Families in the East Valley were treated to a buffet of scientific diversions on Saturday at the final ASU Open Door event of 2020 at the Polytechnic campus.
The schools and centers of the campus in Mesa showed off robots, experiments, wind tunnels and even homemade lava lamps to delight and intrigue young people and spark their interest in STEM pursuits.
While this was final Open Door event of the year, you can look forward to Homecoming during the fall semester, where you'll get another chance to check out ASU's work across disciplines and campuses.
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Open Door attendees create “milky fireworks” with food dye, milk and a drop of dish soap at an Open Door station on the ASU Polytechnic campus on Saturday, Feb. 29.
Photo by Meg Potter/ASU Now
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Justin Heywood (center), an Army ROTC cadet and ASU senior, plays football with Open Door visitors.
Photo by Meg Potter/ASU Now
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Peyton Dewees-Caldwell watches his paper helicopter travel up a wind tunnel during Open Door at the Polytechnic campus.
Photo by Meg Potter/ASU Now
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Visitors to Open Door learn how to make "lava lamps" in one of the labs at the Polytechnic campus.
Photo by Meg Potter/ASU Now
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Amelia Hobson plays a cup-stacking game Saturday during Open Door.
Photo by Meg Potter/ASU Now
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Daniel Nelson (center) helps members of the ASU Prep Poly High robotics club fix their robot during Open Door at the Polytechnic campus.
Photo by Meg Potter/ASU Now
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Jonah Kloess shoots a paper rocket through the target during Open Door.
Photo by Meg Potter/ASU Now
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Victor Cordova explains to his daughter, Mia, how to move a robot using the control pad during Open Door.
Photo by Meg Potter/ASU Now
More: See photos from the Downtown Phoenix campus, West campus and Tempe campus 2020 Open Door
Top photo: Open Door attendees blow bubbles at a Van de Graaff generator at the Polytechnic campus on Saturday, Feb. 29. Photo by Meg Potter/ASU Now
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