Saturday Science
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UW Discovery Building 330 N. Orchard St., Madison, Wisconsin 53715
press release: Kids, families and learners of all ages are invited to explore the science behind their favorite sports alongside UW student-athletes from Badgers Give Back at this month’s Saturday Science event.
“Secret Science of Sports” will be held on Saturday, February 8, at the Discovery Building from 10 a.m. to noon. The event is free and open to the public.
UW student-athletes will help participants explore a variety of hands-on stations, including doing quickness tests to measure speed, discovering what the life of student-athlete is like and learning more about fitness and health.
Bucky Badger and student-athletes from football, volleyball, soccer, crew and more will be at the event to help participants explore how the body and mind work together.
The event is part of Saturday Science, an ongoing program that helps community members connect with science in a casual atmosphere. The program typically is held on the second Saturday of each month at the Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard St. For more information, visit discovery.wisc.edu/saturdayscience.
More about Saturday Science: Saturday Science is produced by the Morgridge Institute for Research, UW–Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and sponsored by Neckerman Insurance and Chubb.
About WARF: The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) helps steward the cycle of research, discovery, commercialization and investment for the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Founded in 1925 as an independent, nonprofit foundation, WARF manages more than 1,700 patents and an investment portfolio of $2.6 billion as it funds university research, obtains patents for campus discoveries and licenses inventions to industry. For more information, visit warf.org.