Science Saturday – POP Goes the Roll Mill

Science Saturday – POP Goes the Roll Mill

NEXT DATE:   |  1 to 4 p.m.  |  
category: Family Programs, Science Saturdays  |  location: Workers' Hill

Learn how and why things explode and build a structure that will control the direction of an explosion. Visitors of all ages are invited to discover solutions to science and engineering challenges. This is a drop-in activity, feel free to join the fun at any time from 1 to 4 p.m. Activities are included in admission and free to members. Use Hagley’s main entrance off Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware.

 

Science Saturdays are presented by

Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP

 

 

Hagley thanks our corporate partners for their support.

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