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| Hands On, -- 2012 Discovery Days | 
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  A life sized shark was set atop a recycling can so that kids could touch its eyes and nose. 
 Hands On -- 2012 Discovery Days • Bay Area Science Festival  •  San Francisco Giants  Ballpark
  •  AT&T Park  3rd and King Streets
  •  San Francisco, California
  •  (Photo posted Wednesday 7 November 2012)
  •  (Photo taken 12:12:18 Saturday 3 November 2012)
  •  © 2012 Bryan Costales    #B12_8115 Add a comment or report a mistake 
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  Dyes were used to demonstrate the capillary action of ice. Kids would either drip pure colors onto the ice, or mix colors in a giant eye dropper and use that to drip color onto the ice. Micro fractures and other defects in the ice caused the colors to wick down through it. 
 Hands On -- 2012 Discovery Days • Bay Area Science Festival  •  San Francisco Giants  Ballpark
  •  AT&T Park  3rd and King Streets
  •  San Francisco, California
  •  (Photo posted Wednesday 7 November 2012)
  •  (Photo taken 12:13:82 Saturday 3 November 2012)
  •  © 2012 Bryan Costales    #B12_8123 Add a comment or report a mistake 
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  A skull was on display as part of an articulating skeleton. It was a bit long in the tooth, but set right there where kids were allowed to touch it. 
 Hands On -- 2012 Discovery Days • Bay Area Science Festival  •  San Francisco Giants  Ballpark
  •  AT&T Park  3rd and King Streets
  •  San Francisco, California
  •  (Photo posted Wednesday 7 November 2012)
  •  (Photo taken 12:19:51 Saturday 3 November 2012)
  •  © 2012 Bryan Costales    #B12_8135 Add a comment or report a mistake 
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  Human brains were in pans where properly gloved kids hands were allowed to touch them. 
 Hands On -- 2012 Discovery Days • Bay Area Science Festival  •  San Francisco Giants  Ballpark
  •  AT&T Park  3rd and King Streets
  •  San Francisco, California
  •  (Photo posted Wednesday 7 November 2012)
  •  (Photo taken 12:29:30 Saturday 3 November 2012)
  •  © 2012 Bryan Costales    #B12_8166 Add a comment or report a mistake 
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  Wearing safety goggles and latex gloves, kids were shown how to dissect a pig's leg using a scalpel and forceps. 
 Hands On -- 2012 Discovery Days • Bay Area Science Festival  •  San Francisco Giants  Ballpark
  •  AT&T Park  3rd and King Streets
  •  San Francisco, California
  •  (Photo posted Wednesday 7 November 2012)
  •  (Photo taken 12:36:21 Saturday 3 November 2012)
  •  © 2012 Bryan Costales    #B12_8174 Add a comment or report a mistake 
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