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The ACS Science Tent will be back at the Illinois State Fair in 2024!

March 28, 2024 —

We'll be back in 2024! A number of Illinois schools have stepped up and agreed to send some of their students to the Fair to help out in our science tent.

Due to the increasing difficulty of finding enough volunteers to adequately support our science tent, the science tent committee made the hard decision not to participate in the Illinois State Fair in 2023, rather than offer less than our best experience to our guests. However, we will be back at the Fair in 2024. Please join us!

January 1,, 2023 —

Our science tent had another successful year at the Illinois State Fair in 2022.  We had taken steps to open up our tent and make it less crowded and safer for all of us. Our science demonstrations were again performed on our "front lawn", in the open air, as an additional safety precaution. A big thanks to Frank, our master of demonstrations.

Our wonderful "cube puzzle" was still on our front lawn to challenge our visitors.  For most of the week, the weather was a pleasantly low 80 degrees.  Please enjoy some of our photos from our activities at the Fair..

The "cube"

This is a very rewarding activity and a chance to meet new colleagues while reaching out to the public. We will need demonstrators, individuals willing to help with hands-on activities and individuals who are a jack-of-all-trades.  We can train you.  Come for a shift, or for the day, or participate for several days.  We provide free parking and admission to the Fair for our volunteers.  There are nearby reasonably priced hotels, motels and campgrounds for accommodations during the Fair.  If you do join us, please bring a bottle of water, a hat, and lots of sunscreen.

Conservation World, where our tent is located, will be open from 10 AM to 7 PM each day in 2024. 

Here's some helpful maps.  We have been in about the same place since 2016.

Most of the experiments that we perform at the tent and many more may be found on our Resources for Educators page.

Check out our daily update of our activities at the Fair.

Flash DriveAll volunteers that helped us at the Fair were given a flash drive as a token of our appreciation. 

Information for our visitors at the Fair:

 

Please help:  If we are to continue to have a tent at the Fair, we really need donations and volunteers.  Whatever you can do to help will be appreciated.

 

Here are the links to:


Photos from the 2022 Fair

Photos from Previous Years:

 

A consortium of Illinois Sections of the American Chemical Society is hosting a booth at the Illinois State Fair.   We are presenting a variety of exciting chemistry demonstrations and hands-on activities suitable for young students, as well as an interactive simple chemistry quiz.  Literature is available on environmental issues, lists of educational resources, and ACS activities for students, science teachers, and the general public.  Packets of information, and a CPDU credit, are offered to teachers visiting our booth.

Where is our tent?  Here are some maps to help you find your way.  Conservation World is in the north-west corner of the Fairgrounds.  Local weather near the Fairgrounds.

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