Interactive Science Booths
Discover about 20 hands-on booths highlighting Caltech's latest science and engineering. Try the demos, chat with student researchers, and feel the thrill of real discovery. All booths are located in Beckman Mall; see the full lineup below.
Organizers: Kayane Dingilian
Available Time: 10-2 pm
Activities: Food and kitchen chemistry
Organizers: Ethan Lin, Alex Xu
Available Time: 10-2 pm
Activities: Flame Test/Dry Ice Balloon
Organizers: Naiara Munich
Available Time: 10-1 pm
Activities: Build-your-own battery demo
Organizers: Florence Müller, Stavik Verma, Raj Mukkamala, Rohit Srikanth
Available Time: 10-2 pm
Activities: Oobleck shear-thickening, Magic leaf, Alginate hydrogel
Organizers: Amin Tajik
Available Time: 10-2 pm
Activities: Strawberry DNA extraction
Organizers: Jieyu Zheng, Leo Li (Neurotechers)
Available Time: 10–12 am, 1–2 pm
Activities: Neuroscience outreach demos
Organizers: WOW! That's STEM
Available Time: 10-1 pm
Activities: Cell Membrane Bubble Lab
Organizers: Jocelyn
Available Time: 10-2 pm
Activities: Teach students about NASA missions and lead hands-on NASA STEM activities
Organizers: Rodion, Khyathi Komalan, Sameer, Arameh Masoumi
Available Time: 10-2 pm
Activities: Games, puzzles, abstract math painting
Organizers: Audrey Washington (Cushing Lab)
Available Time: 10-2 pm
Activities: Cyanotype sun prints
Organizers: Lan Dang, Henry Gebhardt
Available Time: 10-2 pm
Activities: Mars helicopter, rovers, Lunar Trailblazer, hands-on STEM
Organizers: Sophie Bini
Available Time: 10-2 pm
Activities: Mars helicopter, rovers, Lunar Trailblazer, hands-on STEM
Organizers: Tynan Ochse
Available Time: 10-2 pm
Activities: AoPS & Beast Academy puzzles, games, and hard problems
Organizers: Donny Lu & Caltech Robotics Team
Available Time: 10-12 pm
Activities: Robotics showcase & education
Organizers: Jessica Gonzalez, Adele Payman
Available Time: 10-2 pm
Activities: Plasma demos, EM activities
Organizers: Myles Sherman
Available Time: 10-2 pm
Activities: Neutron star sounds, radio interferometer demo
Organizers: Nick Hutzler
Available Time: 10-2 pm
Activities: Diffraction, fluorescence, spectrometers
Organizers: Asbed Paloulian & Sandy Fung
Available Time: 10-2 pm
Activities: STEAM activities & library outreach
Organizers: Pallavi Panda (Glover Lab)
Available Time: 10-2 pm
Activities: Demonstration of using fruitfly as a model, microscopes, showing mutant flies