COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The rain did not dampen the fun at COSI's 'Big Science Celebration'. Saturday marked the final day of the 7th annual festival.
NBC4 is a proud sponsor of the four-day event that kicked off Wednesday. The family-friendly hands-on experience showed central Ohioans just how fun science can be. Lots of different experiments were on display as people from near and far came together to celebrate science.
"Our mission is to improve people's lives through the transforming power of science," Michael Dennis, chief science officer at CAS, said.
New Upper Arlington coffee shop serves coffee with a causeCAS is a division of the American Chemical Society. Dennis said he wants to pay it forward for the children who may not know they're scientists yet, but are so inquisitive that they will be someday.
"Many of us are scientists and we want to excite those future scientists, those future doctors, those future engineers," Dennis said. "So that's why we think this hands-on experience is so much more tangible than something that you just read in a book or see on a screen."
The main focus of the festival was all about making science exciting and engaging regardless of your background. What set this year's Big Science Celebration apart - a moon seed was planted at COSI.
"NASA is sending its next people to the moon," Dr. Frederic Bertley, president and CEO of COSI, said. "The first woman and the first person of color and others will land on the moon. It's part of the Artemus NASA program. Well, they launched a capsule around the moon with no astronauts, but they put in seeds. And so these seeds rotated around the moon and came back to Earth."
Dr. Frederic Bertley, president and CEO of COSI, said there are only 40 moon seeds in the world which makes having a moon tree in central Ohio that much more special.
To top it off, there were several familiar faces in the crowd. Storm Team 4 meteorologists Joe Speir, Ben Gelber and Bryan Still, along with NBC4 Today anchor Monica Day took part in the fun.
"Every experience you're doing something hands on and the way your brain is wired, the neurophysiology of how we think and learn, when you touch and feel and manipulate things with your hands, it allows you to learn deeper and better," Dr. Bertley said.
People learned from hundreds of interactive science tents, showcasing everything from high-tech displays by major companies like Batelle and Honda, to creative exhibits from local small businesses and organizations.
"When you're doing it yourself, doing the experiment and it works, or you achieve whatever you try to achieve, you feel like I can do this, I can do anything," Dr. Bertley said. "And that's super inspiring as well."
The theme of this year's festival was 'United by Science'.
"It's watching the eyes and the reactions of not just the kids, but the adults," Dr. Bertley said. "Like when they have an experience, you can tell that they're so excited to be experiencing that. And that just warms your heart."
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