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Fantastic Foam and More
2026-06-08 13:00:00 2026-06-08 13:40:00 America/Chicago Fantastic Foam and More Presented by our friends at Absolute Science! Hiawatha Public Library - Forrest Glenn Community Room 103.1 &103.2

Monday, June 08
1:00pm - 1:40pm

Add to Calendar 2026-06-08 13:00:00 2026-06-08 13:40:00 America/Chicago Fantastic Foam and More Presented by our friends at Absolute Science! Hiawatha Public Library - Forrest Glenn Community Room 103.1 &103.2

Hiawatha Public Library

Forrest Glenn Community Room 103.1 &103.2

Presented by our friends at Absolute Science!

This show will even make your hair stand up! You will experience items disappearing in clear liquids with our refraction oil and see the power of a Van De Graaff generator, but no show is complete without foam, LOTS of foam with our fantastic foam experiment where the children are the stars!

AGE GROUP: | Tweens (9-12 Years) | Toddlers (1-3 Years) | Preschoolers (3-5 Years) | Children (6-8 Years) |

EVENT TYPE: | STEM Event |

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