MC to host 2,100 students for Science Extravaganza

Whether they participate in engineering’s rocket launch or try on the Police Department’s “Drunk Glasses,” the students at MC’s Science Extravaganza will learn that science is fun.

On Friday, April 13, from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., approximately 2,100 6th graders from area schools will come to Midland College for exposure to the excitement of science and math. Exhibitors will present hands-on demonstrations, experiments and exhibits.

Exhibitors/demonstrators in this year's Science Extravaganza will include the Midland Police Department, the Midland Fire Marshall, the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, McDonald Observatory, Sibley Nature Center, Texas Tech University Engineering Department, Museum of the Southwest, Midland ISD's Early College High School and Midland BHigh School, Citi-Bank and the Midland College Departments of Geology, Respiratory Care, Mathematics, Anthropology, Physics, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling, Chemistry, Biology, Nursing and Engineering.

The young participants will learn at MC’s Science Extravaganza that science is fun. Science Extravaganza also gives Midland College students and faculty — who will be facilitating many of the exhibits — a chance to give back to the Midland community and its youth.

Students will arrive in three 2-hour shifts from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.; 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.; and from 1:00 -3:00 p.m. Exhibits will be staged at the Abell-Hanger Science Faculty Building (AHSF), the Fox Science Building (FSB) and on the lawn of the Davidson Family Health Sciences Building (DFHS).

For more information, please call Dr. Margaret Wade at (432) 685-4615.