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On Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, visitors had the opportunity to find out what makes chemistry so cool with demonstrations, special activities, and displays. In addition to these hands-on opportunities, chemist Guy Hanson captivated audiences with the wonders of chemistry in the Chemistry is a Blast program inside our Corteva Agriscience STEMLab.
Here's a tiny taste of all of the sparks of wonder during Chemistry Day.
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Hands-on activities
- Chemistry is a Blast
Participating organizations
- Indiana University Indianapolis Chemistry Department Webb Research Laboratory, Waters Technologies—explore hands on mass spectrometry
- Sycamore School—get hands on with a variety of activities from chemistry to magnetism
- Marian University—experiment and observe how oil and water react with each other
- Corteva Agriscience—learn about disappearing water, magic sand, and more
- Ball State Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society—“draw” on water while learning about photochromic systems and enjoy the science of shrinky dinks
- American Chemical Society: Indiana Local Section—write a message in invisible ink and learn how to create self-inflating balloons
- University of Indianapolis Human Identification Center—help solve the case of who stole the cookies from the cookie jar using DNA
- Taylor University ACS Student Chapter—discover the fun colors that chemistry can create
- IU Chemistry—conduct and experiment to separate all of the pigments that make up different colors
Members get MORE!
All themed days, including Engineers Day, Earth Day Celebration, STEM Exploration Day, and Countdown to Noon are included with museum admission.
Members can participate in all of these events for free!
