November 1 we went to Chemfest at Boonshoft Museum of Discovery. The girls participated in activities and experiments in honor of National Chemistry Week.
Here's what they did:
Learned about UV beads and how they change color in the sun. Discussed the importance of using sunblock when outdoors. Made bead bracelets with some UV beads to help remember to use sunblock.
Figured out how to find the calorie count in food, and what it stands for. They figured out the calorie count in a cheese puff.
Figuring how many calories are burned during various activities. The girls used math the figure out how many calories they burn during their gymnastics classes.
The effect of temperature on bouncy balls. They measured the bounce height of a ball that was soaked in hot water, room temperature, and ice cold water. They made their predictions first, then conducted the experiment, and discussed the conclusion.
Experimented with water evaporation and temperature. They put equal amounts of water on identical cloths and placed the cloths on top of bags of water, one hot and one room temperature. They got to see how the hot water evaporated the water from the cloth faster.
The girls learned about surface tension with needles and water.
The girls made some filters using sand, pebbles, and cotton, and tried cleaning dirty water by using their filters.
The girls learned about density with oil, water, and corn syrup.
They made their own bouncy balls using glue, a borax solution, and corn starch.
They learned about lung capacity, and measured the size of a bubble made with one breath of air, and using a math formula, figured out how much air their lungs held. Then they learned some simple stretches they can use to strengthen their lungs and improve breathing.
They learned about electrolytes and tested samples of various liquids to see which ones contained electrolytes.
I think that was all of them. At the end they received this years copy of the chemistry week newspaper, you can read it here. They also received a balloon and a list of activities and experiments that they could do at home.
Here's what they did:
Learned about UV beads and how they change color in the sun. Discussed the importance of using sunblock when outdoors. Made bead bracelets with some UV beads to help remember to use sunblock.
Figured out how to find the calorie count in food, and what it stands for. They figured out the calorie count in a cheese puff.
Figuring how many calories are burned during various activities. The girls used math the figure out how many calories they burn during their gymnastics classes.
The effect of temperature on bouncy balls. They measured the bounce height of a ball that was soaked in hot water, room temperature, and ice cold water. They made their predictions first, then conducted the experiment, and discussed the conclusion.
Experimented with water evaporation and temperature. They put equal amounts of water on identical cloths and placed the cloths on top of bags of water, one hot and one room temperature. They got to see how the hot water evaporated the water from the cloth faster.
The girls learned about surface tension with needles and water.
The girls made some filters using sand, pebbles, and cotton, and tried cleaning dirty water by using their filters.
The girls learned about density with oil, water, and corn syrup.
They made their own bouncy balls using glue, a borax solution, and corn starch.
They learned about lung capacity, and measured the size of a bubble made with one breath of air, and using a math formula, figured out how much air their lungs held. Then they learned some simple stretches they can use to strengthen their lungs and improve breathing.
They learned about electrolytes and tested samples of various liquids to see which ones contained electrolytes.
I think that was all of them. At the end they received this years copy of the chemistry week newspaper, you can read it here. They also received a balloon and a list of activities and experiments that they could do at home.
Here's a slideshow of our visit.
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