Explore UT March 3, 2012

The University of Texas at Austin will host Explore UT, its annual free open house, on Saturday, March 3, 2012, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Explore UT is for all ages, K-12, and there’s no registration to participate in the more than 350 learning activities.

Explore UT makes a great field trip for providing enrichment to gifted and talented students, and it’s also a fun family outing.

Information for college-bound students will include the following:

–  Learn how to make the jump to college writing.

–  Talk with UT students about what college life is really like.

–  Find out how to apply for scholarships and financial aid.

–  Get a 30-minute tour of campus with a UT student guide.

Explore UT offers learning activities for all students that gets them excited about learning and opens their eyes to career and life possibilities. Here’s a sampling:

–  Watch toddler-sized robots play soccer.

–  Walk on water (non-Newtonian fluids).

–  Wear a bunny suit in an electronics cleanroom.

–  Get the inside scoop on how a computer works.

–  Take your picture with an infrared camera.

–  See if you can power a TV by pedaling a bicycle-driven generator.

–  View the hidden – and beautiful – world of microbes through powerful microscopes.

–  Create an egg protector and see if it survives a trip down a zip line.

–  Build a skyscraper with Legos.

–  Listen to classic rhymes and folklore in Spanish.

–  Make a paper puppet of the Dragon of Cracow, a legendary character familiar to Polish children.

–  Watch UT students perform scenes from Shakespeare.

–  Watch as UT law students conduct a trial of Gold E. Locks in a real courtroom.

–  March with the Longhorn Band.

Check the Explore UT website, www.utexas.edu/events/exploreut, for a full schedule of activities. Download a printer-friendly version of the complete Explore UT schedule.