| Beekeeping! | We all know that pollinators are important! Come learn about bees and beekeeping: How long do bees live? How many eyes do bees have? What happens to bees in the winter? |
| Bettendorf Police Department | We will measure how fast you can throw a baseball. You can also check out the seatbelt convincer (weather depending) outside. |
| BHS Conservation & Science Clubs | Create an enclosed terrarium for a snail. Check out chemistry and physics demonstrations such as the ping-pong cannon and inertia wheel. |
| Building Futures: Explore Career Management Opportunities | Russell is more than builders. They create remarkable structures and vibrant communities. Their construction management team plays a pivotal role in turning visions into reality, managing projects from groundbreaking to completion. |
| Chemistry With SAU | Try your hand at fun chemistry experiments with chemistry professors and students from the St. Ambrose University Chemistry Department! |
| Girl Scouts | Join the fun in the Girl Scouts slime lab. |
| Illowa Council Cub Scouts | Fire Science: Learn about basic fire safety and starting a fire with flint and steel. Starting a fire requires three essential elements known as the “fire triangle”: fuel, oxygen, and heat. |
| Instrument Petting Zoo | Experience the world of musical instruments and see the endless possibilities through music! |
| John Deere Manufacturing | Try your skill with a Virtual Reality Welding Simulator |
| Math Puzzles | Create designs, challenge yourself to find the way through a maze or take on a family member in a game. Fun for all ages! |
| Metronet: Fiber Optic Fun | Learn how fiber strands work to prove optic internet and how light signals travel through it to deliver internet service to our customers homes. |
| Mississippi River Navigation and Locks and Dams | Come to learn about Mississippi River Navigation and Locks and Dams. |
| Mural Painting | Stop by and see how Bettendorf Middle School art teacher, Ms. McLeod, is painting a mural in the school office. |
| Parker Audiology The World of Wax | Video Otoscopy, discussion of infection control and older kids can experiment flushing out fake ears and discuss infection control. |
| Physical Therapy Obstacle Course | Our physical therapy students will guide kids through obstacle courses in the gym. |
| Planetarium | BHS Planetarium will have two shows. Showtimes are 12 and 1 pm. This event is at Bettendorf High School. Please enter through the main entrance at BHS and follow the signs to the planetarium. |
| Putnam Museum and Science Center | Simplicity is key when it comes to making electricity. Discover what it takes to build a simple circuit in this electrifying exhibit! |
| Quad Cities Clean Energy Center | Ask questions and learn about nuclear energy and how it helps our communities. |
| Quad City Steamwheelers “How to throw a spiral” | Learn how to throw a spiral with the QC Steamwheelers. The Steamwheeler dancers will also teach how to perform a perfect spin. |
| Raptors of Iowa | Join Naturalist/Director Dave Murcia of the Wapsi River Center of Scott County Conservation and learn about our natural world of raptors, including live birds of prey! |
| Robotics with HNI | Learn about robots as well and the problem resolution and product design processes of engineering. Try your skill in a robotic challenge. |
| Science Applied to Life by 3M | Learn how science applies to life and take home hands-on experiments that teach you how the world is put together. |
| Screen Printing | Screen print the STEAM Expo logo on a plastic bag. |
| Sensational Seeds | Explore the wide wonderful world of seeds, the differences in how they travel, and what they need to get growing! |
| Spin Art with the Figge | Use markers to blend colors to learn about centrifugal force with tabletop spin art. |
| St. AmbroseCenter for Health Sciences Education | Learn about the work of the St. Ambrose Center for Health Sciences Education. |
| STEAM @ the Bettendorf Public Library | Hands-on activity created on a laser engraver. Check out information available on the other STEAM-related programming and services. |
| The Adventures of Veterinary Medicine | Join us for an inside look at the day-to-day adventures of a small animal vet clinic from administering vaccines to radiology to general anesthesia. Look at specimens under the microscope and wear lead suits to take X-rays. |
| University of Iowa Health Care | Experience the medical field through hands-on activities led by medical students from the University of Iowa! |
| Watershed Education | Learn about Scott County watersheds, ways to help/improve our watersheds, and a watershed display to show how runoff can affect the watersheds! |
| Wild About Woodpeckers | Learn about woodpeckers and their adaptations for obtaining food in the wild. Create a woodpecker beak and see if your creation can gather seed out of the bird feeder! |
| Write More Light Into Your Life | Out-of-the-box, interactive storytelling activities and opportunities for young people including prompts, bookmaking, fortune telling, performance, and writing. |
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