These are fun, free sessions are given by volunteer scientists and engineers for K-12 students, their parents, and teachers. In this session, members of the Lincoln Laboratory Technical Women’s Network will speak. The event features hands-on activity stations where students can use radar to measure the speed of a ball they throw, help build a tall gumdrop tower using engineering concepts, and find out about technology that measures specific biological features.
Pre-registration is required (online, by 12:30AM Saturday) for each session: 9AM-10:30AM and 10:45AM-12:15PM. Parent/adult escort is required for all children, and registered adults must bring a government form of identifcation. Electronic devices are not allowed in the facility. Map and driving directions to MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
Future sessions scheduled for this year are:
- February 1: Robotics
- April 5: Chimpanzees
- June 1: Lasers and Optics