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ParkSCIENCE Boston Children's Festival

Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department present a free ParkSCIENCE Boston Children's Festival on Tuesday, August 20, 10am-2pm at Franklin Park in Dorchester (rain date August 21)!

Children and families can participate in a variety of free activities such as potting plants, learning about nature through a sing-along, watching a robot in action, experiencing how pressure and chemical reactions work, digging for artifacts and much more!

Located on Pierpont Rd off Circuit Drive, near the back entrance of the Franklin Park Zoo.

ParkSCIENCE is funded in part by the Green Kids/ Green Parks Initiative 

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