Family Science
Night
On April 16, 2009, the Santa Clara Valley
(SCV) Section held its second annual Family Science Night at the Ben
Franklin Intermediate School in Colma, California.
At Family Science Night, chemists from the Santa Clara
Valley Section and from the California Section set up over 15
experiments including an identification of mystery powders, paper
chromatography of ink, pH experiments, making Slime, plastic recycling,
and sampling liquid nitrogen ice cream. Over 300 students
and family attended.
This is a hands-on evening for the students and the
following experiments were available:
Magic
Markers Revealed (paper chromatography) - Santa Clara Valley ACS
Mystery
Powder
/
CSI - Santa Clara Valley ACS
Cartesian
Divers
-
Santa Clara Valley ACS
Earth
Day
/
Green House Gases / Carbon Footprint / Acid Rain - Calif
ACS
Plastic
Recycling
-
Calif ACS
Slime!
-
Calif
ACS
Plant
Smells,
and
Build Your Own Molecules - Calif ACS
pH
Workshop
/
Dry Ice - Calif ACS
Elementeo
(a
chemistry
card and board game) - Santa Clara Valley ACS
UV-color
Changing
Beads
- Calif ACS
DNA/RNA
Base-Pairing
--
Make Your Own Genes - Calif ACS
Liquid
Nitrogen
Ice
Cream - Calif ACS
Astronomy in the courtyard
- Santa Clara Valley ACS
Over 300 students and family
attended, and everyone who came obviously had an educational and
enjoyable evening.
Natalie
McClure
2009 Chair, SCV Section
Jeanette Medina and Santa
Clara University volunteers set up Elementeo
George Lechner explains
Mystery Powders to some students
Bruce Raby prepares the
Mystery Powders Experiment
