Toothpick bridge building will be one of the many activities offered Saturday when the San Bernardino County Museum hosts a community event. <\/p>\n
There will be safety, science, pet adoptions and other hands-on demonstrations. The event does not have a name. All of these activities just happened to be scheduled on the same day. <\/p>\n
Community members will be able to interact with emergency crews, the San Bernardino County Department of Public Works, the California State University, San Bernardino, chemistry club and museum workers as part of an educational outreach program. <\/p>\n
\"People love it,\" said Jolene Redvale, curator of education at the museum. \"What service personnel do in the community, and how they do their jobs, is real attractive to people.\" <\/p>\n
Redvale said more than 600 people have attended in past years. <\/p>\n
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. visitors can meet emergency and service personnel, climb aboard emergency vehicles and watch demonstrations in the museum parking lot as part of \"Lights! Sirens! Safety!\" <\/p>\n
The free event will be staffed by Redlands Fire Department. <\/p>\n
Inside the museum courtyard from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., San Bernardino County Public Works will recognize National Public Works Week with hands-on demonstrations, including surveying and recycling activities, and storm drain exploration with a robot. <\/p>\n
Redvale said this presentation is a chance for people to build an awareness of what their tax dollars do and <\/p>\n
Students from the CSUSB chemistry club will also be supervising chemistry experiments in the courtyard. Visitors will be able to make lip balm, conduct a CSI investigation and experiment with liquid nitrogen. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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