Event Series Free Adult Blood Pressure Checks

Free Adult Blood Pressure Checks

Community Wellness Collaborative at The Highlander 2120 N 29th St., Suite 200, Omaha, NE, United States

The Nebraska Science Festival in collaboration with the UNMC/Nebraska Medicine Community Wellness Collaborative is excited to provide free adult blood pressure checks for the Omaha Community during the month of April. Blood Pressure checks will take place at the Community Wellness Collaborative at The Highlander (2120 N 29th St., Suite 200) on Wednesday, April 10th and […]

First Star Recycling Tour

First Star Recycling 10330 “I” Street, Omaha, NE, United States

Join NE SciFest at First Star Recycling on April 19 at noon for a tour of Omaha's leading recycling center. First Star understands the importance and value of sustainable recycling practices and are passionate about making it easier and more economical for Nebraska and Iowa homeowners and businesses to manage their wastes. As the leader […]

NE SciFest Social Media Trivia

Science is all around us so let's have some virtual fun! Running every day through the festival we’re bringing back our NE SciFest Social Media Science Trivia. Everyday we will be posting a trivia question (riddle, clue, etc.) on our social media pages related to science. All you need to do is respond with the […]

Free

NE SciFest Scavenger Hunt

Let's go outside and hunt for science! Download the scavenger hunt (below) and go out and search for science. Ten quests await you - no matter where you live in Nebraska. You have all month long, April 1-30, to complete these tasks. Tag us on social media or email us and share your completed hunt! […]

Free

NE SciFest Ice Cream

eCreamery Ice Cream & Gelato 5001 Underwood Ave, Omaha, NE, United States

Available all April long, our new NE SciFest signature ice cream flavor from eCreamery: GALACTIC PEANUT BUTTER BLITZ . Galactic Peanut Butter Bliss: Chocolate Ice Cream, Reese's Cups, Cookie Dough and Reese's Pieces. For the entire month of April, every Galactic Peanut Butter Blitz Pint sold, $1 will be donated to NE SciFest.

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Event Series Science Sunday

Science Sunday

Omaha RiverFront 1001 Douglas Street, Omaha, NE, United States

Join the Nebraska Science Festival for Science Sunday from 1-2pm in April at the Omaha RiverFront, next to the slides.  This is a free family friendly hour for you to learn about nature, astronomy, chemistry, medicine and more with hands-on science activities (while supplies last). Science Sunday Activities: April 6 - Tin Foil Watercolor Eggs […]

Free
Event Series Science Sunday

Science Sunday

Omaha RiverFront 1001 Douglas Street, Omaha, NE, United States

Join the Nebraska Science Festival for Science Sunday from 1-2pm in April at the Omaha RiverFront.  This is a free family friendly hour for you to learn about nature, astronomy, chemistry, medicine and more with hands-on science activities (while supplies last). Science Sunday Activities: April 6 - Tin Foil Watercolor Eggs April 13 - Seed […]

Free

Omaha Science Cafe – “The Teenage Brain Today”

Slowdown 729 N 14th St., Omaha, NE, United States

Join Giorgia Picci,Ph.D., the Susan & George Haddix Endowed Chair in Developmental Neuroscience in the Institute for Human Neuroscience at Boys Town National Research Hospital, for the April 22 Omaha Science Cafe as she presents, “The Teenage Brain,” 7pm at the Slowdown. The teenage brain is built for change. Decades of research have shown that […]

Science in Space at Mercury

Mercury 329 S 16th St #3, Omaha, NE, United States

Launch into Mercury on April 23 at 7pm, to hear Anthony Galdamez, NASA Solar System Ambassador and program manager at Kiewit Luminarium for a night of science fun. Anthony,is a scientific astronaut candidate, is currently researching and studying Astro-botany for future space missions. Join him for a talk on his research, space training, and some […]

NE SciFest Public Expo

The Durham Museum 801 S 10th Street, Omaha, NE

Join us at the 2025 Free Public Science Expo for fun and engaging hands-on learning opportunities for everyone, plus the KETV Weather team will be featured in The Stanley and Dorothy Truhlsen Lecture Hall at 10am and 11:30am for presentations , questions and autograph signing. The free public expo on April 26 at The Durham […]

Free
Event Series Science Sunday

Science Sunday

Omaha RiverFront 1001 Douglas Street, Omaha, NE, United States

Join the Nebraska Science Festival for Science Sunday from 1-2pm in April at the Omaha RiverFront.  This is a free family friendly hour for you to learn about nature, astronomy, chemistry, medicine and more with hands-on science activities (while supplies last). Science Sunday Activities: April 6 - Tin Foil Watercolor Eggs April 13 - Seed […]

Free

The Sounds of Science: Hearing Music Through Art and Science

Site-1 Brewing 2566 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE, United States

Stop out to Site-1 Brewing on April 29 at 7pm to learn about "The Sounds of Science: Hearing Music Through Art and Science." Moderated by Dr. Allison Coffin, Associate Professor at Creighton University, panelists Dr. Chris Strecker, Director of the Technology Core and Spatial Hearing and Auditory Neuroscience Lab and Dr. A. Barron Breland, Vice […]