Homewood Science Center hosted its first public science event Saturday, May 21, in conjunction with Homewood Rail Fest.
PopUp Science included tinkering activities that provided an opportunity to learn a little engineering and some physics, including rubberband-powered cars and balloon racers. It was a bigger version of activities sponsored by the center at summer events last year.
The Think Tank, a mobile neuroscience display from the University of Chicago, was on hand, with two students and a UC graduate ready to answer questions and help patrons learn about the brain and how it works.