Canada's Largest Science Event to Captivate Millions

World-leading scientists come face-to-face with the public, May 11, 2013. Be There!

REGINA, May 9, 2013 /CNW/ - Science Rendezvous, Canada's national science festival is bigger and better than ever.

This Saturday over 2,000 of Canada's greatest innovators, researchers, engineers, and scientists, from 80 partner organizations will open their doors and close city streets to present exciting demonstrations, hands-on activities, and explosive experiments.

Sparking the curiosity of young minds, Science Rendezvous has something for the whole family from the chemistry of ice cream to the physics of rock and roll.

Science Rendezvous is truly an iconic national event. Across Canada, there will be experiments and activities for the kids, lectures for the adults, and interactive demonstrations for people of all ages. It's all FREE!

Science Rendezvous at the University of Regina
Join us at the University of Regina for live science shows, hands-on experiments, and tours through state-of-the-art research labs in the Research and Innovation Centre.

Exhibits at Science Rendezvous will include:

• High School Science Quiz Competition
• Jet Bike Show - Newton's third law in action
• Gray's Anatomy - eye-opening experience in tissues, bones, brains, and stem cells
• Magic Chemistry Show - amazingly entertaining
• Science of Cooking and Food Show - learn how science can improve your cooking
• Air Cart - SCUBA tank powered cart
• DNA Isolation Challenge - extract DNA from fruits and vegetables
• Glow Germs - germs are everywhere!
• Making Ice-cream - using nothing but science
• Bottle Rockets - aim high and shoot

What: Science Rendezvous, a free public festival
When: Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 11:00am to 3:00pm
Where: The University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway

http://www.sciencerendezvous.ca/2013/regina/
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