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presents:
3rd Annual Faraday's Holiday Event
Michael Faraday began a tradition of giving a lecture for children on Christmas Eve in 1827. He would show
the children various experiments that he had been working on during the year at a time when education for
young people was scarce. Many of the basic discoveries that Faraday made, make the technologies we use
today possible.
Press Release 
Third Annual Faraday's Holiday Event
December 27, 2010
Keynote Speaker: Jens Trauntvein, ATK
The Third Annual Faraday's Holiday Event will be held Tuesday, 27 December 2011 at the Whittier
Center 290 North 400 East, Logan, UT beginning at 6:30 pm, with the Keynote Speaker at 7:00 pm in the gym. This year we will be adding
Stellarium presentaions into the mix. This year we are partnering with Firehouse
Pizzeria in Logan as part of our fundraising efforts. If you bring in one of the fliers to Firehouse on Wednesday, 28 December 2011,
they will donate a portion of the proceeds to the StarHouse Discovery Center.
2010 Time Table:
- 6:30 Doors Open, Stellarium Presentation in Pink Room
- 7:00 Keynote Speaker - Jens Trauntvein, ATK
- 7:15 Home Science Demo - Neil Dabb
- 7:30 Reception & Booths
- 8:00 Stellarium Presentation in Pink Room
- 8:30 Clean up
2011 Booths:
- USDA Forage & Range Research Laboratory
- USU's Get Away Special team
- Campbell Scientific
- Radio Club
- TBD
- Telescopes (outside, weather permitting)
Suggested Donation:
- Kids under 12: $.50
- Teens 12 - 18: $1
- Adults over 18: $2
- Stellarium Presentations: as desired
additional donations accepted
Home Science Demo:
- This year's demo is still TBD. Check bacck soon for more information.
- Last year's demonstration was electricity experiments you can do at home with the extra LEDs that come in the new
Christmas light sets.
- 2009's demonstration was on flourescent lights & electricity with oranges.
StarHouse Discovery Center presented a Faraday-type event on December 29, 2009 at 7:00 pm. Over 80 people came, mostly children and their
families. They greatly enjoyed hearing Don Lind speak about some of his experiences as an astronaut, but an even bigger hit was the
opportunity to try out some of the electricity experiments for themselves, as well as participate in the hands-on activities brought by
local students (both high-school and college) and professionals. We also made it onto the front page of the Herald Journal on Thursday, 31 December 2009. What a
way to end the year!
The Second Annual Faraday's Holiday Event was held Tuesday, 28 December 2010 at the Whittier
Center 290 North 400 East, Logan, UT beginning at 6:30 pm, with the Keynote Speaker, USU Physics Professor Shane Larson, at 7:00 pm.
Once again, it was a success, with a larger crowd than last year, and everyone had fun. A special thanks to Macey's for donating the
refreshments.
2009 Booths:
- USDA Forage & Range Research Laboratory
- USU's Get Away Special team
- Germatics Puppets
- Cache Valley Stargazers
- Campbell Scientific
- USU Space Dynamics Laboratory
- Intech CHS FIRST Robotics Team
- Telescopes (outside, weather permitting)
2010 Booths:
- USU's Get Away Special team
- Paper Airplanes
- USDA Forage & Range Research Laboratory
- Glass star pictures
- Campbell Scientific
- Marcy Skinner - Author of A Crack in the Night -
Story Express
- American West Heritage Center
- ATK
- Intech CHS FIRST Robotics Team
- Flare
- Radio Controled cars
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