The participants held snakes, watched chemical reactions and played matches at the fourth Kansas Science Festival in Manhattan on Saturday
The president of the event board of directors, Alina de la Mota-Peynado, said that it was the first time that the festival has taken place entirely inside the Manhattan public library.
“Over the past three years, it has been a street festival,” she said. “Last year, in particular, there was a storm during the festival, so we had to pack it together. We have always had presenters at the library, and the library was an excellent partner for us. ”
Many K-State departments were on site to present demonstrations and experiences.
K -state teacher from K state, Loretta Johnson, made a presentation on the local grasses of the meadows, showing how to grow meadow plants in the garden. She gave plant samples so that the participants to bring home.
A & H Farm has brought a handful of farm animals, including rabbits and a goat child.
The event also included participants from all over Kansas.
Sarah Lam, a doctorate. The candidate of the University of Kansas represented Rocks & Rockets, a basic group.
“We are launching on Alka Seltzer Rockets, showing microscopes and all kinds of rocks,” she said.
Several displays of meadow animals were available for the participants with whom to interact, including certain skins and examples of taxidermia. Jackie Lingle of Milford Nature Center spoke of some of the region’s snakes.
“Those here would be the wooden crack snake,” she said. “We also have a copper that they can find. They are not a bell snake, so that one, you pay attention to the motif of your body and its color.”
Ethan Denk, with the Mammalian division, BiorePository, brought a collection of taxilated mammals and local animals, including porcoppeckers. A biorepository is a library of samples and fabrics for scientific research.
“We have pigs -eps here in Kansas and in all of North America,” he said. “You just don’t see them very often, because they like to be up to trees.”
Christina Lyons works with the training possibilities of Kansas child care and organized an exhibition to demonstrate the amount of iron present in breakfast cereals.
“Children use magnetic wands to find iron that has been dissolved in water, fog or in whole pieces,” she said.
Not all presenters have provided experience or demonstration.
Eleanor Braynock with the Society of Women Engineers of K-State was part of an exhibition demonstrating the contributions of women both to science and engineering.
“We are here to simply inspire children and anyone of all ages to enter science and engineering and show them the different ways they can be involved,” she said.
Halfway through the festival, Mad Science of Kansas City has demonstrated from chemistry to physics. “Radiant” Randy Holt called the organization “EDUTAINTION”, combining the sciences of education and entertainment for children.
The day included a number of children’s and family activities.
Kansas Science Festival should have another event on May 4 in Hays, the first of its kind in this city.