By Molly Jones|Talon Executive Editor
Tallahassee Community College and the City of Tallahassee hosted the 10th annual Tallahassee Science Festival on October 16 at Kleman Plaza. TCC officials estimate 2,500 to 3,000 people attended the event.
The festival included hands-on experiments and interactive demonstrations on a variety of science-related topics such as biological and health sciences, community services, Earth Oceanographic Atmospheric Sciences, Environmental Protection, Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Technology.
TCC Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Jones said the goal of the Tallahassee Science Festival is to have a good time learning about science by doing two things.
“Take the science out of the classroom and put it right at the hands of the students,” Dr. Jones said. “Also to be able to engage families with science, and to have a fun event for the city to come together.”
Dr. Jones said his favorite aspect of the Tallahassee Science Festival is to see how excited people get discovering more about science.
“Just seeing the shining and bright faces on the children,” Dr. Jones said. “It was really just nice seeing all of the citizens of the community come out and be focused on learning more about science and STEM.”
Tallahassee Community College and the City of Tallahassee hosts the 10th annual Tallahassee Science Festival on October 16 at Kleman Plaza. 
Tallahassee Community College division of workforce development promotes cybersecurity awareness and holds the cyber security pledge at the Tallahassee Science Festival. 
Tallahassee Community College workforce development promotes STEM at the Tallahassee Science Festival. 
The National Society of Black Engineers Juniors promotes their programs at the Tallahassee Science Festival. This program is for middle school and high school students interested in the STEM field. 
Young Engineers Tallahassee displays robotic cars and a robotic arm at the Tallahassee Science Festival. Young Engineers Tallahassee is a program for students in kindergarten through high school that teaches STEM principles, artificial intelligence, and offers after-school care. 
Gulf Specimen Public Aquarium showcases different types of turtles and other sea creatures at the Tallahassee Science Fair. 
University of Florida’s Entomology department displays live insects at the Tallahassee Science Fair. 
Tallahassee Science Festival volunteers pose for a picture. Volunteers distributed flyers and sold T-shirts. 
A crowd gathers around people performing a science experiment at the Tallahassee Science Festival.
