Be a Scientist
Get inspired to see science in your everyday life and ignite your passion for STEAM careers with our Be a Scientist series. These events have featured thrilling experiences like conversations with real NASA astronauts and scientists, test driving soap box derby cars, tours of the Franklin County Morgue, baking bagels, building rockets, and much more. Join us for exciting, hands-on science adventures that will spark your curiosity and inspire your future!
Upcoming events:
Do you have what it takes to work on Ohio's only national forest? Put your...
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Date & Time
April 30, 2025
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Providing community members, high school age and above, an opportunity to tour the Forensic Science...
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Date & Time
April 30, 2025
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The Village of Lockbourne invites you to join us for a celebration of the 200th...
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Date & Time
April 30, 2025
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Test drive a Soap Box Derby racing car down Derby Hill at Big Run Park....
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Date & Time
April 30, 2025
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Join The Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) for an...
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Date & Time
April 30, 2025
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Did you know that each resident in Franklin County averages 4 to 5 pounds of...
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Date & Time
April 30, 2025
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Join us for a STEAMtacular week at The Works! From invention, to the moon, to...
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Date & Time
April 30, 2025
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Prepare for S.T.E.A.M. success and boost computational thinking with spatial reasoning and awareness kits. Watch...
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Date & Time
April 30, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Join us at COSI's Science Week for an electrifying tour of Ohio State's Buckeye Solar...
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Date & Time
April 30, 2025
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Providing community members, high school age and above, an opportunity to tour the Forensic Science...
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Date & Time
April 30, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Did you know that each resident in Franklin County averages 4 to 5 pounds of...
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Date & Time
April 30, 2025
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Families will once again celebrate the COSI Science Festival with a Passport Nature Scavenger Hunt...
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Date & Time
April 30, 2025
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discover how engineering and medicine work together to change lives! Design your own assistive devices...
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Date & Time
April 30, 2025
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Families with students in grades K-8—prepare for an unforgettable evening of hands-on STEM excitement on...
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Date & Time
April 30, 2025
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Be a scientist! Learn to use iNaturalist to record scientific observations and then set out...
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Date & Time
April 30, 2025
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Do you have what it takes to work on Ohio's only national forest? Put your...
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Date & Time
May 1, 2025
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Providing community members, high school age and above, an opportunity to tour the Forensic Science...
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Date & Time
May 1, 2025
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Test drive a Soap Box Derby racing car down Derby Hill at Big Run Park....
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Date & Time
May 1, 2025
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
3,2,1, BLASTOFF! Come learn all about rockets by launching your own bottle rocket with Grandview...
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Date & Time
May 1, 2025
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Can your egg survive the ultimate drop? Join Plain City Parks & Recreation for an...
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Date & Time
May 1, 2025
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm