Events

32nd Annual Science Alive

Sciencealive 2024

Celebrate the 32nd Annual Science Alive at the St. Joseph County Main Library! All ages welcome. 

Explore interactive exhibits and hands-on science demonstrations focused on science, technology, engineering and math. Local scientists, naturalists, conservationists, artists, medical students and educators that are making a difference in our community will be leading learning throughout the day. 

Stage shows will be in the Leighton Auditorium from 10:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., and over forty different local organizations will have exhibits in the Community Learning Center, including:

  • American Society of Civil Engineers: Indiana Section North Central Branch
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Joseph County
  • Career Academy Network of Public Schools
  • Children’s Museum of South Bend
  • Cobb Scientific
  • Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana
  • Green Bridge Growers
  • History of Manned Spaceflight
  • Indiana School of Medicine South Bend
  • Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors, St. Joseph Valley Chapter
  • Indiana University South Bend Anthropology
  • Michiana Astronomical Society
  • ND Energy
  • Notre Dame Anthropology
  • Notre Dame Association for Women in Science
  • Notre Dame Biology
  • Notre Dame Chemistry and Biochemistry Club
  • Notre Dame Engineering
  • Notre Dame Neuroscience & Behavior
  • Notre Dame Rocketry Team
  • PBS Michiana WNIT
  • Potato Creek State Park
  • Prairie Winds Nature Farms
  • Riley High School Magnet Program
  • Riverbend Community Math Center
  • Rum Village Nature Center
  • RV There Yet? Great Futures Inventor Center (Boys and Girls Club of St. Joe County)
  • Saint Mary’s College Biology Club
  • Science National Honor Society and Science Academic Super Bowl
  • Shirley Heinze Land Trust
  • Smoke Free St Joe
  • South Bend Elkhart Audubon Society
  • South Bend Symphony Orchestra
  • St. Joseph County Parks
  • St. Joseph County Soil & Water Conservation District
  • St. Joseph High School Project Lead The Way and Science Club
  • St. Joseph High School Science Club
  • Studebaker National Museum
  • Studio 304
  • The Music Village
  • Wild Ones South Bend

Science Alive is a free program open to the community. Learn more at sjcpl.org/science-alive.

Sponsored by the University of Notre Dame, Foegley Landscaping, and IBEW