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Free Friday Night Fun: NanoDays @ Night!

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Date: 
June 29, 2012
Time: 
4:30 - 8:30
Location: 
Children's Discovery Museum and Science Discovery Museum
Ages Range: 
All Ages
Cost: 
Free with Admission
Program Description: 
Join us for a free special program, NanoDays@Night, part of the NanoDays™ nationwide festival of educational programs of hands-on nanoscale science and engineering activities. See nano gold, make a DNA necklace, change the color of a butterfly’s wings, play I Spy Nano, and more! Find the nano in your everyday life and learn why scientists and engineers hope nanotechnology can solve problem from energy efficiency to medicine.   Join us every Friday night this summer with free admission from 4:30 to 8:30 pm. Explore the museums at night and picnic under the stars! Bring a picnic dinner or purchase food from the Chef on Wheels grill: burgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, pretzels and slushies. We will gratefully accept donations to the Acton Food Pantry.   NanoDays activities were developed with support from the NISE Network, using funding from the National Science Foundation. Free Friday Night Fun is sponsored by MathWorks and Middlesex Savings Bank, with additional support from Emerson Hospital.

 

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