Science: From the Everyday to the Extraordinary

Science: From the Everyday to the Extraordinary

By Harvard and Princeton Holiday Science Lecture

Overview

Join us for the 2025 Holiday Lecture for families! Participate in fun scientific demonstrations featuring origami and bubbles. Free!

What is different between a soap bubble in air and a bubble in liquid?

How is folding an origami crane like closing an umbrella?

What do windmills and bicycles have in common?


Bring your family to this year’s Holiday Lecture for kids. Discover how everyday objects like bubbles and origami inspire scientific breakthroughs in health, energy, and technology. Enjoy hands-on experiments, interactive demonstrations, and activities that reveal how scientists explore the world. Recommended for children ages 7 and up. Children receive a free T-shirt.


Two lecture times - choose one!

10am - 11am

1pm - 2pm

Category: Science & Tech, Science

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Highlights

  • 4 hours
  • In person

Location

McDonnell Hall

70 County Road 526

Princeton, NJ 08540

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Dec 6 · 10:00 AM EST