Lead, S.D. – Gov. Mike Rounds has declared that Saturday, July 11,  is Neutrino Day in South Dakota, and the event will be celebrated in Lead with a free science festival at the Sanford Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory at Homestake.

Neutrino Day activities are 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Park at the Homestake Visitor Center at the Open Cut in Lead (160 W. Main St.) and ride the free shuttle to the Yates Campus of the Sanford Lab.  (The first shuttle leaves at 8:30 a.m. Shuttles run about every 15 minutes until the last shuttle returns from the lab at 1 p.m.)

Neutrino Day features:

• Hands-on science activities.

• Science lectures for general audiences. (9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m.  and noon)

• Q&A’s with scientists. (After the science talks)

• Walking tours of the Yates Shaft hoist room. (All morning. Wear sturdy shoes.)

• “The Ghost Particle,” a PBS documentary revealing the connection between a subatomic particle called a neutrino, the Nobel Prize and the former Homestake gold mine. (9 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 11:45 a.m.)

• “Fly Me to the Moon,” a feature-length 3-D animated movie for kids of all ages. (9 a.m. and 11 a.m.)

• The announcement of the winners of the Neutrino Day Art Contest. (12:45 p.m.)