NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

All activities 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. unless noted otherwise

Image above: Learn about NASA science in new and exciting ways with exhibits like the Magic Planet. Credit: NASA

Public Readings

• 12:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Environmental poetry readings by Jay Paul, CNU English professor and poet, in the Studio Theater
  
  
• 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Children’s Literature Readings by CNU students, in the Amphitheater
  
  
  
  

Hands-on Activities

• What’s your carbon footprint? Calculate your greenhouse gas emissions and learn how to make small changes to reduce it.
• Solar telescope
• Weather station with weather balloon demonstrations
• Color change bead craft for children
• Peninsula Fine Arts Center’s giant canvas: Add your artwork for children
• Postcards from Space: Get your picture taken “in space” and take home a postcard
• Magic Planet: 3-D Earth projection on a globe
• My NASA DATA and S’COOL: How can you use NASA data in your life? Are you an amateur meteorologist? You can do a cloud observation with NASA scientists.
• Podcast kiosk: Choose a NASA podcast and take it home.

Image above: EarthFest includes activities for adults and children of all ages. Credit: NASA

Exhibits

• Science Serving Society: Learn how NASA puts science to use in everyday life
• Hampton Roads Climate Change: as measured by student interns at NASA
• Ozone Demystified: Good ozone protects us from the sun’s ultraviolet rays. Bad ozone destroys crops. Learn how and why! Take home some wildflower seeds for your garden.
• NASA Langley's Contributions to Green Technologies: Learn what your local NASA facility is doing to help save our environment
• NASA Aeronautics: An investment in America's Future. Learn how NASA helps make flying safer, more efficient and less polluting.
• Other exhibits include Insects, Chemistry Show, Fish and Aquatic Environment, Marshland Restoration Project, Water-Level Measurements in Marshlands, Pollution Prevention, Light Bulb Comparisons, Geology and Mineral Resources of Virginia, Tree Ring Display