Docent Mike Cooke leads a tour of the linear accelerator Sunday during Family Open House Sunday at Fermilab. | Mary Beth Nolan~For Sun-Times Media
Samuel Stecher, 4, and his grandfather Lee Stecher of St. Charles sample marshmallows frozen with liquid hydrogen with help from Jerry Zimmerman a.k.a. Mr. Freeze Sunday during Family Open House at Fermilab. | Mary Beth Nolan~For Sun-Times Media
Physicist Mike Cook talks about science FUNdamentals during Family Open House Sunday at Fermiab. | Mary Beth Nolan~For Sun-Times Media
Jennifer Gulumian and her children Aubire and Tommy work on a problem about buoyancy during Family Open House Sunday at Fermiab. | Mary Beth Nolan~For Sun-Times Media
Staff and scientists that work at the Fermilab in Batavia don’t mince words when it comes to the passion they have for science and getting kids hooked on it. “We absolutely think it’s important that kids be exposed to science and that we begin to …
