Proposal: QUINCY DAY AT THE CAMBRIDGE SCIENCE FESTIVAL, 2015

QUINCY DAY

AT THE CAMBRIDGE SCIENCE FESTIVAL:

INITIAL DRAFT OF A PROPOSAL FOR 2015

 

BACKGROUND:    Cambridge Science Festival has been going on for a number of years now during school vacation week in April.  This year it was April 18-17.  It has grown to the point where 12 other cities and towns participate, including Somerville, Leominster, Groton, Acton, Burlington, Belmont, Sudbury and Worcester to the north and west; Boston; and West Barnstable, Brewster and now Quincy (Quincy College and its new biotechnology lab) to the south.  One of the most popular weeks of the year for visitors, you can look at www.cambridgesciencefestival.org to see the scope of activities for all.

PROPOSAL: How about next year we have Quincy Day at the Cambridge Science Festival?  My own main interest is physics, and there are many other sciences we could feature, too.  There could be several activities at each site.  Here are just a few suggestions so far:

ACTIVITY IDEAS:

Something to do with the science of boating at a yacht club or at the       community boating in Houghs Neck or Blacks Creek (as in photo);

  

How a tide mill operates, at Souther Tide Mill;

Maybe the aquarium at the shipyard would participate;

The rosebush that Abigail Adams planted at Peace field;

The Inclined Plane at the quarries  (great site for simple machine activities);

Fly kites at the beach;        

Physics and geometry of gymnastics at the high school gym;

Playground:  label the slide with physics involved (gravity, energy, friction); label the swings, too (the physics of pumping, 3 laws of motion).  The Boston Museum of Science has this in its permanent exhibit Science in the Park.

KIDS COULD ASSIST IN DESIGNING AND RUNNING SOME EVENTS.

TRANSPORTATION:    On your own, or the trolleys to ferry people around. 

These are just initial thoughts.  I would love to hear from you.

Kathy Hogan     kathydulleahogan@aol.com    sportscience-kathy.blogspot.com     617.773.5673