COURTESY OF THE MARIA MITCHELL ASSOCIATION
NANTUCKET – Almost 400 children and adults explored science on Nantucket last Saturday.
The Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association and the Nantucket Community School held the third annual Science Festival at the Cyrus Pierce Middle School.
Attendees participated in activities in robotics, renewable energy and electricity, magnetism, potential energy in engineering, space exploration, sensory crafts and more.
Several organizations on the island supported the event including the High School’s Tech Club, the Linda Loring Nature Foundation, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation, ACK Smart, SmartPower and the Exploration Station.
The Nantucket Science Festival was created in 2015 to focus on science education for the students living on the island.
“It inspires some to consider careers in science, and other to volunteer for the many science focused organizations on the island,” said David Gagnon, the executive director of the Maria Mitchell Association. “We look to young people to be the innovators that will solve today’s and tomorrow’s problems.”
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