Natural Science | Elementary school & under

Create a Nature Journal

Draw, learn and observe the nature around you. Join us at the ASU library to create your own nature journal. Learn how to record details about animals, shells, flowers and patterns. See items that have been brought from the library’s Naturespace, natural history collection.

Zone A: Polytechnic • Academic Center (CNTR) | Lower Level | Polytechnic Library

Engineering | Elementary school & under

Photo Booth

Bring your camera and take some awesome ASU pictures of our Future Sun Devils!

Zone B: Polytechnic • Sutton Hall (SUTON) Outdoors |

Business | Elementary school & under

Photo Booth

Say cheese! Stop by for a W. P. Carey photo op with friends and family.

Zone A: Polytechnic • Agribusiness Center (AGBC) | First Floor | Lobby

Natural Science | High school & up

The Human Body

Have you ever wondered what is inside your body? Come look at preserved animal organs and play with some interactive 3D models of the human body. Test your anatomy skills and race others at putting a skeleton together. Come and take pictures with our dressed up skeletons at our selfie station.

Zone A: Polytechnic • Santan Hall (SANTN) | Second Floor | 202

Natural Science | Elementary school & under

What's Your Type?

Fingerprinting Fun - Use a pencil and some clear tape to make fingerprints! This is a fun detective science activity because the fingerprints appear so clear and detailed.

Zone A: Polytechnic • Santan Hall (SANTN) | First Floor | 103

Student Life | Middle school

Visita Autodirigida (Español/Ingles) | (English/Spanish) Self-Guided Campus Tour

Los invitamos a conocer a ASU a través de esta visita autodirigida en español. Vamos a destacar programas, servicios y actividades que son de interés para nuestros estudiantes en cada campus ASU. | We invite you to come learn about ASU at each campus through this self-guided Spanish Tour. We will be highlighting programs, services and activities that are of interest to each campus.

Schedule: 2pm, 3pm, 4pm

Zone B: Polytechnic • Citrus Dining Pavilion (CITRS) | First Floor | 123

Natural Science | Elementary school & under

Biology: The Living World

Do animals and plants fascinate you? Come check out our collection of live animals and skeletal animal remains. Look at life in a new perspective…under a microscope! Check out different plants, animals and objects under the microscope. Be like Jack, and plant your own beanstalk to take home and watch it grow! We also have a coloring station to give the little ones a break while they color different aquatic protozoa.

Zone A: Polytechnic • Santan Hall (SANTN) | Second Floor | 201

Student Life | Middle school

Women in Science and Engineering for Middle School Students

WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) will have a table with activities related to Historical and Current Prominent Women in Science and Engineering. These activities can include a Wheel with questions, and more. We will have prizes such as stickers, candy, and more.

Zone B: Polytechnic • Student Union (UNION) | First Floor | Lobby

Engineering | High school & up

Rossum Rumblers Robotics Lab Demonstration

Rossum Rumblers Robotics is a student-run robotics club on the Polytechnic campus. We have many different robotics projects, including VEX, combat, and military robots. Come check out these robots, and get a chance to drive them yourself! We will have disc-golf playing robots and miniature combat robots (with their spinners disabled) to play with and learn from.

Zone C: Polytechnic • Simulator Building (SIM) | First Floor | 153

Engineering | High school & up

Robotics @ ASU RISE Lab

Check out all the cool robots at the Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory! From drones to robot arms - from exoskeletons to exosuits. Ask questions you have about autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, and human-robot collaboration!

Zone A: Polytechnic • Technology Center (TECH) | First Floor | 179, 183

Engineering | Elementary school & under

Human-in-Mind Engineering Research (HiMER) Lab

The Human-in-Mind Engineering Research (HiMER) lab provides local K-12 students with demonstrations and hands-on activities on human systems engineering research applications. Participants can understand how humans interact with emerging technologies, such as extended reality (XR) and computer vision, and learn how these technologies can help improve human safety and performance.

Zone C: Polytechnic • Simulator Building (SIM) | Second Floor | 231 A

Student Life | High school & up

Polytechnic Campus Tour

Take a student led tour of the Polytechnic campus. Campus tours require pre-registration at, visit.asu.edu/schedule. The campus tour is from 11:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m. Open Door starts at 1 p.m.

Schedule: 11:30 a.m.

Zone A: Polytechnic • Administration (ADMIN) Outdoors | Lobby

Art/Design | High school & up

Lights, Cameras, Action!

Special Hours: 1-3pm

Have you ever wanted to see how a slow-motion camera works? What about a thermal camera? Or maybe get a high-end studio portrait? The GIT Commercial Photo Studio and Technical Imaging Lab can show you all those things and you'll have the pictures to prove it. Whether you want to see things that happen fast, are outside of the visible spectrum, or just want the coolest selfie you've ever had for social media, come check us out one the 2nd floor in the Applied Arts Pavilion.

