NOVA Hosts 270 Kids and Parents for Night of Science and the Arts!

May 10, 2024 / ICYMI (In Case You Missed It)

NOVA opened its doors to the community on May 8 and hosted 270 kids and their parents at the Annandale Campus for NOVA’s Night of Science and the Arts, an evening where kids could unearth artifacts, watch art and science intersect with Chaldni plates, uncode secret messages, touch skulls, dissect organs, extract DNA, examine rocks, mix chemicals, compute math, deduce whether ancient animals were real, figure out their blood types, view microbes and even view mammals of our area. Foxes Music Co. provided a musical instrument ‘petting zoo’ and NOVA SySTEMic provided robotics.

This phenomenal night was made possible by the faculty, staff and students who gave of their time and talent to serve our community and help the next generation of Nighthawks experience the excitement of science and the arts. The faculty developed and ran their experiential modules with flawless expertise, assisted by their well-trained students. Our faculty and staff are remarkable and truly made NOVA’s Night of Science and the Arts! a singular event.

Professor Alex Bohn (kneeling) one of our physics professors demonstrates how to visualize sound in an artistic way using a Chaldni plate as Prof. Nathaniel Green (wearing a DC United Ballcap) and his son, another dad and his son and a NOVA student volunteer look on. — Physics Prof. Alex Bohn (kneeling) demonstrates how to visualize sound in an artistic way using a Chaldni plate as Prof. Nathaniel Green (in Ballcap) and his son another dad and son and a NOVA student volunteer look on.

Submitted by:
Karen Bushaw-Newton, AN-Biology, KBushaw@nvcc.edu