By: Leo Boshardy
STEMCON, College of DuPage’s annual exploration of science, technology, engineering and math, returns to College of DuPage from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at COD’s Physical Education Center, 425 Fawell Blvd. in Glen Ellyn.
The event is free and open to the public.
Visitors will experience hands-on activities at a variety of indoor and outdoor interactive exhibits, including soldering, robotics and fossil exploration. Exhibitions are run by actual researchers, industry representatives and STEM educators and are designed to inform, entertain and spark interest in a variety of STEM fields.
STEMCON also will feature a keynote presentation from Kate Biberdorf, also known as Kate the Chemist, author of “The Big Book of Experiments” and “The Awesome Book of Edible Experiments for Kids.” It will take place from noon to 2:30 p.m. in the PEC.
For more information, email stemcon@cod.edu.