Zone B: Polytechnic • Applied Arts Pavilion (AAPAV) | Second Floor | 220

Engineering | Elementary school & under

Airport Traffic Control Tower Simulator

The Airport Traffic Control Tower simulator on ASU’s poly campus uses voice recognition and high resolution graphics to simulate the control tower environment. Students use the simulator to demonstrate skills in the control of air traffic on the airport surface, runways, and in the airspace surrounding the airport. The scenarios are realistic and are designed to prepare students for a career in air traffic control.

Zone C: Polytechnic • Simulator Building (SIM) | Second Floor | 264

Engineering | Middle school

Visit the IDEAlab

Learn about the design of robots through origami and folding at the IDEAlab! Stop by Tech 180 to learn how we design, build, and test mobile robots using origami and the natural world as a source of inspiration. See some of our processes in action, with a hands-on activity.

Zone A: Polytechnic • Technology Center (TECH) | First Floor | 180

Natural Science | Elementary school & under

Self Inflating Balloon

Use baking soda and vinegar to create chemical reaction that gives off gas as a product. Vinegar is a solution of acetic acid. It reacts with baking soda, sodium bicarbonate, to produce carbon dioxide gas and an aqueous solution of sodium acetate.

Zone A: Polytechnic • Santan Hall (SANTN) | Second Floor | 211

Business | Middle school

Launching Lemonade

Easy, Peasy, Lemon Squeezy! Join us to explore various aspects of a business that are needed to launch a lemonade stand.

Zone A: Polytechnic • Agribusiness Center (AGBC) | First Floor | 101

Natural Science | Elementary school & under

Bubble Festival

Come have fun with flying bubbles using the Van de Graaff. A physicist will start the Van de Graaff by building a charge. Participants can come and blow soap bubbles around it and watch what happens to those bubbles. Participants can play multiple times and have fun with flying bubbles. With the help of a physics instructor the concepts will be explained.

Zone A: Polytechnic • Santan Hall (SANTN) | Second Floor | 210

Natural Science | Elementary school & under

Making Predictions with Drops on a Penny

Which side of a penny will hold more water? Heads? Tails? How many drops of water can a penny hold?

Zone A: Polytechnic • Santan Hall (SANTN) | First Floor | 103

Engineering | Middle school

Building Cars with the Formula Electric team

We will be building and racing small electric race cars with guidance from our team's design engineers! With our experience in building a full-scale, formula-style electric vehicle, our team will provide insightful knowledge and design input for these smaller-scale cars.

Zone C: Polytechnic • Simulator Building (SIM) | First Floor | 131

Natural Science | Middle school

Flying High with Rotocopters

Learn how to make a little paper helicopter, do you know why the paper toy spins around when it falls? Try folding the blades in different directions and see how this affects the spin of the copter.

Zone A: Polytechnic • Santan Hall (SANTN) | First Floor | 103

Engineering | High school & up

Elevator Pitch Game

The Elevator Pitch is a simple, fun and clever exercise for students wanting to invent and present a product or service. It introduces students to the venture world by teaching them how to do an effective elevator pitch to a potential investor.

Zone B: Polytechnic • Santa Catalina Hall (SANCA) | First Floor | 135

Natural Science | Elementary school & under

Flying Pans with Van de Graaff

Come watch the pie pans flying. Participants will watch the pie pans flying off the Van de Graaff dome. A physics instructor will place the pans on top of the Van de Graph sphere. Turn on the Van de Graaff generator and watch it take off! Let the physicist explain why this happens?

Zone A: Polytechnic • Santan Hall (SANTN) | Second Floor | 210

Engineering | High school & up

Aircraft Structures Lab & Remote Controlled Simulation

The ASU Aviation Programs will be showcasing the aircraft structures lab. Visitors will have the opportunity to test their hand as a remote controlled pilot on our flight simulators.

Zone C: Polytechnic • Simulator Building (SIM) | First Floor | 125

Engineering | Middle school

HazMat Suits

The Environmental & Resource Management program will demonstrate how to evaluate potential hazards from a chemical spill (flammability, toxicity, corrosivity) and the proper Personal Protective Equipment to keep first responders safe. Students will see photoionization detectors, gas detection meters, and Draeger tubes used for chemical identification. They will learn how to don and fit air purifying respirators, SCBAs (self-contained breathing apparatus), and chemical protective suits.

Zone B: Polytechnic • Santa Catalina Hall (SANCA) Outdoors |