Weird Science Fair

Take a study break that feeds you and your brain: the first ever Weird Science Fair at Steenbock Library! Open to all of campus.

April 1, 2025. 12pm-2pm in the BioCommons.

Drop in for an afternoon of fun facts, science crafts, and treats! We will be serving free pizza, color-changing lemonade and weird candy. Learn about local research and do hands-on science activities offered by the libraries and campus partners.

Activities include:

• Cool bugs with Insect Ambassadors
• Polarization art with the Department of Physics
• The Hypothermia Challenge with Wisconsin Water Library and Wisconsin Sea Grant
• 3D Veterinary Models, with McLean Gunderson Model Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine
• Balloon inflation experiment with WISCIENCE Service with Youth in STEM Outreach
• Cheese puffing with Department of Food Science
• Mosquito and Tick activities (and internship opportunity) with Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease
• Button making, science trivia, weird patents and specimen jars with Steenbock Library and Patent & Trademark Services

If you have any questions please contact asksel@library.wisc.edu

Sponsored by UW-Madison Libraries and WISCIENCE. Thank you to all the partners listed above!