Garrett Grome, 4, of West Harrison, Ind., found that turning corn into cornmeal is not as easy as it looks.

Laura Putnam, 5, of Greenwood, Ind., (left) observes a tarantula at a safe distance, while her sister, Emily, 6, gets a close-up look at the spider crawling up Wai-Han Chan’s arm. Chan is a senior in Purdue’s entomology department.

High winds may have turned a rocket launch into a “controlled burn,” but it didn’t stop a big crowd from showing up for the 4-H demonstration.

A shy lobster, part of the biological sciences display, can’t hide from Brian Madore of Lafayette, Ind., and his daughter, Bethany, 5.