Sac: UC Davis NeuroFest at MOSAC (Oct 2)
Special Homeschool Day at MOSAC!
Each ticket includes:
- Access to all neurointeractive booths
- Tickets to one out-of-this-world planetarium experience
- Exploration of our 20,000 square feet of interactive museum exhibits at your own pace
- Curiosity carts
- Hands-on experiences with MOSAC staff
- Science stage shows
**UC Davis NeuroFest booths will include:**
- **𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗭𝗼𝗼:** See and touch real brains from a variety of species.
- **𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲:** Marvel at the incredible structure and beauty of neurons.
- **𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗿𝗺: 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸-𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲:** Test your precision and dexterity as you take control of a robotic arm and claw and race to stack blocks.
- **𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗗𝗡𝗔: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:** Dive into the building blocks of genetics with a sweet, hands-on experiment. Participants will extract DNA from a strawberry using household chemicals.
- **𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴:** Discover how your eyes and brain team up to shape what you see! Explore classic illusions like bending straws, tricky lines, and hidden dots. Sometimes, seeing isn’t believing!
- **𝗣𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝘁!:** Make your own NeuroFest at MOSAC pin button.
- **𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀: 𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗻!:** Make awesome neuro crafts to take home.
- **𝗠𝘆𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝘇𝗲:** Embark on an electrifying adventure, where your arm becomes the joystick, guiding a robotic ball through a captivating labyrinth.
- **𝗠𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆:** Break some eggs while learning about helmet safety.
- **𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗮𝘂𝗿 𝗘𝗘𝗚:** Control the movements of the dinosaur through muscle artifacts (jaw clenches, eye movements) as it jumps and ducks past obstacles through the desert.
- **𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀:** See a 3D-printed brain model with LEDs that light up red or green when metal rods are placed in different regions, simulating deep brain stimulation.
October 2 | 10am - 2pm
Museum of Science and Curiosity (400 Jibboom St.,Sacramento)
