For five evenings over the course of February, the public is invited onto Arizona State University's campuses for Night of the Open Door, to see what each has to offer, in the form of interactive games, informative displays and plenty of fun. This weekend saw two of those free events: Friday at the Polytechnic campus in Mesa and Saturday at the Thunderbird campus in Glendale, a first for that campus.
If you missed the fun, there's one more Night of the Open Door left, this Saturday on the Tempe campus. There are dozens of activities in store; find details on those, plus a map and parking information, at opendoor.asu.edu/tempe.
Here's a glimpse of the fun at both campuses this past weekend.
Polytechnic campus
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It's great when science blows the mind. Anderson Bennett (right) and Dominic Chavez learn about static electricity with pie plates during Night of the Open Door at the Polytechnic campus on Feb. 19.
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Kids test out the thermal imaging camera in the GIT (graphic information technology) studio on the Polytechnic campus Feb. 19.
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Professor Penny Ann Dolin (right) shows Justin Martinez how to leave a "heat print" in the GIT studio for their thermal camera.
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Justin Martinez sees how he has left a "heat print" handprint.
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Fun with the thermal imaging camera in the GIT studio.
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Students fold up their paper airplanes, specially printed for the Night of the Open Door at the Polytechnic campus.
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GIT seniors Zuzanna Czerny (left) and Brittany Del Bianco test out their paper airplanes during Night of the Open Door.
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Ryan Barney tests his Rube Goldberg machine on a small race car with a pin attached in the Chain Reaction STEAM Machines room during Night of the Open Door at the Polytechnic campus.
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Doreen Pasero watches as her daughter, Aubrey, makes her bracelet by numbers, with the giant die.
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Rick Flores (left) wins the competition by being able to tell the difference between off-brand and brand products during a root beer taste test at the W. P. Carey School of Business room during Night of the Open Door at the Polytechnic campus on Feb. 19.
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Kara Krauser teaches children about surface tension using bubbles at the Open a Door into Science display.
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Emma Krauser tests the surface tension of a bubble.
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Brandon Mousavi and his sister, Miranda, test the surface tension of a penny in the penny-drop experiment at the Open a Door into Science display.
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Noel Irwin laughs as she and her dad, Sean Irwin, put together a marble run at the Open a Door into Science display.
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Kaylee Cole prepares to be inside a bubble.
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Payson Wetch learns about angular momentum with the help of staff member Ghana Elaqad.
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Josh Salado helps his sons Caiden (left) and Deaglan build their own creation at the Make a Mini-Motor Mobile station.
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Anderson Bennet tests out his reflection using a concave mirror Feb. 19 on the Polytechnic campus.
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Shanelle Luber touches a human brain as her mom, Adrienne Luber, looks on at Night of the Open Door.
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Vanica Cross (left) and Natalie Gálvez look through their microscopes at samples during Night of the Open Door at the Polytechnic campus Feb. 19.
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Alex Flores tests out his straw rocket at Night of the Open Door.
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Bodies and minds got a workout at Night of the Open Door. Here, Aiden Noll does his push-ups with the ARMY ROTC.
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Lian Lorono uses black light to paint outside at the Polytechnic campus.
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Bailey Reeves works on her nameplate in one of Polytechnic's shops during Night of the Open Door.
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Sophomore automotive engineering major Coleman Cookston shows Logan Clemson a student-made Baja car at Night of the Open Door.
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Jack Pitney gets a turn in the Baja car during Night of the Open Door on Feb. 19.
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The aviation program on the Polytechnic campus has a number of flight simulators. Here, students demonstrate one of them for Night of the Open Door participants.
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Visitors watch ASU aviation students in the flight simulator.
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Nathan Davies-Venn plays corn hole at the W. P. Carey display during Night of the Open Door on the Polytechnic campus Feb. 19.
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Thunderbird campus
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Matching the international focus of the Thunderbird campus, Night of the Open Door there on Feb. 20 had a global flair.
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Jialu Yu performs a flower dance, a classical Chinese dance, during Night of the Open Door at the Thunderbird campus on Feb. 20.
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Visitors get dressed in traditional Middle Eastern and North African clothing during Night of the Open Door.
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Jessica Guiterrez tries out a traditional North African dress.
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Nora Paniura and Joel Marroquin pose for a photo in the "Experience the Middle East and North Africa" display.
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Alex Shinn gets some help removing the men's-size robe at the display.
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Brad Hoffa, dressed as Uncle Sam, tests out the hopscotch course at the "Made in the USA" booth.
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Inge Schmidt teaches visitors the basics of German during Night of the Open Door. Other languages were taught as well, and visitors could also get their name written in Arabic and Chinese calligraphy.
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Hannah Shackleford (left) gets her hand decorated in henna by Roohi Bharti.
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Patrick Shields (right) and other members of the Thunderbird rugby team explain the sport to visitors.
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Diya Rai is shy about trying the Vietnamese Mau Sap dance during Night of the Open Door.
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Others were not so shy about trying out the dance.
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Donal Kurangwa (left) teaches Raymond Kurz and his mother, Tiffany Watts, how to play Morabaraba at the "Traditional African Games and Toys" display.
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MaryAnne Riodique shows off lumpia and other special foods from the Philippines at the "Taste of the Philippines" table.
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Members of Capoeira Arizona demonstrate their skills in the Brazilian martial art.
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Children test their speed against that of Olympian Usain Bolt at the Jamaica display during Night of the Open Door.
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A path is marked for children to test their speed.
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Julian Britt learns how to write Chinese characters at the "Rice Paper Calligraphy" display.
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Michael Zajas greets Kush Udeshi with Brazilian treats during Night of the Open Door on the Thunderbird campus.
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Russian dancers perform on stage during Night of the Open Door on the Thunderbird campus Feb. 20.
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Cameryn Britt gets some help from her mother adjusting a hijab during Night of the Open Door on Feb. 20.
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Melissa Gaylord tells visitors about the different goods at the Afghanistan Marketplace, part of Project Artemis — a Thunderbird program in which women in Afghanistan who are unable to leave their homes because of political tensions are able to make a living making textiles and home goods that are sold in locations such as this one, at Night of the Open Door on Feb. 20.
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Check out the fun at the earlier events this month: West campus in Glendale and the Downtown Phoenix campus.
And come back to ASU Now after each event for photo galleries and video, and follow along as our crew shows all the fun on Snapchat (search for username: ASUNow).
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