UPDATE:
All the awesome videos and photos can be found HERE!
Come with me to the 2nd Annual Science and Engineering
Festival and Book Fair this weekend! I’m heading to Washington D.C. right now
to participate in the science event of the year, where everyone from the
Mythbusters to Bill Nye the Science Guy to Chief NASA Scientist Waleed Abdalati
will be hosting events and talking to the public about scientific subjects. Robots,
space, climate sustainability- you name it, it can be found at this completely
free festival!
Larry Bock,
founder and Executive Director of the festival, told me why they picked
Washington D.C. as a venue;
“The
USA Science & Engineering Festival is the only national science
festival, and where else would you hold a national festival? For example, a
regional Festival like the San Diego Science Festival might have two or
three local universities participate. We have 125 nationwide
universities. All of the major professional societies are in D.C. All
of the government science agencies are here. All our exhibitors want to come
to D.C. to get in front of their congressional representatives and agency
leads.”
The
information to be found at this event has the potential to change our political
conversation about science- private space travel astronauts will meet and greet
the public while students participate in electric car contests. Scientists and
Engineers will answer questions about their work, generating interest in science
related jobs.The mission of the festival is to inspire the nation’s youth by
introducing them to the wonders of science, math and technology and there are
events, exhibitions and author signings to meet all age ranges. The future of
Science and Politics will be in Washington D.C. this weekend!
I’ll
be reporting from the festival by updating this post, my science blog and
Twitter with photos, interviews and video- but the amount of interesting
information that can be found at the Festival is limitless! That’s why I want help planning my trip- take a look at the exhibits and
performances planned and let me know what YOU want me to attend! Don’t have
time for all of that? Just tell me what scientific subjects you want to see
more about; like “Space Travel”, “Environmental Issues” or “Crazy futuristic
cyborg stuff”, and I’ll bring you everything I can find from the fest!
This
post will be featured in Current Science all weekend, so check it out for upcoming
videos and interviews! {current.com/science}
On
Twitter, and use the hashtags #scifest and #sciencetime to follow updates and photos!If
you are interested, it’s not too late to go! The event is completely free and
all the information is on their website- if you are going to be there, let me
know so we can meet up! Otherwise I hope you will virtually participate in this
event with me, as science is very important to our nation’s development, our
earth’s sustainability and our future in the universe!
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