Experience The Giant Cell - Cambridge Science Festival
| Hours: | Hours Vary see below |
| Ages: | Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Outdoor |
| Cost: | Free |
| Category: | Science & Technology |
During the Cambridge Science Festival between April 20 and April 25 The Consulate of Switzerland in Cambridge is teaming up with Novartis and Interpharma to bring an innovative science education project to the US: The Giant Cell. The Giant Cell is unique in the world: it is an inflatable model of a human white blood cell magnified 300,000 times. One can literally walk into the Giant Cell and explore all the details of a human cell. It includes a number of interactive devices, screens and audio-guides that explain the cell organelles.
The cell was jointly produced by Interpharma and the University of Basel (which celebrated its 550th anniversary in 2010). Since April 2010, the cell has been on-the-road to high schools in Switzerland, France and Germany.
Over 20,000 students have already visited the cell in Europe. Everybody has been fascinated by it. Now you too can explore within the cell, in 3D reality, much of what you have learned from textbooks.
The cell will come to Boston for the grand opening of the Cambridge Science Festival on April 20th and will be open for class visits from April 23rd through April 25th at the Atrium in Alexandria's Technology Square (a short walk from the Kendall Square MBTA stop).
We are looking forward to welcoming you to the Giant Cell. There will be 4 Biologists from Switzerland (including 2 PhD students from University of Basel, one Master student from ETH Zurich and one from University of Zurich) explaining the cell and assisting visitors to perform some scientific experiments.
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April 20 at the Cambridge Public Library Field House from 12:00pm - 2:00pm
April 23-25 at 100 Technology Square from 2:00pm - 5:00pm
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100 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA map
Cambridge Public Library Field House
100 Technology Square
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