35th Science Night

October 16, 2026

5:00pm - 8:00pm

Free Parking & Admission

The CR Cafe & Food Lab will be open and serving meals with kid friendly options available, including Jersey Scoops ice cream (served from the Food Lab).

Eureka Main Campus
7351 Tompkins Hill Rd Eureka, CA

LEARN

What’s Fun in Science, Math & Technology

SEE

Demonstrations & Experiments

PARTICIPATE

In Hands-on Activities for All Ages

MEET

Faculty, Staff and Students

Schedule of Activities

Schedule of events (PDF)

Room/Location	Presentation Title	Description	Age Group
Field behind Science	Trebuchet	Enjoy the pure fun of watching pumpkins fly from a medieval siege engine that uses gravitational energy to launch projectiles. A BIG THANK YOU to Forbusco Lumber Company for bringing the Trebuchet back to life!	All Ages
SC-102	Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes!	Make and attach clay muscles to skeletons and explore a digital human body on our Anatomage table!	All Ages
SC-102	Follow Your Heart: The Science of a Heartbeat	Explore how the heart functions by listening through stethoscopes, measuring with blood pressure cuffs, and recording with pulse oximeters. We will have heart models and posters alongside these activities to see what incredible structures allow the heart to beat thousands of times per hour!	Ages 3–11
SC-104	Critters in a Dish	Look at live animals under the microscope.	All Ages
SC-108	STEM Demos for All Ages	Join us for hands-on, experimental STEM activities, such as fire tornados, dry ice bubbles, and a Van de Graaff generator. Learn new science experiments that inspire and amaze! Presented by current Academy of the Redwoods high school students and staff.	All Ages
Picnic tables beside Science & the old Café facing the pond	Magic Bubbles with 4-H	Magic Bubbles is a 4-H workshop that provides hand-on science! Youth will get to make and test hypotheses to figure out what makes the biggest bubble.	Ages 3–11
Quad between SC & HU	Bubble Fun in the Quad	We will provide showers of various sizes of bubbles for you to enjoy. Pop away as the supply of bubbles is never ending.	All Ages
Quad between SC & HU	Phun with Physics	Phun with Physics: Hands-on fun with science! Shoot giant smoke ring cannons, build and launch stomp rockets, make water dance in the vibrating dragon bowl, float balls in the air with giant Bernoulli blowers and more!	All Ages
Quad between SC & HU	Tool Box Puzzle - Challenge your Brain!	Challenge your brain, problem solving skills, and have fun with hands-on puzzles from the Humboldt Math Festival.	All Ages
HU-114	Wikipedia Speedrunning	As seen on YouTube, Wikipedia Speedrunning is a game where players go from one Wikipedia page to another page as quickly as possible using only the internal links of the page. CR librarians will set up single player and multiplayer contests and approach Wikipedia's role in information seeking in a fun way.	Ages 12+
HU-125	Fintastic Fish Prints	Discover science with Gyotaku fish prints! Fresh specimens and fish molds will be used!	All Ages
HU-127	Anthocyanin is Halochromic (aka Painting with pH)	Paper will be dyed with anthocyanin (purple dye extracted from cabbage leaves), then people will paint with clear solutions of varying pH, which will change the paper color.	All Ages
HU-207	Community Sierpinski Pyramid	Come join in on this collaborative project! Add a special element to a Sierpinski Pyramid made from members of our local community and get a glimpse of the wonderful world of fractal art!	All Ages
HU-210	Ride the Virtual Reality Roller Coaster		Ages 6–12+
HU-213	Insects of Humboldt	Explore my collection of over 500 local species of insects while I share the stories they tell us about our ecosystem!	All Ages
HU-214	Calling all Cybersecurity Sleuths - Catch that Thief!	Catch that thief! Use cybersecurity techniques to uncover hackers' tracks and break their secret codes.	Ages 6–12+
HU-215	Chess and Other Cerebral Challenges	Play chess. Or test your wits on challenging puzzles. Try an online number game called PrimeAll.	Ages 6–12+
Round-about near Old Admin	Ambulance Tours	Come meet the current 2026-2027 Paramedic Class! Join us for a fun and exciting Ambulance Observation Tour designed especially for kids! Participants will get a behind-the-scenes look at an ambulance, learn about the equipment EMTs and paramedics use, and discover how emergency responders help people in need. Children will have the opportunity to explore the ambulance, ask questions, learn basic safety tips, and gain a better understanding of how emergency medical services keep our communities safe.	All Ages
LRC-102	Rest and Relax Room	Kids and their parents can come in for coloring, story time, and popcorn.	All Ages
AT-106	Adventures In Astronomy	Demonstrations of astronomical phenomena and activities for students. Opportunities to observe astronomical objects through telescopes.	Ages 6-12+
AT-108	Jersey Scoops Inside Out Ice Cream	Ice cream is made by essentially combining the four states of matter. Watch and learn about how ice cream is made and get to taste some incredible locally sourced ice cream! Same presentation we have done in the past	All Ages
AT-127	Geomatics Spooky Scavenger Hunt!	Welcome to our spooky scavenger hunt! Here we will offer a spooky spin on Geocaching. Our Geomatics students will work together to map secret locations for our scavenger hunt using GPS, create fun 'clues' for the secret spots, and take our audience on a GPS informed scavenger hunt! We will also have small goodie bags for folks that participate in our spooky scavenger hunt.	Ages 9–12+
AT-127	Forestry BeLEAF It or Not!	Explore tree cones and leaves, maps, and ATVs. Hands-on activities for all ages. Visit stations to learn about the science behind forests. I can have a job where I spend the day hiking in the trees with my dog? BeLeaf it or not!	Ages 6–12+
AT-128	Natural History Museum Reptiles and Science Activities	The Natural History Museum will bring a variety of reptiles to view and touch as well as offer some additional science base activities	All Ages
AT-129	Balloon Powered Race Car	Build your own balloon powered race car to take home!	All Ages
SS/Boardroom	Operation: Safe Landing	Can you design a parachute that gives a toy soldier a safe, slow landing? At Operation: Safe Landing! young engineers will use tissue paper, string, tape, and a toy soldier to build and test their own miniature parachute. Experiment with different sizes and shapes, then see whose design floats the longest during our drop test. This hands-on activity introduces gravity, air resistance, design, and creative problem-solving.	All Ages
TH/Theater	Chemistry Magic Show	Chemistry demonstrations that look like magic! SHOWTIMES: 5:30pm, 6:30pm, 7:30pm	All Ages

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