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Celebrate Science Day Take Off!

PRESENTED BY

The Reading Science Center

Get ready for a day of discovery, experiments, and family fun at the Reading Science Center’s third annual Celebrate Science Day! Join us at the Reading Regional Airport for hands-on activities, exciting demonstrations, and opportunities to explore the wonders of science. This year’s theme, “Take Off!” will focus on aviation and flight, giving visitors of all ages a chance to learn about airplanes, helicopters, birds, and everything that soars through the sky, plus your customary science favorites.

Sunday, May 3, 2026

1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

FREE ENTRY & FREE PARKING

Reading Regional Airport

24 Liberator Way

Reading, PA 19605

Let’s Celebrate Science together!

FEATURED HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES & OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS

  • Reading Science Center with their Step into Science exhibit and Straw Rockets
  • American Chemical Society with Trees & Wood in Aviation
  • BCIU with their Sphero
  • Catapallo VR  with a flight simulator
  • Commonwealth Charter Academy‘s Mobile Aquaponics Lab
  • Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health
  • East Penn with their Jumper Cable exhibit
  • Encrypted Escape West Reading with escape room-style booth games
  • First Energy Live Wire Safety Trailer
  • Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
  • Hawk Mountain Scouts with Raingutter Regatta boat racing
  • Lancaster Intermediate Unit with the Star Lab
  • Muhlenberg Township Fire Department bringing a firetruck & their Inflatable Safety House
  • Nolde Environmental Center Bird Watching presenting bird adaptations with preserved wings and feet
  • Penn State Health Life Lion helicopter
  • Pennsylvania Geological Survey
  • Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
  • Queen of Hearts with beekeeping education
  • REACH Cyber School with a hover craft & plinko board
  • Face painting
  • Strolling science characters ready for takeoff
  • … and more!

Food Vendors

Homemade Cravings

Two-Can Kettle Corn

Maria’s Ices

Perk Up Truck

THANK YOU TO OUR

Sponsors

INSPIRE LEVEL

INVENT LEVEL

EXPLORE LEVEL

Breidegam Family Foundation
Celebrate Science Day Penske Logo Sponsor
Brentwood
EnerSys
Fulton Bank
PENN Entertainment

In-Kind Supporters

Berks Fire & Water

Wawa

Check back as the event approaches for updates and additional information.

We’ll be adding new activities and details as we get closer to Celebrate Science Day! 

Sponsorship opportunities

Join us in making this year’s Celebrate Science Day bigger and better! With even more activities, expanded space, and a growing audience from across the region, your support helps keep this event free and accessible to all.

Contact Ralia Vardaxis, Executive Director, with any questions: ralia.vardaxis@rdgsci.org

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