Event

The 2025 event is on October 11th from 10am-1pm and involves students going to STEM activity tables. Last year there were approximately 500 people from the 7 cities in attendance and more than 10 community partners participated. We try to host an inclusive and engaging event for our local area, so we try to include activities that are accessible to students from the age of pre-K all the way to high school. 

Here are some links about the event: 

Program for 2024: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LvfjsZ-cVqtsp9KAvtVa9SkWvOOfZ8WC/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111645960395311860203&rtpof=true&sd=true

Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025

Time: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Eastern

Location: ODU Planetarium
4501 Elkhorn Ave
Norfolk, VA 23529

Information for Visitors

Location Details

Event Report

Comments and anecdotes about the event:
The Back Bay Amateur Astronomers were thrilled to support Old Dominion University's College of Science in their annual "Reign in Science" open house! with over 500 visitors on a cloudy day, we had to quickly replan from our original solar observing, and took the opportunity to revisit Space Rocks with pocket solar systems, a solar system quiz game, and a scale model solar system; even with a 1" Sun, Neptune was across the street!

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