Other fun ways to experience science

Visit the Burke Museum for one of their fun hands on learning days:






Dino Days March 5th 9-4 http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/events/index.php http://vimeo.com/10292552 and several other events throughout the year.

Watch the Robotics Competition at QWest Field on March 18th and 19th
http://www.firstwa.org/

Visit the UW Engineering Department's Discovery Days in April
http://www.engr.washington.edu/alumcomm/openhouse.html

Plant some Sunflowers and help scientists track the bee population http://www.greatsunflower.org/









Play a game or let your home computer help science:













Fold It, a game that helps scientists analyze the structure of protiens

http://fold.it/portal/info/science#whygame or use your computer to help when you aren't using it with Rosetta@Home http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/







Free Rice, fun quizzes on science, math, geography and vocabulary that also help donate food to World Food Programme to help fight hunger.


http://www.freerice.com/category


Have your computer help with the search for Extraterrestrial life when you aren't using it with








Seti@Home http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/















Learn about Watson, the IBM computer that won on Jeopardy!


http://www-03.ibm.com/innovation/us/watson/what-is-watson/index.html